History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

422 HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY
and well merited measure of j)rosperity in the careful conduct of
liis agricultural interests.
Mr. Chandler has been married twice. In Princeton, Illinois,
in 1859, he wedded Miss Martha A. Bradshaw, a daughter of
James and May Bradshaw, both of whom are deceased and lie
buried in Sublette, Illinois. By this union there were the follow-
ing children: Lucy M., the widow of Olaf Nelson, who passed
away in 1889 and is buried at Ottawa, Illinois; Edith, whose
demise occurred at Rock Palls, Illinois, in 1892, and who was the
wife of Robert Nicholls, a mechanic in the Keystone shop at Rock
Falls; Minnie, who gave her hand in marriage to Phillip Boose,
an engineer residing in Dixon; and Dorwin, an agriculturist of
Lee county. In 1888 Mr. Chandler was united in marriage to
Mrs. Annie Biggs, a daughter of Lawrence and Mary Ann
(Lumry) McLeod. The father's demise occurred in 1878 and the
mother passed away in 1874, the remains of both being interred
in New York city. By his second wife Mr. Chandler has four
children, as follows: Elliot, who is an engineer of Red River,
Minnesota; and Myrtle, Lawrence and Pansy, all of whom are
at home.
In his political views Mr. Chandler is a progressive, being a
stanch admirer of Theodore Roosevelt and a firm believer in his
policy of government. He has now passed the seventy-fifth mile-
stone on life's journey and enjoys the respect and veneration
which should ever be accorded one who has traveled thus far on
this earthly pilgrimage and whose career has been at all times
upright and honorable.
Wn^LIAM METSTER.
One of the progressive and active young business men of Ashton
is William Meister, who conducts there a first class livery. He
is a native son of Lee county, born January 26, 1890, his parents
being George and Catherine (Stutzel) Meister, natives of Germany.
They came to America as children and both grew to matur-
ity in Lee county, where their marriage occurred. The father
passed away in 1908 and is survived by his wife, who has reached
the age of sixty-one. To their union were born five children:
Ernest, of Ashton; Elizabeth, who has passed away; Mary, the