MARTHA A. CHANDLER, of Center Township, was born in Bourbon County, Ky.,
October 12, 1835, being the daughter of Aaron and Ann Barnes, both of whom
were also natives of Bourbon County, Ky. Her father was the son of
Brinsley and Mary Barnes, and her mother was the daughter of John and
Martha Laughlin. Before she was two years old her parents came to Rush
County, and settled in Noble Township where she grew to womanhood, and
where, on the 19th day of February, 1860, she was married to John G.
Chandler. He was born in Harrison County, Ky., September 17, 1824, being
the son of James and Elizabeth Chandler. He was married to Irene E.
Welborn, in September, 1855. She bore him two children: Iola May and
Walter, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Irene Chandler died May 2, 1858.
The subject of this sketch is the mother of three daughters, as follows:
Carrie A., born February 2, 1861, married to Turner Hudelson, in May, 1885;
Lizzie K., born June 12, 1862, married to Horace Atkins, in September,
1880; and Mary M., born November 22, 1864, married to Arthur Hinshaw, April
7, 1887. The husband of Mrs. Chandler died November 26, 1871. She is a
member of the Christian Church. She owns eighty acres of land, nearly all
in cultivation.
