Glen View: Colonel Chambliss
Colonel John R. Chambliss ( March 4, 1809-Apr 3, 1875), father of the General was born 10 miles north of Emporia, at Glen View in what is now Stony Creek. He moved to Hicksford, later Emporia, to practice law, where he was one of their most prominent citizens not only there, but in Virginia. He married Sarah Rives Blow (Miss Sallie). They had seven children, three of whom died in childhood. The following is from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (Vol 52, Oct 1944)
Glen View National Register of Historic Places:
http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Sussex/091-0028_Glenview_2008_NRfinal.pdf