The John Chandler Family

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John Chandler 1802 → Margaret L. Chandler 1824 → she married Curtis Harden Lanham, see The Curtis Harden Lanham Family 1813

John CHANDLER [1] was born [2] on 26 May 1802 in South Carolina. He died on 27 Aug 1879 in Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA. He was buried in Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas.

John Chandler was listed in Goodspeed’s History of Andrew County, as being one of the earliest settlers in the Benton and Platte Township of Andrew County.

John married Mary Gibson [3] about 1831. Mary Gibson [4] was born [2] on 14 Dec 1801 in Tennessee, USA. She died on 25 Aug 1877 in of Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas, USA. She was buried in Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall, Rockwall, Texas.

The 1850 Andrew Coounty, Misssouri census listed the John Chandler household as: Mary, wife; children, William age 17 born in Illinois, Nancy age 16 born in Illinois, Mary age 14 born in Illinois and John age 8 born in Missouri; also the family of Curtis Lanum and wife Margaret and children, Thomas B., Hiram D. and William C.[5]

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Figure 1. 1850 US Census showing John Chandler and his household in Platte, Andrew, Missouri
Note
 Possibly Mary W. Gibson per Rootsweb - ID: I392408, Event date: , Contributor: gkobernus2719130. Need confirmation. If this Mary, then was the daughter of Joseph W Gibson (b. abt 1777 in Virginia, d. abt 1857 in , Lincoln, Missouri, USA ) and Susan (Susannah) Hudson (b. abt 1778 in ,,Kentucky) Their children may have included: Mary W.Gibson (1801-1877), Archibald William Gibson (1802-1888), Elizabeth Gibson (1803-), John Hudson Gibson (1806-1886), Nancy Gibson (1807-), William Gibson (1811-), Patsy Gibson (1813-), Malinda Gibson (1818-), Lucinda Gibson , Randolph Gibson, and Susan Gibson. Confirmation needed.

John and Mary had the following children:

(i.) Daughter, Margaret L. CHANDLER was born [2] on 15 Sep 1824. She died on 16 May 1890. She married Curtis Harden LANHAM about 1843. Curtis was born 1813.

(ii.) Son, William CHANDLER was born [2] in 1832 in Illinois.

(iii.) Daughter, Nancy CHANDLER was born [2] in 1833 in Illinois. Her parents lived with her during the 1870 Census.[6]

(iv.) Daughter, Mary Ann CHANDLER was born [2] in 12 Jun 1836 in Illinois. She married Charles Anderson Craig (1835–1913) in 1858 in Guilford, Nodaway, Missouri, USA. She died in 1915.[7]

(v.) Son, John Gibson CHANDLER was born [2] in 1842 in Andrew County, Missouri. He was a rancher. He died 03 Jan 1910 in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington. His death certificate indicates his mother was Mary Gibson, providing proof of her maiden name.[8] John Gibson Chandler is buried at the Zillah Cemetery, Zillah, Yakima County, Washington, USA.

John Chandler is buried in the Rockwall Memorial Cemetery, Rockwall, Rockwall County, Texas.

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1. Grave stone in Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall, Texas reads…​John Chandler B. May 26, 1802 D. Aug 27, 1879.
2. Andrew County, Missouri Census of 1850 listed John as 8 yrs old.
3. Grave Stone in Rockwall Cemetery, Rockwall, Texas reads MARY Wife of J. CHANDLER Born Dec 14, 1801 Died Aug 25, 1877.
4. Her son, John Gibson Chandler’s, death certificate names her maiden name as Gibson. "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQM6-3MX : 5 December 2014), Mary Gibson in entry for John Gibson Chandler, 03 Jan 1910; citing Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, reference 933, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,991,731.
5. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZS-CXL : 12 April 2016), John Chandler, Platte, Andrew, Missouri, United States; citing family 571, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46B-VYX : 12 April 2016), Mary Chandler in household of A S Mc Clanahan, Missouri, United States; citing p. 24, family 174, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,294.
7. https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36011872
8. "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQM6-3MX : 5 December 2014), Mary Gibson in entry for John Gibson Chandler, 03 Jan 1910; citing Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, reference 933, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 1,991,731.

Updated on 01 Jan 0001

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