Brief Life History of William Cecil
When William Cecil Chandler was born on 26 December 1890, in Perry, Tennessee, United States, his father, Isaac Newton Chandler, was 35 and his mother, Adeline Dona Mathis, was 25. He married Lula Mae Barber on 24 September 1911, in Perry, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Beardstown, Perry, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 4, Perry, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died in 1922, at the age of 32, and was buried in Beardstown, Perry, Tennessee, United States.
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- William C Chandler, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cecie Chandler - Government record: birth: 1892; Perry, Tennessee, United States
- W. C. Chandler, "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950"
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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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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