Martha Chandler

Brief Life History of Martha

When Martha Chandler was born about 1860, in Tennessee, United States, her father, William Kimmins Chandler, was 21 and her mother, Melissa Atlantic Bates, was 16. She married John Wesley Runions on 24 July 1884, in Hickman, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Civil District 16, McNairy, Tennessee, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Runions
1855–
Martha Chandler
1860–
Marriage: 24 July 1884
Lewis Lafayette Runions
1885–1933
John Wesley “Bud” Runions
1886–1968

Sources (5)

  • Martha Chandler, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Martha Chandler in entry for Bessie Ann Bates, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • Martha Chandler, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"

World Events (8)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a maker and seller of candles, from Anglo-Norman French chandeler ‘maker or seller of candles’ (Old French chandelier, Late Latin candelarius, a derivative of candela ‘candle’). While a medieval chandler no doubt made and sold other articles beside candles, the extended sense of modern English chandler does not occur until the 16th century. The name may also, more rarely, have denoted someone who was responsible for the lighting arrangements in a large house, or else one who owed rent in the form of wax or candles.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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