W.M. Chandler Taken By Death
Pioneer Legislator And Newspaper Publisher is Victim Of Heart Attack
William Martin Chandler, 79, pioneer public official, school teacher and newspaperman of the Inland Empire, died yesterday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock at his home, 1620 Eighth Avenue, after a brief illness with a heart disease.
Actively engaged in public and private affairs despite his advanced years, Mr. Chandler only last week had filed for his candidacy for the Republican nomination as a state senator in the August primary election and had planned to participate in the political campaign. A long career of public service in Idaho and Washinton was ended with his death.
Mr. Chandler was born at Bethel, Polk County, Oregon, Sept. 23, 1858. His father was a native of Illinois, whose ancestors came from England and Scotland many years before the American revolution and who had settled in the Carolinas. His mother was Elizabeth Buff Chandler, a native of Missouri, whose ancestors were pioneers in North Caroline and Pennsylvania. She was a direct descendant of a group of immigrants who came from Holland in the 17th century to become wives of planters in the new American colonies.
To Walla Walla in 1877
Mr. Chandler received his education in the public schools of Oregon prior to 1875 and in 1877, moved to the Walla Walla region where he worked on farms, rode range and was a school teacher until the fall of 1881.
His next move, to Ritzville, then only a railway station, where he remained until April 1882, when he went to Sprague, where he engaged in land office practice and operated an insurance agency for eight years. He promoted the organization of the Sprague school district in 1882, serving as clerk, and in 1883 was appointed agent for the Wells, Fargo & Co. express, serving until the company was ejected from the Northern Pacific lines in 1886. He then accepted an appointment as deputy auditor of Lincoln County and, in November 1886, was elected probate Judge of the county serving until March 1889. During 1888 and 1889 he was also publisher of the Sprague Mail, the weekly newspaper.
When Wasington was granted statehood and the first legislature was convened, Mr. Chandler was elected assistant chief clerk of the house of representatives. He next accepted a position in the state land department at
Olympia but, for want of an appropriation, the department did not function, after which he resumed his real estate and insuracne business for a year, followed by a 13-month term as deputy county treasurer. Mr. Chandler was again at the chief clerk's desk in the second Washington legislative session and, in the third and fourth sessions, was clerk of the house of appropriation committee, his duties including preparation of the state budget for four years.
Managed Orofino Newspapers
In 1893 Mr. Chandler returned from Olympia to Sprague, operating a farm near there until 1897, when he moved to the Orofino region in Idaho, where he continued his active participation in public affairs.
During his residency at Orofino, he was manager of four different newspapers - The Orofino Courier, Orofino News, Orofino Tribune and Clearwater Republican - and also engaged in real estate and insurance work with an occasional "flyer" in politics. In 1912 he was elected state representative from Clearwater county and was appointed clerk and deputy in the offices of the Clearwater county assessor and treasurer from May 1915 to May 1920.
Mr. Chandler moved to Lewiston on June 1, 1920, again to engage in the real estate and insurance business. In 1915, 1925, and 1927 he served as an attache of the house of representative at Boise, from 1928 to 1931 he was employed as a proof-reader by the Lewiston Morning Tribune, and in 1931 he was elected on the republican ticket as state representative from Nez Perce County, serving one term. He then resumed his private business in Lewiston and also took an active part in Republican party affairs, serving as assistant secretary fo the county centeral committee in 1936. He was a leader in the organization of the Pioneer Association of North Idaho & Eastern Washington, serving as a membership secretary and being in charge of assemblage of the historical museum exhibit during the Spalding centennial celebration here in the spring of 1936. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge at Orofino.
Mr. Chandler was married to Louisa Dane, a native of Douglas county Oregon, on October 6, 1883. Four children were born to them, Edith May, Charles Edwin, Arthur Dane and Eugene Simpson Chandler. Arthur dane died during infancy. Mrs. Chandler died in May 1908, and Mr. Chandler was later married to Susan L. Dunlap, a native of Nova Scotia.
Survivors of Mr. Chandler include his widow and three children; Mrs. Edith M. Pennington and Charles Chandler of Portland and Eugene S. Chander, Lewiston; four brothers, James E. Chandler, Farmington, Wash.; Asa H. Chandler, Baker, Ore.; Perry A. Chandler, Orofino, and Clarence D. Chandler, Cheyenne, Wyo.; four sisters, Mrs. Lena Owenby, Gresham, Ore.; Mrs. Edna Robison, Baker, Ore.; Mrs. May L. Dickson, Portland, and Mrs. Ida Dickson, Orofino; a grandson, William E. Chandler, Lewiston and three step-children, Alvina and Laura Small, Lewiston; and Hugh L. Dunlap, Butte, Mont.
The body is at the Vassar-Rawls funeral home. Funeral arrangement have not been completed.
Lewiston Tribune July 12, 1938, pg. 10
Transcribed by Kerry
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Pioneer Legislator And Newspaper Publisher is Victim Of Heart Attack
William Martin Chandler, 79, pioneer public official, school teacher and newspaperman of the Inland Empire, died yesterday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock at his home, 1620 Eighth Avenue, after a brief illness with a heart disease.
Actively engaged in public and private affairs despite his advanced years, Mr. Chandler only last week had filed for his candidacy for the Republican nomination as a state senator in the August primary election and had planned to participate in the political campaign. A long career of public service in Idaho and Washinton was ended with his death.
Mr. Chandler was born at Bethel, Polk County, Oregon, Sept. 23, 1858. His father was a native of Illinois, whose ancestors came from England and Scotland many years before the American revolution and who had settled in the Carolinas. His mother was Elizabeth Buff Chandler, a native of Missouri, whose ancestors were pioneers in North Caroline and Pennsylvania. She was a direct descendant of a group of immigrants who came from Holland in the 17th century to become wives of planters in the new American colonies.
To Walla Walla in 1877
Mr. Chandler received his education in the public schools of Oregon prior to 1875 and in 1877, moved to the Walla Walla region where he worked on farms, rode range and was a school teacher until the fall of 1881.
His next move, to Ritzville, then only a railway station, where he remained until April 1882, when he went to Sprague, where he engaged in land office practice and operated an insurance agency for eight years. He promoted the organization of the Sprague school district in 1882, serving as clerk, and in 1883 was appointed agent for the Wells, Fargo & Co. express, serving until the company was ejected from the Northern Pacific lines in 1886. He then accepted an appointment as deputy auditor of Lincoln County and, in November 1886, was elected probate Judge of the county serving until March 1889. During 1888 and 1889 he was also publisher of the Sprague Mail, the weekly newspaper.
When Wasington was granted statehood and the first legislature was convened, Mr. Chandler was elected assistant chief clerk of the house of representatives. He next accepted a position in the state land department at
Olympia but, for want of an appropriation, the department did not function, after which he resumed his real estate and insuracne business for a year, followed by a 13-month term as deputy county treasurer. Mr. Chandler was again at the chief clerk's desk in the second Washington legislative session and, in the third and fourth sessions, was clerk of the house of appropriation committee, his duties including preparation of the state budget for four years.
Managed Orofino Newspapers
In 1893 Mr. Chandler returned from Olympia to Sprague, operating a farm near there until 1897, when he moved to the Orofino region in Idaho, where he continued his active participation in public affairs.
During his residency at Orofino, he was manager of four different newspapers - The Orofino Courier, Orofino News, Orofino Tribune and Clearwater Republican - and also engaged in real estate and insurance work with an occasional "flyer" in politics. In 1912 he was elected state representative from Clearwater county and was appointed clerk and deputy in the offices of the Clearwater county assessor and treasurer from May 1915 to May 1920.
Mr. Chandler moved to Lewiston on June 1, 1920, again to engage in the real estate and insurance business. In 1915, 1925, and 1927 he served as an attache of the house of representative at Boise, from 1928 to 1931 he was employed as a proof-reader by the Lewiston Morning Tribune, and in 1931 he was elected on the republican ticket as state representative from Nez Perce County, serving one term. He then resumed his private business in Lewiston and also took an active part in Republican party affairs, serving as assistant secretary fo the county centeral committee in 1936. He was a leader in the organization of the Pioneer Association of North Idaho & Eastern Washington, serving as a membership secretary and being in charge of assemblage of the historical museum exhibit during the Spalding centennial celebration here in the spring of 1936. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge at Orofino.
Mr. Chandler was married to Louisa Dane, a native of Douglas county Oregon, on October 6, 1883. Four children were born to them, Edith May, Charles Edwin, Arthur Dane and Eugene Simpson Chandler. Arthur dane died during infancy. Mrs. Chandler died in May 1908, and Mr. Chandler was later married to Susan L. Dunlap, a native of Nova Scotia.
Survivors of Mr. Chandler include his widow and three children; Mrs. Edith M. Pennington and Charles Chandler of Portland and Eugene S. Chander, Lewiston; four brothers, James E. Chandler, Farmington, Wash.; Asa H. Chandler, Baker, Ore.; Perry A. Chandler, Orofino, and Clarence D. Chandler, Cheyenne, Wyo.; four sisters, Mrs. Lena Owenby, Gresham, Ore.; Mrs. Edna Robison, Baker, Ore.; Mrs. May L. Dickson, Portland, and Mrs. Ida Dickson, Orofino; a grandson, William E. Chandler, Lewiston and three step-children, Alvina and Laura Small, Lewiston; and Hugh L. Dunlap, Butte, Mont.
The body is at the Vassar-Rawls funeral home. Funeral arrangement have not been completed.
Lewiston Tribune July 12, 1938, pg. 10
Transcribed by Kerry
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W.M. Chandler Taken By Death
Pioneer Legislator And Newspaper Publisher is Victim Of Heart Attack
William Martin Chandler, 79, pioneer public official, school teacher and newspaperman of the Inland Empire, died yesterday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock at his home, 1620 Eighth Avenue, after a brief illness with a heart disease.
Actively engaged in public and private affairs despite his advanced years, Mr. Chandler only last week had filed for his candidacy for the Republican nomination as a state senator in the August primary election and had planned to participate in the political campaign. A long career of public service in Idaho and Washinton was ended with his death.
Mr. Chandler was born at Bethel, Polk County, Oregon, Sept. 23, 1858. His father was a native of Illinois, whose ancestors came from England and Scotland many years before the American revolution and who had settled in the Carolinas. His mother was Elizabeth Buff Chandler, a native of Missouri, whose ancestors were pioneers in North Caroline and Pennsylvania. She was a direct descendant of a group of immigrants who came from Holland in the 17th century to become wives of planters in the new American colonies.
To Walla Walla in 1877
Mr. Chandler received his education in the public schools of Oregon prior to 1875 and in 1877, moved to the Walla Walla region where he worked on farms, rode range and was a school teacher until the fall of 1881.
His next move, to Ritzville, then only a railway station, where he remained until April 1882, when he went to Sprague, where he engaged in land office practice and operated an insurance agency for eight years. He promoted the organization of the Sprague school district in 1882, serving as clerk, and in 1883 was appointed agent for the Wells, Fargo & Co. express, serving until the company was ejected from the Northern Pacific lines in 1886. He then accepted an appointment as deputy auditor of Lincoln County and, in November 1886, was elected probate Judge of the county serving until March 1889. During 1888 and 1889 he was also publisher of the Sprague Mail, the weekly newspaper.
When Wasington was granted statehood and the first legislature was convened, Mr. Chandler was elected assistant chief clerk of the house of representatives. He next accepted a position in the state land department at
Olympia but, for want of an appropriation, the department did not function, after which he resumed his real estate and insuracne business for a year, followed by a 13-month term as deputy county treasurer. Mr. Chandler was again at the chief clerk's desk in the second Washington legislative session and, in the third and fourth sessions, was clerk of the house of appropriation committee, his duties including preparation of the state budget for four years.
Managed Orofino Newspapers
In 1893 Mr. Chandler returned from Olympia to Sprague, operating a farm near there until 1897, when he moved to the Orofino region in Idaho, where he continued his active participation in public affairs.
During his residency at Orofino, he was manager of four different newspapers - The Orofino Courier, Orofino News, Orofino Tribune and Clearwater Republican - and also engaged in real estate and insurance work with an occasional "flyer" in politics. In 1912 he was elected state representative from Clearwater county and was appointed clerk and deputy in the offices of the Clearwater county assessor and treasurer from May 1915 to May 1920.
Mr. Chandler moved to Lewiston on June 1, 1920, again to engage in the real estate and insurance business. In 1915, 1925, and 1927 he served as an attache of the house of representative at Boise, from 1928 to 1931 he was employed as a proof-reader by the Lewiston Morning Tribune, and in 1931 he was elected on the republican ticket as state representative from Nez Perce County, serving one term. He then resumed his private business in Lewiston and also took an active part in Republican party affairs, serving as assistant secretary fo the county centeral committee in 1936. He was a leader in the organization of the Pioneer Association of North Idaho & Eastern Washington, serving as a membership secretary and being in charge of assemblage of the historical museum exhibit during the Spalding centennial celebration here in the spring of 1936. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge at Orofino.
Mr. Chandler was married to Louisa Dane, a native of Douglas county Oregon, on October 6, 1883. Four children were born to them, Edith May, Charles Edwin, Arthur Dane and Eugene Simpson Chandler. Arthur dane died during infancy. Mrs. Chandler died in May 1908, and Mr. Chandler was later married to Susan L. Dunlap, a native of Nova Scotia.
Survivors of Mr. Chandler include his widow and three children; Mrs. Edith M. Pennington and Charles Chandler of Portland and Eugene S. Chander, Lewiston; four brothers, James E. Chandler, Farmington, Wash.; Asa H. Chandler, Baker, Ore.; Perry A. Chandler, Orofino, and Clarence D. Chandler, Cheyenne, Wyo.; four sisters, Mrs. Lena Owenby, Gresham, Ore.; Mrs. Edna Robison, Baker, Ore.; Mrs. May L. Dickson, Portland, and Mrs. Ida Dickson, Orofino; a grandson, William E. Chandler, Lewiston and three step-children, Alvina and Laura Small, Lewiston; and Hugh L. Dunlap, Butte, Mont.
The body is at the Vassar-Rawls funeral home. Funeral arrangement have not been completed.
Lewiston Tribune July 12, 1938, pg. 10
Transcribed by Kerry
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Pioneer Legislator And Newspaper Publisher is Victim Of Heart Attack
William Martin Chandler, 79, pioneer public official, school teacher and newspaperman of the Inland Empire, died yesterday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock at his home, 1620 Eighth Avenue, after a brief illness with a heart disease.
Actively engaged in public and private affairs despite his advanced years, Mr. Chandler only last week had filed for his candidacy for the Republican nomination as a state senator in the August primary election and had planned to participate in the political campaign. A long career of public service in Idaho and Washinton was ended with his death.
Mr. Chandler was born at Bethel, Polk County, Oregon, Sept. 23, 1858. His father was a native of Illinois, whose ancestors came from England and Scotland many years before the American revolution and who had settled in the Carolinas. His mother was Elizabeth Buff Chandler, a native of Missouri, whose ancestors were pioneers in North Caroline and Pennsylvania. She was a direct descendant of a group of immigrants who came from Holland in the 17th century to become wives of planters in the new American colonies.
To Walla Walla in 1877
Mr. Chandler received his education in the public schools of Oregon prior to 1875 and in 1877, moved to the Walla Walla region where he worked on farms, rode range and was a school teacher until the fall of 1881.
His next move, to Ritzville, then only a railway station, where he remained until April 1882, when he went to Sprague, where he engaged in land office practice and operated an insurance agency for eight years. He promoted the organization of the Sprague school district in 1882, serving as clerk, and in 1883 was appointed agent for the Wells, Fargo & Co. express, serving until the company was ejected from the Northern Pacific lines in 1886. He then accepted an appointment as deputy auditor of Lincoln County and, in November 1886, was elected probate Judge of the county serving until March 1889. During 1888 and 1889 he was also publisher of the Sprague Mail, the weekly newspaper.
When Wasington was granted statehood and the first legislature was convened, Mr. Chandler was elected assistant chief clerk of the house of representatives. He next accepted a position in the state land department at
Olympia but, for want of an appropriation, the department did not function, after which he resumed his real estate and insuracne business for a year, followed by a 13-month term as deputy county treasurer. Mr. Chandler was again at the chief clerk's desk in the second Washington legislative session and, in the third and fourth sessions, was clerk of the house of appropriation committee, his duties including preparation of the state budget for four years.
Managed Orofino Newspapers
In 1893 Mr. Chandler returned from Olympia to Sprague, operating a farm near there until 1897, when he moved to the Orofino region in Idaho, where he continued his active participation in public affairs.
During his residency at Orofino, he was manager of four different newspapers - The Orofino Courier, Orofino News, Orofino Tribune and Clearwater Republican - and also engaged in real estate and insurance work with an occasional "flyer" in politics. In 1912 he was elected state representative from Clearwater county and was appointed clerk and deputy in the offices of the Clearwater county assessor and treasurer from May 1915 to May 1920.
Mr. Chandler moved to Lewiston on June 1, 1920, again to engage in the real estate and insurance business. In 1915, 1925, and 1927 he served as an attache of the house of representative at Boise, from 1928 to 1931 he was employed as a proof-reader by the Lewiston Morning Tribune, and in 1931 he was elected on the republican ticket as state representative from Nez Perce County, serving one term. He then resumed his private business in Lewiston and also took an active part in Republican party affairs, serving as assistant secretary fo the county centeral committee in 1936. He was a leader in the organization of the Pioneer Association of North Idaho & Eastern Washington, serving as a membership secretary and being in charge of assemblage of the historical museum exhibit during the Spalding centennial celebration here in the spring of 1936. He was a member of the I.O.O.F. lodge at Orofino.
Mr. Chandler was married to Louisa Dane, a native of Douglas county Oregon, on October 6, 1883. Four children were born to them, Edith May, Charles Edwin, Arthur Dane and Eugene Simpson Chandler. Arthur dane died during infancy. Mrs. Chandler died in May 1908, and Mr. Chandler was later married to Susan L. Dunlap, a native of Nova Scotia.
Survivors of Mr. Chandler include his widow and three children; Mrs. Edith M. Pennington and Charles Chandler of Portland and Eugene S. Chander, Lewiston; four brothers, James E. Chandler, Farmington, Wash.; Asa H. Chandler, Baker, Ore.; Perry A. Chandler, Orofino, and Clarence D. Chandler, Cheyenne, Wyo.; four sisters, Mrs. Lena Owenby, Gresham, Ore.; Mrs. Edna Robison, Baker, Ore.; Mrs. May L. Dickson, Portland, and Mrs. Ida Dickson, Orofino; a grandson, William E. Chandler, Lewiston and three step-children, Alvina and Laura Small, Lewiston; and Hugh L. Dunlap, Butte, Mont.
The body is at the Vassar-Rawls funeral home. Funeral arrangement have not been completed.
Lewiston Tribune July 12, 1938, pg. 10
Transcribed by Kerry
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James Dillard Chandler
1860–1939
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Henrietta Chandler Sanders
1862–1928
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A. L. Chandler
1865–1899
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Asa Hamilton Chandler
1868–1950
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Perry Albert Chandler
1870–1939
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Lena Leota Chandler Ownbey
1873–1947
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Ida Mabel Chandler Dickson
1875–1952
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Mary Louisa "May" Chandler Dickson
1881–1972
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Edna Ellen Chandler Robison
1884–1973
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