Benton Co., AR - Biographies - David Chandler

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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Hon. David Chandler is one of the old and highly esteemed citizens of Benton County, Ark. He was
born in Burke (now McDowd) County, N. C., October 3, 1804, and there grew to manhood. He was
educated in the common schools, and received a supplemental education in a college at Morgantown.
In 1846 he immigrated to Bloomfield, Ark., and began tilling the soil, entering 320 acres of
land. In August, 1846, he was elected county surveyor, and in 1850 was elected to the State
Legislature, was re-elected in 1872, and was in the famous Brooks and Baxter call session of
1874. He has been a notary public for twelve years, and holds that office at the present time. He
was married to Eliza Fagan, a daughter of Col. John Fagan, who was a soldier in the War of 1812.
She was born December 4, 1812, and died in Arkansas in 1871. Three sons and two daughters blessed
their union: J. Elizabeth, wife of Dr. J. H. Neagle, residing in Paris, Tex., is the only one
from home. Mr. Chandler has the confidence and esteem of all who know him, and although nearly
eighty-four years of age is in excellent health, both bodily and mentally. March 28, 1878, he was
married to his second wife, Mrs. M. A. (Martin) Pearson, who was born and grew to womanhood in
Monroe County, Tenn. Her first husband was William Pearson, who died in Cedar County, Mo., in
1866. Mrs. Chandler is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and her husband belongs to
the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Oustatt) Chandler,
were born in Randolph and Burke Counties. N. C., respectively, and died in their native State,
the former December 21, 1839, in his "seventies."