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George Lewis Chandler Sr.

Birth: 16 Jan 1838
Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Death: 3 Jul 1906 (aged 68)
Anderson, Grimes County, Texas, USA
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery

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Memorial ID: 133187028 View Source

The tombstone lists the date of death as 3 Jul 1912. An obituary states the year of death as 1906.

George was the son of Reverend Pleasant Barnett Chandler and his first wife, Mary O'Kelley. He was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He came to Texas with his parents when his father was sent as a missionary from the Georgia Baptist Convention in the Spring of 1845.

He married Elizabeth Rebecca Henderson in Washington County, Texas on 25 July 1866. They were the parents of 12 children:
1. Mary Pleasant Chandler, wife of George Cohen Harrison
2. Harriet Henderson Chandler, wife of William Leonidas Campbell
3. Annie Alice Poole Chandler, wife of William E. Whitesides
4. Carrie Ellen Chandler, wife of William Floyd Stephenson
5. John Robert Chandler (wife: Emma Odel Crabtree)
6. Ada Elizabeth Chandler, wife of James M. McMurrough
7. George Lewis Chandler Jr. (wife: Bettie Kelley)
8. Sarah Judson Chandler, wife of Charles Uzzell
9. Augusta Rebecca Chandler
10. Thomas Barnett Chandler (wife: Anna Maud Burgess)
11. William Oliver Chandler (wife: Era R. Lemay)
12. Samuel Red Chandler

The tombstone lists the date of death as 3 Jul 1912. An obituary states the year of death as 1906.

George was the son of Reverend Pleasant Barnett Chandler and his first wife, Mary O'Kelley. He was born in Oglethorpe County, Georgia. He came to Texas with his parents when his father was sent as a missionary from the Georgia Baptist Convention in the Spring of 1845.

He married Elizabeth Rebecca Henderson in Washington County, Texas on 25 July 1866. They were the parents of 12 children:
1. Mary Pleasant Chandler, wife of George Cohen Harrison
2. Harriet Henderson Chandler, wife of William Leonidas Campbell
3. Annie Alice Poole Chandler, wife of William E. Whitesides
4. Carrie Ellen Chandler, wife of William Floyd Stephenson
5. John Robert Chandler (wife: Emma Odel Crabtree)
6. Ada Elizabeth Chandler, wife of James M. McMurrough
7. George Lewis Chandler Jr. (wife: Bettie Kelley)
8. Sarah Judson Chandler, wife of Charles Uzzell
9. Augusta Rebecca Chandler
10. Thomas Barnett Chandler (wife: Anna Maud Burgess)
11. William Oliver Chandler (wife: Era R. Lemay)
12. Samuel Red Chandler

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Elizabeth Rebecca Henderson Chandler

1845–1917

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Maintained by: mwalcik
Originally Created by: Jim Davenport
Added: Jul 22, 2014
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133187028/george_lewis-chandler: accessed ), memorial page for George Lewis Chandler Sr. (16 Jan 1838–3 Jul 1906), Find a Grave Memorial ID 133187028, citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas, USA; Maintained by mwalcik (contributor 46598955).

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