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James L. Chandler Family - Newly Found Photos Linda Yates hit a treasure trove when she located a previously unknown Chandler cousin, the first Chandler relative she has ever met except for her own father. These photos were furnished by the new cousin. Maybe you can help put some of them in context for Linda.
Submitted by Linda Yates
June 27, 2010
This is purportedly a photograph of James L. Chandler, Linda's g-g-grandfather, and his wife.
From Linda: James L Chandler and his wife Oictoria (or maybe Victoria) Hatfield were both from Georgia. They had a son, William David Chandler, born September 9, 1877, Carrolton, Georgia.
This photo is identified as Julia Chandler and possibly William Chandler.
From Linda: William David Chandler, son of James L. and Oictoria/Victoria Hatfield Chandler, was born September 9, 1877, Carrolton, Georgia., and died June 11, 1923, in Barberton Ohio. William David Chandler married Julia Walker, who was born June 13, 1878, in Carrolton, Georgia, and died April 18, 1933, in Barberton Ohio. Their children were Mamie, born 1903 Alabama and died in her 20s in Ohio; James, born 1904 Georgia; Cramer Beuford (Linda's grandfather), born 1907 Alabama; and Nellie, born 1911 Alabama and died at age 16.
At far left is Linda's grandfather, Cramer Beuford Chandler, as a young man. Cramer, much later in life, is shown with his wife, Sophia (nee Opalewski) Chandler, at left.
From Linda: Cramer and Sophia both died in Arizona. Cramer's brother James married Hazel Mess from Akron Ohio, they also died in Arizona. Cramer's sister Nellie died in Georgia.
Mamie Chandler, at left, was the daughter of William David and Julia Chandler. She was born 1903 Alabama and died in her 20s in Ohio. Katherine Kennedy Mastro, shown above in a 1935 photo, is Mamie's daughter.
Hezekiah Amos and Elender Paralee Hollis Chandler
Hurricane Creek, Mississippi
Donna Gorda sent this photo of her great-grandparents, Hezekiah Amos Chandler and Elender Paralee Hollis Chandler, with some of their children. The photo can be dated to approximately 1905 by comparing the relative ages of the children with known birth dates. Back row, from left:
Virgie,
Pearlie,
Albert, and
Mary Susan (Sudie, Donna's grandmother).
Front row, from left:
James Manuel,
Varnell T.,
John A.,
Hezekiah (father), and
Elender (mother) holding Willie.
Family of Hezekiah Amos Chandler (#8) and Elender Paralee Hollis Chandler (#6) - this photo shows all the children.
Virgie
Pearlie
Albert
Mary Susan
Willie
Paralee (mother)
John A.
Hezikiah (father)
Varnell T.
Bryant
James Manuel
Oliver Carlton
This family was in Hurricane Creek, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, in 1910. Oliver Carlton, the youngest, was born in 1910, so this photo probably dates from about 1913.
This photo of the six older children of Hezekiah Amos Chandler and Elender Paralee Hollis Chandler was apparently taken on the same day and in the same location as the one immediately above.
Back row, from left: James Manuel, Albert, and John A.
Front row, from left: Virgie, Pearlie, and Mary Susan.
Submitted by Donna Gorda August 19, 2009
Welcome William Chandler of Brownwood, Texas
There is a State of Texas historical marker in Brownwood, Texas, dedicated to Welcome William Chandler with the wording below. A street in the town is also named for Welcome William Chandler.
Transcription of the wording on Welcome William Chandler's historical marker:
Welcome William Chandler
Credited with being the first permanent settler and first farmer in Brown County, Welcome William Chandler (1813-1870) arrived in 1856 with his wife Sarah, their children and several slaves. Their log cabin was a gathering place for other area pioneers and was the site of the county's original post office and store. Chandler served as Brown County judge from 1858 to 1860 and as postmaster for 7 years, although his daughter Jane in fact ran the post office. About 1868 Chandler moved north of Brownwood to a site which has remained in the family for over 100 years. (1983)
More information about the historical marker can be found at www.9key.com.
Submitted by Carol Traweek
July 25, 2009
Confederate Veterans Gather in 1903 in Springville, Alabama
New member Jon Paul Chandler sent the photo above and a scan of a four page Colonel John W. Inzer Newsletter, a publication of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of Asheville, Alabama, dated March 1987. The newsletter carried a reprint of a newspaper article about this 1903 gathering of Confederate veterans. The local newspaper, The Springville Item, reported in part:
On Monday August 17, 1903, one of the most unique and interesting reunions was held by the "Old Ex-Confederate Soldiers" in the Baptist Church at this place. * * * * At 11 o'clock some sixty of the old veterans, living in, and around Springville, assembled in that church, singing, praying, and reading of the scriptures was engaged in, after which short talks were made by Rev. J. S. E. Robinson, A. W. Woodall, S. W. Henny, J. B. Robertson, J. H. Vandergrift and B. B. Cornelius, after which another old time song, "How Firm A Foundation", and then Maj. Harris spoke at length on "Religion in the Camp". During his talk men were seen weeping all over the church. He spoke feelingly and eloquently. * * * *
Maj. Harris deserves the thanks of all our people for planning this gathering -- it was an object lesson that neither poets, nor painter, nor authors could describe; it simply beggers description. Springville never has, and never will witness such a scene again.
Although the newspaper writeup of the reunion makes no mention of Masons, Jon Paul describes it as a "gathering of Free Masons and Confederate Soldiers of Springville, Alabama made in 1903." Jon Paul says, "I only identified the first person on the right that is seated. He is my great grandfather William L. Chandler, born Jan 1, 1836, born in Greenville, South Carolina and served in the Lousiana Caldwell Guards in 1861 for three months, then in the 42nd Alabama as an ambulance driver (pulled by team of mules) from 1862 until discharged and pardoned in North Carolina April, 1865."
Included in the article was a list of the veterans present, giving their company and regiment. That list is available from Claudia at . The men are listed randomly, the list is longer than the number of men in the photo, and there is no identification that relates names to the photograph.
Submitted by Jon Paul Chandler - July 25, 2009
Orlando and Henrietta Chandler of Kentucky
Orlando Stephen Chandler (the son of James M. and Margaret J. Ramsey Chandler) married Henrietta Joyner (the daughter of John Coe and Emily S. Ballard Joyner) on May 11, 1894, in Webster County, Kentucky. James Madison Chandler, born in Person County, North Carolina, came to western Kentucky as a young child. His father, Washington Chandler, was the only CHANDLER head of household to appear on the 1830 Hopkins County, Kentucky, census.
Orlando S. and Henrietta Chandler were the maternal grandparents of CFA member Larry R. Mahurin.
Submitted by Larry and Madonna Mahurin -
July 20, 2009
Chandler Homestead, Danielsville, Madison County, Georgia
CFA member Bob Chandler (shown in photo) of Brooksville, Florida, sent this photo of the former home of his great-great-grandfather, Elder William (Billy) D. Chandler (d. 1897) in Madison County, Georgia.
Bob says, "Danielsville should have been named Chandlerville." A little internet research by your webmaster revealed a
Chandler Family Cemetery in Madison County and almost 100 Chandlers listed in an online Index to Madison County burials.
Submitted by Bob Chandler -
June 27, 2009
Richard Lee Chandler Family
Richard Lee Chandler (JRR>Joseph>Joseph>Allen>Allen Lacey>Elisha Asbury) was born in Buckhead, Georgia, but moved his family to Miami, Florida, in the early 1940's. The large photo, dated December 1956, shows his children, (from left) Bernice Chandler Moore, Mary Chandler (married 1st Jay, 2nd Vallandry), Minnie Chandler (maried 1st Bishop, 2nd Fournier), Dorothy Chandler (married 1st DeSha, 2nd Bridges), only son Elisha Asbury Chandler, Olivia Chandler Masculine, and, at extreme right, Richard Lee Chandler's wife, Minnie Lou Prince. The photo at top right is Richard Lee Chandler (1883-1949) at the age of 22. At bottom right is his son Elisha Asbury (1909-1968, named for his grandfather but called "Son," "Jack," and "Buddy") in his Coast Guard uniform.
Photos courtesy of Mary Jay Scales Submitted by Claudia Brocato -
Descendants of Solomon Chandler
Josephine Chandler Rich, at top right, was born in Louisiana, on June 14, 1855. She was the daughter of Solomon Chandler, born 1830 also in Louisiana. In the larger photo, Josephine's daughter, Mary Alabama Rich Cargill, is surrounded by five of her daughters. With her back to the camera is Velma Ernestine Rich Cargill, shown also at bottom right. Also in the larger photo are Josie Lee Cargill, Clara Viola Cargill, Vida Eloise Cargill, and Wille Mae Cargill. The gentlemen with their heads cut off are husbands of the daughters. Missing from the photo are the rest of Mary's 10 children: Ada Alberta Cargill, Alonzo Cargill, Wallace Cargill, Donald Claude Cargill, and youngest daughter, Audis Cargill.
Solomon Chandler's father was also Solomon Chandler. Information about the elder Solomon Chandler would be appreciated.
Thomas Jefferson Chandler Family
Thomas Jefferson Chandler, at top left (born 1885 Madison, Morgan County, Georgia; died 1947 Amory, Mississippi), married Cora Blanche Malpass, middle photo (1889 -1953 ). His John Chandler line is JRR>Joseph>Joseph>Allen>Allen Lacey>Elisha Asbury.
At bottom left are their sons Robert Clarence Chandler (father of CFA member Robert Gerald Chandler), Frank Russell Chandler (father of CFA member Frank Leverett Chandler), and Thomas Ernest "Ernie" Chandler (father of CFA members Claudia Chandler Brocato and Carol Chandler Halbert). At right are daughters Meryle Rose Chandler Threlfall (m. Henry) and Ruby Kathleen "Kitty" Chandler Sullivan (m. Herbert). These Chandler siblings grew up in Amory in northeast Mississippi. Ernie, the eldest, was born in 1910 and Kitty, the youngest, was born in 1920.
There is a State of Texas historical marker in Brownwood, Texas, dedicated to Welcome William Chandler with the wording below. A street in the town is also named for Welcome William Chandler.
Although the newspaper writeup of the reunion makes no mention of Masons, Jon Paul describes it as a "gathering of Free Masons and Confederate Soldiers of Springville, Alabama made in 1903." Jon Paul says, "I only identified the first person on the right that is seated. He is my great grandfather William L. Chandler, born Jan 1, 1836, born in Greenville, South Carolina and served in the Lousiana Caldwell Guards in 1861 for three months, then in the 42nd Alabama as an ambulance driver (pulled by team of mules) from 1862 until discharged and pardoned in North Carolina April, 1865."
Orlando and Henrietta Chandler of Kentucky
Bob says, "Danielsville should have been named Chandlerville." A little internet research by your webmaster revealed a 
