Individual Details

William Franklin Chandler Sr.

(27 Dec 1893 - 6 Feb 1983)

William Franklin Chandler born 27 December 1893, Alabama, occupation was Farmer/Carpenter, married 23 December 1920, Upshur County, Texas to Mary Ethel Waller, (daughter of Corneilus Waco Waller and Laura Clemetine Gipson) born 11 February 1898, Texas and died 10 January 1966, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas. William died 6 February 1983, Longview, Gregg County, Texas and buried in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas.
Military PFC Co. C. 141st, Inf 36 Div, WWI 93060610

Events

Birth27 Dec 1893Cherokee County, Alabama
Draft registration5 Jun 1917Upshur County, Texas
Marriage23 Dec 1920Upshur County, Texas - Mary Ethel Waller
Census (family)30 Apr 1940Upshur County, Texas - Mary Ethel Waller
Death6 Feb 1983Longview, Gregg County, Texas
BurialSunset Memorial Park, Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas

Families

SpouseMary Ethel Waller (1898 - 1966)
ChildWilliam Franklin Chandler Jr. (1922 - 1981)
ChildDuma Lee Chandler (1924 - 2003)
ChildLaura Elizabeth Chandler (1930 - 2014)

Notes

Birth

or Gadsden, Alabama

Census (family)

Will F Chandler Head M 46 Alabama - Farmer
Ethel Chandler Wife F 42 Texas
Will Chandler Son M 17 Texas
Duma Lee Chandler Daughter F 15 Texas
Laura E Chandler Daughter F 9 Texas
Authur H Lange Hired hand M 62 Texas

Endnotes

1. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZFM-QQ3 : 13 March 2018), William Frank Chandler, 1917-1918; citing Upshur County, Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,983,676..

2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4QS-N3V : 15 March 2018), Will F Chandler, Justice Precinct 3, Upshur, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 230-9, sheet 4A, line 40, family 57, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4153..

3. Find A Grave Memorial 108454984.