This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: CarolynCross524 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.arkansas.counties.searcy/1173.2.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I found this on the internet King solomon Chandler King Solomon was described as Dark Complexion- Gray Eyes- 5' 10"- Cherokee Blood Does any one know where the Cherokee Blood came from<? Father: Zachariah Chandler b: 1776 KY? Mother: Elizabeth Kelly b: 1784 in South Carolina? KING SOLOMON CHANDLER was born September 02, 1823 in Caldwell KY, and died March 10, 1874 in Red River Searcy AR. He married (1) LOUISA JANE STEPHENS August 17, 1842 in Caldwell KY. He married (2) SARAH SALLIE ADAMS 1846 in AR daughter of ROBERT ADAMS and SINTHA CATES Smith ? He married (3) MINERVA GRIFFIN December 28, 1865 in Arkansas. King Solomon joined the Kentucky Volunteers on 1 Nov 1847 and went to Texas to fight in the Mexican War. He was wounded at Vera Cruz, Mexico and was discharged on 15 Jan 1849. After returning home and finding his wife had died, King moved with his son, his mother, his two sisters Amanda CHANDLER Duncan and Sally Ann CHANDLER Duncan and their families to Van Buren Co., AR. They later moved to Wiley's Cove (now Leslie) Searcy Co., AR to be near his half brother Charles BOYD. King Solomon was described as Dark Complexion- Gray Eyes- 5' 10"- Cherokee Blood Cairo, IL > 96th district, SC > Caldwell Co., KY > Van Buren Co., AR > Searcy Co., AR King Solomon joined the Army as a Private in Company J, 4th Kentucky Volunteers on 1 Nov 1847 Between 1823 and 1847 he moved from (1) Cairo, Illinois to (2) the 96th district, South Carolina, to (3) Caldwell County, Kentucky, to (4) Van Buren County, Arkansas to (5) Searcy County, Arkansas. Birth: 2 SEP 1823 in Caldwell County, Kentucky Death: 10 MAR 1874 in Red River Township, Searcy, Arkansas Burial: Leslie Cem., Leslie, Arkansas Event: Military the Mexican War Residence: Wiley's Cove (now Leslie), Searcy, Arkansas 1870 Wiley's Cove (now Leslie), Searcy, Arkansas Father: Zachariah Chandler b: 1776 Mother: Elizabeth Kelly b: 1784 in South Carolina ============================================================================Marriage 1 Louisa Jane Stephens Married: 17 AUG 1842 in Caldwell Co., KY Marriage Ending Status: Death of one spouse Children Joseph Frank Milton Chandler b: 15 FEB 1845 in Kentucky Marriage 2 Sarah (Sallie) Adams Born: b: 11 MAY 1831 in Arkansas Died: 9 Apr 1863 in AR Burial Leslie Cemetery Married: 1846 Father Robert Adams Born June 09 1793 in Kentucky and died July 06 1865 in Searcy Arkansas Parents of Robert Adams: Matthew Adams and Esther Barnett He married Sintha Cates in Hopkins county Kentucky January 03 1814 Mother Synthia Cates Smith Adams born October 30, 1798 North Carolina and died October 01, 1865 in Searcy Arkansas Arkansas Sintha parents are Abner Cates and Eustacia Turner Cates Children of King Solomon Chandler and Sarah (Sallie) Adams Chandler: 1 John B. CHANDLER b: 7 Dec 1850 in Van Buren Co, AR Left Arkansas when he was 16 years old Didn't get along with his step-mother and went to Texas Returned when he was 100 years old and Died in Arkansas 2 Francis Marion CHANDLER b: Abt 1851 in Wiley's Cove (now Leslie), Searcy, AR 3 Mary Elizabeth CHANDLER b: 4 Jan 1856 in Searcy Co, AR 4 Cynthia CHANDLER b: 12 Feb 1860 in Wiley's Cove (now Leslie), Searcy, AR 5 Henry Josiah (Joseph) CHANDLER b: 8 Apr 1862 in Wiley's Cove (now Leslie), Searcy, AR 6.(My GGGrandmother) DUCLENA CLEORA CHANDLER, b. December 26, 1859, Leslie Searcy AR d. August 1897, Bear Creek Searcy AR. DUCLENA CLEORA CHANDLER was born December 26, 1859 in Leslie Searcy AR and died August 1897 in Bear Creek Searcy AR. She married (1) CHARLES DANIEL BOHANNON 1880 in Marshall County Searcy AR, son of WILLIAM BOHANNON and MARY COTTON. She married (2) JAMES ROBERTSON. Notes for DUCLENA CLEORA CHANDLER: Name: Dulcena Chandler Sex: F Birth: 26 DEC 1859 in Wiley's Cove (Leslie), Searcy Co., AR Death: AUG 1897 in Bear Creek, Searcy Co., AR Note: Strychnine Poisoning? Dulcena Cleora Chandler Daughter of King Solomon Chandler and Sarah(Sallie) Adams Chandler was born December 26 1859 in Wiley's Cove now Leslie Searcy County Arkansas. And Died in August of 1888 With Burial at Bear Creek Cemetery in Searcy county Arkansas (According to Mr. Harrell, father in law of Mary Frances Harrell, Dulcena was sick and the doctor gave her Strychine by mistake, and there was no milk in the house to use as a antidote and she died) Dulcena married Charles Daniel Bohannan/Bohannon/Bohanan, who was born on February 07 1858 the son of William Alexander Bohannon and Mary Cotton Bohannon, the had a family of five Children: Marriage 1 Charles Daniel BOHANNAN/ BOHANNON b: 7 FEB 1858 in Arkansas Married: 1880 in, Searcy, AR. Note: States on the 1880 Census they were married during the year. Children 1.James (Jimmy) William BOHANNAN b: 21 DEC 1880 in Bear Creek, Searcy Co., AR 2.(my GGrandmother)Rosetta Winnie BOHANNAN b: 7 APR 1882 in Bear Creek, Searcy Co., AR 3. Sarah (Hattie) Elizabeth BOHANNAN b: 23 APR 1884 in Bear Creek, Searcy Co., AR 4. Elen Jane BOHANNAN b: 22 JUN 1887 in Bear Creek, Searcy Co., AR 5.William (Billy) Walter BOHANNAN b: 17 JAN 1892 in Bear Creek, Searcy Co., AR Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.