BIO:  Ellis Chandlee, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Lower Chanceford Township, Pg 122

ELLIS CHANDLEE was born February 29, 1832, in Lower Chanceford, to Veazey and 
Jemima (Kilgore) Chandlee, natives of Cecil County, Md., and Lower Chanceford, 
York Co., Penn., respectively.  The former was born in 1804, served an 
apprenticeship to watch and clock-making in Baltimore, and in 1826 came to Lower 
Chanceford, York Co., Penn., and located on a farm.  Ellis Chandlee remained on 
the homestead until the age of twenty-two.  He then taught school two years; then 
clerked in a store two years; then followed store keeping for himself until 1865.  
He was elected justice of the peace in March, 1866, which office he still holds.  
Mr. Chandlee was married, July 3, 1856, to Mrs. Caroline C. Kilgore, a native of 
Lower Chanceford; their children are Harriet A. and Edmund G.  Mrs. Chandlee died 
March 8, 1878, and June 7, 1881, subject married Mrs. Susan Main, a native of 
Lower Chanceford Township.  Mr. Chandlee is engaged in the raising of tobacco, in 
connection with his office of justice of the peace.