An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, pages 356-357

CHARLES CHANDLER is the owner of one of the choicest farms in Wasco county. It
consists of two hundred acres of excellent land and is situated in the Hood
River valley. He has recently sold about two hundred and eighty acres and still
owns the amount mentioned. Excellent house, good barns, and all other
improvements needed are in evidence and the thrift and good taste of Mr.
Chandler make the place not only profitable, but a delightful rural abode. He
was born in Maine, on April 28, 1856. His father, Jesse Chandler, was also born
in Maine, as were his parents, and the family is an old and prominent one. Many
members were in the Revolution and Moses Chandler was an officer in that war.
Our subject's father was a farmer and died in Greenville, Texas, in 1888. He had
married Mary Wright, who was born in Farmington, Maine, and descended from a
leading family. When Charles was a year old, the family went to Wisconsin, and a
year later they went to Kansas where the mother died in 1860. He lived eleven
years in Kansas and gained his education from the common schools. He had a farm
bought and paid for in Texas before twenty years old. It consisted of one
hundred and twenty acres and there he remained until twenty-eight, when he sold
and journeyed west to Oregon, selecting the Hood river valley as his objective
point. He took a government claim, which he now dwells on, and since those days
has given his undivided attention to general farming and fruit raising. About
nine acres are devoted to apples, and the balance of the land to general crops.      

At Greenville, Texas, on September 17, 1876, Mr. Chandler married Miss Arabella
Fox, who was born in Holden, Missouri. Her death occurred in February, 1888. On
February 2, 1892, Mr. Chandler married a second time, Mary B. Millner becoming
his wife at this time, and the nuptials occurring in Stevenson, Washington. Her
parents are Alexander and Mary (Thrasher) Millner. Mr. Chandler has three
children, Fred, Ruby, and Ollie M. The last named married Robert L. Neves and
died at Hood River, on June 28, 1902. Mr. Chandler has one brother, George, one
half sister, Mary McIntosh, and one half brother, John F. Mrs. Chandler has
neither brothers nor sisters. Our subject has always evinced an interest in
political matters and is an upholder of Republican principles. He has served as
school director for many years and always takes a great interest in every
measure that is for improvement in any line or betterment of the conditions of
the country.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.