Caledonia

CHANDLER, John Winthrop

Vermont Historical Magazine, No XI, October 1867, p 364

Hon. John Winthrop CHANDLER was born in 1767, the son of Gen. John CHANDLER, 
of Newtown [County], Connecticut, who died at Peacham [Caledonia County, 
Vermont] 15 March 1796. [The first recorded death of an adult in Peacham was 
that of Gen. John CHANDLER of Newtown, Connecticut, father of Hon. John W. 
CHANDLER, 15 March 1796.] He was one of the early settlers of the town, was 
successful in his business transactions, amassed a large property, and after 
filling many offices of trust and honor, he [John Winthrop CHANDLER] died 15 
July 1855, aged eighty-eight years. He was assistant judge six years, 
treasurer of the Grammar School, and of the town of Peacham thirty-four 
years, when both these offices were transferred to his son, Samuel A. 
CHANDLER, Esq., who held them until his death on 11 February 1855.

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