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CHANDLER—CHANNON

CHANDLER, Alice Greene, Lancaster, Mass.

Librarian; b. Roxbury, Mass., July 18, 1851; dau. John Greene and Sarah A. (Guild) Chandler; ed. public schools, Roxbury, Mass. Librarian, Lancaster, Mass., town library, 1873-89. President Library Art Club; mem. Woman's Education Ass'n, Boston, and sec. of its Com. on Libraries. Club: Mayflower, Boston. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

CHANDLER, Anna Souther Pond (Mrs. William E. Chandler), P.O. Box 814, New Haven, Conn.

Born Belfast, Me., April 9, 1848; dau. Rev. Samuel Souther and Mary F. Towle; ed. Fryeburg (Me.) Acad. (where Daniel Webster taught), Worcester (Mass.) High School; grad. Framingham Normal School, the first and oldest in U.S. (freshman prize in reading); m. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 30, 1870, David W. Pond, well-known manufacturer (died 1897); m. 1904, Prof. William E. Chandler of New Haven (died Nov. 20, 1912); children: William Souther Pond, David Stirling Pond. One of the first women in real estate business in U.S., and the first one in New Jersey (1897). One of the founders of Unitarian Soc. of Plainfield, N.J., and called the mother of other churches of that denomination in N.J., which were founded after the first one in Plainfield. N.J. State director of Alliance of Unitarian and other Liberal Christian Women; a founder of Boys' Club of Plainfield, N.J.; of Town Improvement Ass'n, Children's branch of Soc. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Newsboys' Evening Luncheon, R.R. Flower Mission. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. N.J. Suffrage Ass'n in 1890; State chairman of Com. of Printing and Publishing; mem. of Com. which went before Legislature in Trenton and secured vote for women on school questions. Delegate to Conn. State Suffrage Ass'n, 1912; mem. Equal Franchise League in New Haven. Has written for newspapers on philanthropic subjects. Unitarian. Progressive in politics. Mem. of Columbine Association of Boston; charter mem. of the Woman's Forum, N.Y. City; mem. D.A.R., Soc. for Prevention of Useless Giving, N.J. Forestry Ass'n, Silent Unity Ass'n; one of organizers and first sec. of Woman's Exchange, Plainfield, N.J. Recreations: Walking, bicycle riding, horseback riding, swimming. Mem. Monday Afternoon Club of Plainfield, N.J.; pres. of Ladies' Bicycle Club, Plainfield; mem. Plato Club, Plainfield; delegate to First Nat. Convention of Health Protective and Town Improvement Ass'n, meeting in N.Y. City; delegate to Unitarian Convention in Saratoga, '91, and Washington, D.C., '95; delegate to Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs in Louisville, Ky., 1896; delegate to Nat. D.A.R. Convention, Washington, 1908 and 1910.

CHANDLER, Eva., Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.

Professor of mathematics; b. Pontiac, Mich., 1855; dau. Jonathan and Vashti (Lamdon) Chandler; ed. Mich. Univ., B.A. '78; grad. student Univ. of Zurich '95; grad. student Univ. of Paris, 1908-09. Teacher in Fenton (Mich.) High School, 1874-75; instructor in mathematics in Wellesley Coll., 1879-88; associate prof., 1888-1912; prof., 1912-. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Ass'n of Mathematical Teachers of New England, A.A.A.S., Nat. Geographic Soc.

CHANDLER, Grace Webster (Mrs. Horace Parker Chandler), 93 Forest Hills St., Jamaica Plains, Mass.

Born Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 24, 1843; dau. James Henry and Harriet Lavinia (Angier) Mitchell; ed. Frank B. Sanborn's School, Concord, Mass.; m. East Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 15, 1865, Horace Parker Chandler; children: Cleaveland Angior, Grace, Whitman Mitchell, Ellen, James Mitchell, Peleg Whitman. Against woman suffrage. Swedenborgian.

CHANDLER, Jessie Wallace (Mrs. Robert A. Chandler), Mayesville. S.C.

Born Sumter Co., April 5, 1886; dau. Thomas B. and Jessie (Wallace) Beck; ed. first honor grad., 1907, Coll. for Women, Columbia, S.C, A.B.; grad. in oratory, class 1907, Coll. for Women, Columbia, S.C; m. Society Hill, S.C, Aug. 5, 1908, Robert Alexander Chandler; children: Anna Louise, b. 1909; Robert Alexander, b. 1912. Presbyterian.

CHANDLER, Katherine, 113 Duncan St., San Francisco, Cal.

Author and resort proprietor and manager; b. San Francisco; dau. William Sylvester and Catherine (Comerford) Chandler; ed. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., A.B. 1900 (Phi Beta Kappa). Bought in 1908 Deer Park Springs, Lake Tahoe, Cal., as an ideal vacation place for tired people. Worker in Visiting Nurses' Home of San Francisco; interested in Prevention Tuberculosis Ass'n. Author: Habits of California Plants, 1903; In the Reign of Coyote—Folk-Lore from the Pacific, 1905; The Bird-Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1905; contributor of magazine and Sunday-sheet articles. Democrat Recreations: Fly-fishing, mountain climbing, gardening. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Against woman suffrage.

CHANDLER, Louise Prescott (Mrs. Cleaveland A. Chandler), East Bridgewater, Mass.

Born East Bridgewater, Mass., Aug. 21, 1878; dau. Granville Cushing and Abbie Louise (Ballou) Allen; ed. Bridgewater High School and Howard Sem., West Bridgewater, Mass.; m. East Bridgewater, Oct. 12, 1897, Cleaveland A. Chandler; children: Elizabeth Allen, Whitman Mitchell, Louise Cushing, Parker Cleaveland. Unitarian. Mem. Women's Publicity Club, Boston.

CHANDLER, Mary Saxe (Mrs. Fremont E. Chandler), 1042 Barry Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Lima, Wis., 1863; dau. Stephen Saxe and Fanny (Woodruff) Saxe; grad. State Normal. School, Whitewater, Wis., '83; Univ. of Wis., B.L. '86; m. Whitewater, 1889, Fremont E. Chandler, M.D.; children: Louise, Fremont, William, Ruth, Edwin, Arthur. Teacher for three years from graduation in high school, and State Normal School at Whitewater, Wis. Against woman suffrage. Baptist. Recreation: Living in summer in wild woods of Northern Wisconsin. Mem. Lake View Woman's Club (mem. board of directors).

CHANDOR, Valentine L., Women's University Club, N.Y. City.

Teacher, vice-principal; b. London, England; dau. John A. and Adeline (Dickinson) Chandor; grad. Columbia Univ., A.B. 1900, A.M. '02. Vice-principal of Charlton School, N.Y. City. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Women's University Club, New York.

CHANEY, Gussie Scott (Mrs, Houston W. Chaney), 201 Bois de Arc St., San Antonio, Tex.

Editor, author; b. April 28, 1865; dau. Alfred Lewis and Fannie Herbert (Taylor) Scott (parents of old Virginia and Alabama families); ed. at home by tutors; m. Bandera, Tex., 1883, Houston W. Chaney; children: Mary Stephens, Ellis, Houston Scott. Received steady promotion from small positions on papers and magazines up to managing editorships and positions on staff of biggest daily paper in Texas. Went to Centennial in Mexico, interviewed Diaz and published only authenticated interview given by him just before the revolution. Interested in many philanthropies, free clinic, etc. Favors woman suffrage; charter mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of San Antonio, Tex. (largest in State); has worked, spoken and written for it. Author of series of historical and tourists' articles on Mexico; also short stories and poems in magazines and book of poems: Her Garden, dedicated to daughter Mary. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Press Ass'n. Recreations: Dancing, music, art, automobiling. drama, socials. Pres. Bohemian Scribblers; sec. Authors' Club; associate mem. Dramatic Club; recording sec. Texas Woman's Press Ass'n.

CHANLER, Amelie Rives—see Troubetskoy, Princess Amelie Rives.

CHANNON, Vesta M. Westover (Mrs. Harry Channon), 1434 Astor St., Chicago, Ill.

Born Oconomwoc, Wis.; dau. George F. and Elizabeth Q. (Miller) Westover; ed. Chicago and N.Y. City; m. St. George's Church, London, England, Aug. 1, 1893, Harry Channon; one son: