Brief Life History of Jefferson Davis
When Jefferson Davis Chandler was born on 18 April 1892, in Transylvania, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas William Chandler, was 30 and his mother, Rebecca Webb, was 23. He married Helen Sarah Hampton on 4 October 1914, in Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Waynesville Township, Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1969. He died on 20 March 1969, in Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Waynesville, Haywood, North Carolina, United States.
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- Jefferson A Chanler in household of William Chanler, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Jefferson Davis Chandler - Published information: birth-name: Jefferson Davis Chandler
- Jeff Chandler, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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