One of my ancestors is John Tunstall Chandler, who was born around 1776 in
Halifax County, VA. He likely married someone named Margaret. His parents
may have been John Chandler and Catherine Tunstall also of Halifax County,
VA.
One of John's daughters, Mary S. Chandler, was born on May 9, 1810 in North
Carolina. On Aug 10, 1831, she married Lewis Singleton Deaver, Sr
(1804-1893) in Haywood County, NC. Lewis was the sone of Richard and Mary
Deaver from Haywood County, NC. Lewis and Mary later later moved to TN and
ended up across the TN border in Tennga, Murray County, GA. After a serious
illness, Mary died there on April 4, 1869. She is buried in Liberty Baptist
Church Cemetery next to her daughter Louramay Deaver Wiggins. I have a
photo of her tombstone, which is unfortunately no longer there thanks to
vandals who knocked it over.
After Mary died, Lewis moved to Bell County, TX where three of their sons
(John H., Elijah, and Lewis, Jr.) lived in the Belton/Temple area. He died
on December 27, 1893 and is buried in Taylor's Valley Cemetery.
I am definitely interested in additional information on Mary Chandler Deaver
and her Chandler ancestors.
Thanks
Joe D. Deaver
http://ancestry.deaver.com
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txbell
ancestry(a)deaver.com