Marcia Anderson was a daughter of James and Jane Anderson of Saint James's District, Caswell County (in present-day Person County), North Carolina.
She married Anderson Chandler on 17 March 1811 in Person County, North Carolina.
Mother of seven children.
She was called "Massie".
Namesake for her granddaughters, Massie Ellender Chandler (m. William Melton), daughter of William Chandler, and Massey Ellen Chandler (m. John Tanner), daughter of Nathaniel Chandler.
She married Anderson Chandler on 17 March 1811 in Person County, North Carolina.
Mother of seven children.
She was called "Massie".
Namesake for her granddaughters, Massie Ellender Chandler (m. William Melton), daughter of William Chandler, and Massey Ellen Chandler (m. John Tanner), daughter of Nathaniel Chandler.
Marcia Anderson was a daughter of James and Jane Anderson of Saint James's District, Caswell County (in present-day Person County), North Carolina.
She married Anderson Chandler on 17 March 1811 in Person County, North Carolina.
Mother of seven children.
She was called "Massie".
Namesake for her granddaughters, Massie Ellender Chandler (m. William Melton), daughter of William Chandler, and Massey Ellen Chandler (m. John Tanner), daughter of Nathaniel Chandler.
She married Anderson Chandler on 17 March 1811 in Person County, North Carolina.
Mother of seven children.
She was called "Massie".
Namesake for her granddaughters, Massie Ellender Chandler (m. William Melton), daughter of William Chandler, and Massey Ellen Chandler (m. John Tanner), daughter of Nathaniel Chandler.
Inscription
MASSAELENDER
WIFE OF A. CHANDLER.
DIED
Apr. 3, 1854
AGED 62 Y'rs 7 M's
& 19 D's.
(original headstone)
"M. C."
(footstone)
Gravesite Details
The headstone was made a few years after her death, and also following her husband's death. The inscribed name appears to blend her nickname, Massie, with an acquired middle name, Ellender.
