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Surnames: CHANDLER, SHAFFER, EDMONDS, KIST
Classification: Query
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New info: Peter Kist was appointed Guardian over William (age 10) & James (age 15)
CHANDLER in Delphi, Carroll county, IN. May 10, 1852.
Also in 1870 William was a Saloon Keeper, There was a Chandlers Saloon in basement of the
M.W. Edmonds City Drug Store at the corner of Washington and Franklin Sts., Delphi, IN.
William's wife Laura Shaffer, mothers name was EDMONDS. ??
My Chandler came from Pickaway county OH. William Chandler b. 1842 in
Pickaway county OH. Died 1880 in Carroll county IN. m. Laura B. Shaffer of
Carroll county there children were Adelaide, William, Lewis, Arither, Walter
L., Jennice, Jessie. Walter L. Chandler m. Elzora Free in 1899 one child
Raymond D. Chandler m. Gula Phillips in Indianapolis, IN. There children
were Raymond D., Bernailda, Walter C., Earl E. Walter C. Chandler m.
Joann Workman in Indianapolis, IN. there children are (Earl E. (Me)), Walter
C., Robert L., Donna, Mike, Marilyn.
William had a brother with him in Carroll county IN. James Chandler. William
is my BRICK WALL. Any help ?
Also, I'm looking for any info., on the Chandler family living in Delphi, IN. James
Chandler was there in 1860 he joined the civil war there and married a Roxanna Jones b.
1849 they married mar 1879 in Carroll county, IN. They had 3 children Charles, Nancy,
Malinda. James died feb 1891 in Delphi, IN. And is buried in the I.O.O.F cem. Then I have
a Robert Chandler b. 1831 in Delaware. he married a Melissa Timmons. His father was George
and mother was Nancy Timmons. I'm not for sure how he fix's in. But I know that
James lived with his brother William in the 1870's census for Delphi. William Chandler
was b. 1842 in (Pickaway county?) OH. He married a Laura B. Shaffer b. 1848 Carroll
county, IN., d. 1916 in Wabash, IN. They are both buried at the I.O.O.F cem., just north
of Delphi. They married in 1866 in Delphi, IN. There children were Adelaide (Addie),
William, Lewis, Arither, Walter, Jennice, Jessie. William and Robert also were in the
civil war from Carroll county, IN.
Thanks, Earl.