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Joseph Alfred Chandler

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Joseph Alfred Chandler Veteran

Birth
Death
29 May 1931 (aged 82)
Burial
Hitesburg, Halifax County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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CO. G - 59TH VA. INF - C.S.A. UNDER CAPTAIN HARRY WOOD JR. JOSEPH SERVED AS A TEAMSTER WITH HIS UNCLE DANIEL CHANDLER .JOSEPH'S FATHER DIED IN 1860 AND YOUNG JOSEPH TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY WORKED TO PROVIDE FOR HIS MOTHER SILVANY AND HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS JAMES DANIEL CHANDLER[,ELIZABETH 1948 NANNY CHANDLER 1850 ALSO TWO HALF SISTERS ELIZABETH CHANDLER 1830
AND NANCY CHANDLER 1831 BOTH BORN NORTH CAROLINA ..BEING SO YOUNG HE OFTEN HIRED OUT AS A DAY LABOURER. AT AGE FIFTEEN HE ENTER IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
AFTER THE WAR JOSEPH MET AND FELL IN LOVE WITH ELLEN MARIAH WILKINS , THE VERY PETITE AND BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM RUFUS WILKINS. JOSEPH AND ELLEN SETTLED IN THE BUFFALO SPRINGS AREA AND REARED THEIR FAMILY, FOUR SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS THAT WERE AS GOOD LOOKING AS THEIR MOTHER.
JOSEPH WORKED AS A CARPENTER AND FARMER ,IT WAS AFTER THE WAR AND TIMES WERE HARD.JOSEPH AND ELLEN BOTH BEING WELL TRAINED IN THE INDIAN WAYS WERE ABLE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY AND CARE FOR THEM FOR THE NEXT FORTY YEARS UNTIL THINGS STARTED TO IMPROVE SLOWLY .JUST TO KEEP THE FAMILY FED AND TOGETHER WAS A FEAT IN ITS SELF. IT IS FROM THEIR CHILDREN THAT I LEARNED THE INDIAN WAYS WHICH WAS TO INCREASE WITH THE UNION WITH THE HEDGEPETH FAMILY.
THE PICTURE OF JOSEPH SHOWS ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ,A GOOD MAN THAT RADIATES A CARING AND KINDNESS.
CO. G - 59TH VA. INF - C.S.A. UNDER CAPTAIN HARRY WOOD JR. JOSEPH SERVED AS A TEAMSTER WITH HIS UNCLE DANIEL CHANDLER .JOSEPH'S FATHER DIED IN 1860 AND YOUNG JOSEPH TO THE BEST OF HIS ABILITY WORKED TO PROVIDE FOR HIS MOTHER SILVANY AND HIS BROTHER AND SISTERS JAMES DANIEL CHANDLER[,ELIZABETH 1948 NANNY CHANDLER 1850 ALSO TWO HALF SISTERS ELIZABETH CHANDLER 1830
AND NANCY CHANDLER 1831 BOTH BORN NORTH CAROLINA ..BEING SO YOUNG HE OFTEN HIRED OUT AS A DAY LABOURER. AT AGE FIFTEEN HE ENTER IN THE SERVICE OF THE CONFEDERATE FORCES.
AFTER THE WAR JOSEPH MET AND FELL IN LOVE WITH ELLEN MARIAH WILKINS , THE VERY PETITE AND BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM RUFUS WILKINS. JOSEPH AND ELLEN SETTLED IN THE BUFFALO SPRINGS AREA AND REARED THEIR FAMILY, FOUR SONS AND TWO DAUGHTERS THAT WERE AS GOOD LOOKING AS THEIR MOTHER.
JOSEPH WORKED AS A CARPENTER AND FARMER ,IT WAS AFTER THE WAR AND TIMES WERE HARD.JOSEPH AND ELLEN BOTH BEING WELL TRAINED IN THE INDIAN WAYS WERE ABLE TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY AND CARE FOR THEM FOR THE NEXT FORTY YEARS UNTIL THINGS STARTED TO IMPROVE SLOWLY .JUST TO KEEP THE FAMILY FED AND TOGETHER WAS A FEAT IN ITS SELF. IT IS FROM THEIR CHILDREN THAT I LEARNED THE INDIAN WAYS WHICH WAS TO INCREASE WITH THE UNION WITH THE HEDGEPETH FAMILY.
THE PICTURE OF JOSEPH SHOWS ALL THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID ,A GOOD MAN THAT RADIATES A CARING AND KINDNESS.


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