Gwen, I might be able to help you a little bit with the Chandlers even though this is not my direct line. Almira Chandler was the first wife of my g-grandfather, William Catobius. Almira and your William Chandler were cousins. Their fathers were brothers, children of Abraham Chandler & Nancy _______. I am down line from William Catobius' third wife Ruella Evans. I have a page 55-58 with a history of the Chandler family. I don't know the source of this article but from its layout it looks like it came from Fayette Facts. Maybe someone can find the original source of this article. My copy is a little hard to read, but it appears as follows: Abraham Chandler & Nancy ___________ Epinetus Chandler & Lucy Burright (not proven) William Chandler b. 24 Nov. 1825 in Ohio d. 13 April 1878 in Vandalia. He was in Bear Grove Twp. in 1860, a farmer living near the farm of Samuel Chandler. In 1870 he was living in the third ward in Vandalia and was the constable. He m(1) in Wabash Co., IN 27 June, 1850 to Rebecca Ann Meece, by whom he had 3 children; m(2) to Louisa Brandon, place not known, whom he had 3 children; m(3) in Fayette Co., to Adelia Louisa Nichols. Louisa Nichols said in the 1880 census that she was born in IN., both parents in NY. Louisa Brandon was born 7 Sept. 1834 in PA d 14 May 1874. William and his second wife, Louisa Brandon are buried in South Hill Cemetery in Vandalia, IL. Children of WILLIAM CHANDLER and REBECCA ANN MEECE Anna b 1851 in IN was in the 1860 census, m H.A. Masters, lived in Emporia City, Kansas in 1880, no other information Alonzo b ca 1852 m 10 Nov., 1878 to Mary J. Hineline. He was living with Anne and her husband in 1880, died in Kansas about 1904. James Chandler of Vandalia said that his parents went to Kansas to attend Alonzo's funeral, he thought in 1904. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM CHANDLER and LOUISA BARTON James Willard b 1855,Vandalia, d 1921 m 22 Sept., 1878 Anna Rummell, dau of Joseph Rummell, a Civil War Veteran. She was born 1859 d May, 1928. James lived in Vandalia, was a drayman in 1880. Mary A. b 1860 was working for the family of George Getches in 1880. She then went to Kansas with her brother and sister, Married an artist named Aaron Kilpatrick. They went to Morro Bay, California, no children. Robert Edward b 21 June, 1865 in Vandalia d 20 Jan., 1905 at Ramsey m 19 July, 1893 to Mary N. Grissom, dau of Elkanah Grissom. After the death of his father, he worked as a farm hand for Elkanah Grissom and that is when he met Mary. From there he went to Kansas to live with his brother, Alonzo for a time, then he returned to Fayette Co. He m. Mary Grissom 19 July 1893 in Fayette Co. She was born 26 March,1860 in Adair Co.., Ky. d 3 Aug, 1944 in Ramsey. When he died in 1905 he owned a hardware store in Ramsey. His wife continued to live in the same house until her death. CHILDREN OF WILLIAM CHANDLER and LOUISA NICHOLS Dora b ca 1876 d Aug., 1880 bur South Hill Cem, no stone Virgie b ca 1878 m ________ Radcliff, no other information. I hope this has been helpful. I know for a fact that my family knew the Chandlers because I have seen the Chandler name many times in my research. I, also, remember that Susie Evans was a witness at one of the Chandler. My brick wall is Alfred Evans b.1823 in TN, the father of Ruella Evans, m. Mary Margaret Loveless in 1841 in TN. Barb

Can you hear me jumping up & down & screaming? I'm so excited. Thank you, thank you. I had given up on William Chandler. I had thought he might be the husband of Louisa Brandon & my Adelia was his second wife but that was total speculation based on some census figures. I had no knowledge of Louisa Brandon Chandler dying. I had resigned myself to a wall until I remembered I had not checked through this list with others with Fayette Co. connections. I'm so glad I thought of it. I love having a brick wall unexpectantly burst through. I can't wait to share this with my family. My mother especially wanted to find out about the Radcliff & Chandler families since John Radcliff was her grandfather & William Chandler was her great-grandfather. I had given up hope on either of them. Thank you for taking the time to share. I hope your brick wall bursts through soon too. Now I'm going to take my time and go over your message letter by letter. Sincerely, Gwen Brooks Atlanta, GA