Hawthorne, Julian, Ed. History of Washington the Evergreen State: From Early Dawn to Daylight. Vol. 1. New York: American Historical Publishing Co., 1893. p. 643. J. D. MCCANDLY, of Centralia, Wash., was born in Iredell County, N.C., May 8th, 1845, and when two years old moved with his parents to McDowell County, in the same State. Our subject was reared upon a farm and received a common-school education. He enlisted May 20th, 1862, in Company C, Forty ninth North Carolina Regiment, and joined the army of the Potomac. He was in active service at the battles of Gettysburg and the Wilderness and at Richmond. He was stationed at Petersburg, and on March 25th, before the surrender, he was one of seventy men who volunteered to break the lines in front of the city, which they did and held the same from 4 o'clock in the morning until 10. At this engagement our subject was shot through with a minie ball and was carried off the field for dead. He was sent to the hospital at Richmond, where he stayed for eighteen months before he was able to walk. Returning to McDowell County he followed farming for four years, then moved to Richmond, Ind., where he remained five years, engaged in carpentering. His next move was to Francis City, Mich., where he spent one year. Then going to Asheville, N.C. he engaged in contracting and building, which he successfully continued for eight years. Then coming to Portland, Ore., he remained there three years, building and dealing in real estate, after which he located at Centralia, Wash., where he has since resided. Here he is actively and successfully engaged in real estate and building. His reliability is a distinguishing characteristic of his nature, and in the possession of this substantial faculty he enjoys the confidence and respect of his fellow-citizens. He is a careful, thorough business man, punctual in the discharge of every duty, and his success has been won by earnest and persistent effort. Submitted by: Jenny Tenlen * * * * Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Lewis Co., WA GenWeb Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.