JAMES M. CHANDLER was born August 13, 1827, in Person County, N. C., and in 1829 removed with his parents to Hopkins (now Webster) County, Ky., where he has since resided. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, Eighth Kentucky Infantry, in which he remained for more than three years. His father, Washington Chandler, a native of Person County, N. C., died in 1878, at the age of seventy-five years. He was the son of John, of North Carolina, and married Lethey, daughter of William and Polly Morrow, of Person County, who died in 1854. This union resulted in the birth of Rebecca (Mitchel), James M., William M., Mary A. (Hobgood), Sarah J. (Shelton), and Stephen. December 22, 1848, James M. married Margaret J., daughter of Alexander and Bethany (Phillips) Ramsey, of Webster County, born January 30, 1831, and to them have been born Mary E. (Jenkins), Alexander W. (deceased), Sarah J. (Presley), Margaret A., James M., Jr., William T., Laura J., Queen L. and Orlando S. Mr. Chandler is a farmer, having 150 acres of fair land, in a good state of cultivation. In politics he is a Democrat, and a part of his family are connected with the Methodist and a part with the Baptist denominations.
Source: J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky. A History of the State. Louisville, KY, Chicago, IL: Battey, 1885. Pages 1027-1028.