Alphonzo was the son of Zachariah Chandler and Sarah Eckles. He was the husband of Mary Ann Brooks.
Alphonzo Chandler came to Texas in 1859 and settled on the land known as the Simon Weiss league of land. He purchased 500 acres of this land for $3.00 per acre. He added 800 acres within 12 miles of Tyler, with 250 acres under cultivation.
In 1863, Alphonzo Chandler joined Company C of A.W. Terrell's Regiment and was in Colonel Stone's battalion in the battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow Bayou. He was at Natchitoches at the time of the surrender, but his command was disbanded at Black Jack Grove in Hopkins County. On returning home, he found his assets to be $7.50 in gold and a collection of Confederate money. He opened a store on his farm, three-fourths of a mile from the community of Chandler. The country store was made a post office under the name of Stillwater, and he died business here until 1880 when the Cotton Belt railway was built through this part of the country. At that time, Alphonzo Chandler secured the depot and erected the first business house on the place. In 1882, his building was damaged by fire with a $4,000 loss and $1,600 in insurance. Alphonzo Chandler built a two story brick building, 70x50 feet with two store rooms.
Source: History of Henderson County written in 1893, pages 575-576.
Alphonzo Chandler came to Texas in 1859 and settled on the land known as the Simon Weiss league of land. He purchased 500 acres of this land for $3.00 per acre. He added 800 acres within 12 miles of Tyler, with 250 acres under cultivation.
In 1863, Alphonzo Chandler joined Company C of A.W. Terrell's Regiment and was in Colonel Stone's battalion in the battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow Bayou. He was at Natchitoches at the time of the surrender, but his command was disbanded at Black Jack Grove in Hopkins County. On returning home, he found his assets to be $7.50 in gold and a collection of Confederate money. He opened a store on his farm, three-fourths of a mile from the community of Chandler. The country store was made a post office under the name of Stillwater, and he died business here until 1880 when the Cotton Belt railway was built through this part of the country. At that time, Alphonzo Chandler secured the depot and erected the first business house on the place. In 1882, his building was damaged by fire with a $4,000 loss and $1,600 in insurance. Alphonzo Chandler built a two story brick building, 70x50 feet with two store rooms.
Source: History of Henderson County written in 1893, pages 575-576.
Alphonzo was the son of Zachariah Chandler and Sarah Eckles. He was the husband of Mary Ann Brooks.
Alphonzo Chandler came to Texas in 1859 and settled on the land known as the Simon Weiss league of land. He purchased 500 acres of this land for $3.00 per acre. He added 800 acres within 12 miles of Tyler, with 250 acres under cultivation.
In 1863, Alphonzo Chandler joined Company C of A.W. Terrell's Regiment and was in Colonel Stone's battalion in the battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow Bayou. He was at Natchitoches at the time of the surrender, but his command was disbanded at Black Jack Grove in Hopkins County. On returning home, he found his assets to be $7.50 in gold and a collection of Confederate money. He opened a store on his farm, three-fourths of a mile from the community of Chandler. The country store was made a post office under the name of Stillwater, and he died business here until 1880 when the Cotton Belt railway was built through this part of the country. At that time, Alphonzo Chandler secured the depot and erected the first business house on the place. In 1882, his building was damaged by fire with a $4,000 loss and $1,600 in insurance. Alphonzo Chandler built a two story brick building, 70x50 feet with two store rooms.
Source: History of Henderson County written in 1893, pages 575-576.
Alphonzo Chandler came to Texas in 1859 and settled on the land known as the Simon Weiss league of land. He purchased 500 acres of this land for $3.00 per acre. He added 800 acres within 12 miles of Tyler, with 250 acres under cultivation.
In 1863, Alphonzo Chandler joined Company C of A.W. Terrell's Regiment and was in Colonel Stone's battalion in the battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow Bayou. He was at Natchitoches at the time of the surrender, but his command was disbanded at Black Jack Grove in Hopkins County. On returning home, he found his assets to be $7.50 in gold and a collection of Confederate money. He opened a store on his farm, three-fourths of a mile from the community of Chandler. The country store was made a post office under the name of Stillwater, and he died business here until 1880 when the Cotton Belt railway was built through this part of the country. At that time, Alphonzo Chandler secured the depot and erected the first business house on the place. In 1882, his building was damaged by fire with a $4,000 loss and $1,600 in insurance. Alphonzo Chandler built a two story brick building, 70x50 feet with two store rooms.
Source: History of Henderson County written in 1893, pages 575-576.
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WIFE -- HUSBAND
MARRIED OCT 13, 1846 CELEBRATED OUR GOLDEN WEDDING 1896
OUR BELIEF WAS THAT THIS EARTH WAS MILLIONS OF YEARS FORMING
