User:NightcoreSwift004 - Revision history

NightcoreSwift004 at 13:06, 8 October 2025

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			My discord account got hacked and I completely lost access to it since yesterday Oct 7, so yeah.

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NightcoreSwift004: /* John James Hollomon */

2024-12-18T18:18:34Z

John James Hollomon

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	Born in {{w\|Meigs County, Tennessee}}, he was the second youngest child out of 9 children to Meigs attorney and a lawyer, Esquire John Richmond Hollomon, and Mary Baker. Owing to his father's successful legal and political career, he was raised on a comfortably middle-class household at a hundreds of acres that contained a large farm. John worked on his parents' farm alongside his siblings while attending school, with his father's help, a "gentlemen farmer".		Born in {{w\|Meigs County, Tennessee}}, he was the second youngest child out of 9 children to Meigs attorney and a lawyer, Esquire John Richmond Hollomon, and Mary Baker. Owing to his father's successful legal and political career, he was raised on a comfortably middle-class household at a hundreds of acres that contained a large farm. John worked on his parents' farm alongside his siblings while attending school, with his father's help, a "gentlemen farmer".

	After finishing high school in 1886, John left Tennessee & moved to {{w\|Wylie, Texas}} in ~~1890~~, a newly incorporated city in northeast Dallas with ~~400~~ residents. He worked during the 1890s for the postal service as a assistant postmaster before later switching his career the following decade. John was considered as one of the Wylie's oldest and earliest businessmen at the time. He was the vice president of the Wylie's first state bank in 1910s and donated moneys to local schools.		After finishing high school in 1886, John left Tennessee & moved to {{w\|Wylie, Texas}} in 1888, a newly incorporated city in northeast Dallas with over 200 residents. He worked during the 1890s for the postal service as a assistant postmaster before later switching his career the following decade. John was considered as one of the Wylie's oldest and earliest businessmen at the time. He was the vice president of the Wylie's first state bank in 1910s and donated moneys to local schools.

	John was a well known pharmacist in the Wylie's {{w\|Collin County, Texas\|Collin County}} for over 50 years, and owning his own pharmacy, Hollomon Drug Store since 1896. During his career, besides selling medicines, he gave away all kinds of materials, supplies, gifts and all other things from his pharmacy, that included school supplies, candies, cosmetics, baby gifts, pottery, etc. Giving away gifts and others from his pharmacy were generous enough that his pharmacy was one of the 40+ businesses and stores mentioned in Wylie's newspaper article, for helping out and gifting the local high school's students. He also let a dentist open one of their dental offices for practical session in his pharmacy.		John was a well known pharmacist in the Wylie's {{w\|Collin County, Texas\|Collin County}} for over 50 years, and owning his own pharmacy, Hollomon Drug Store since 1896. During his career, besides selling medicines, he gave away all kinds of materials, supplies, gifts and all other things from his pharmacy, that included school supplies, candies, cosmetics, baby gifts, pottery, etc. Giving away gifts and others from his pharmacy were generous enough that his pharmacy was one of the 40+ businesses and stores mentioned in Wylie's newspaper article, for helping out and gifting the local high school's students. He also let a dentist open one of their dental offices for practical session in his pharmacy.

NightcoreSwift004: /* Joseph Otto Weston */

2024-12-18T17:50:38Z

Joseph Otto Weston

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	'''Joseph Otto "Joe" Weston''' (3 October, 1896 - 8 April, 1955) was a lifelong tobacco farmer who was Barb's father and Chris's maternal grandfather.		'''Joseph Otto "Joe" Weston''' (3 October, 1896 - 8 April, 1955) was a lifelong tobacco farmer who was Barb's father and Chris's maternal grandfather.

	Born and raised in rural area of {{w\|Red Oak, Virginia}}, he was the 4th child out of 5th and the youngest son of Joseph Edward Weston Jr., a road surveyor and later a tobacco farmer and Sarah Ann Hamilton, a housewife and an informal nurse. Up until he was around 5 years old, he was {{w\|unbreeched}}, meaning he wore girly clothes at a very young age. Dropping out of school at 5th grade, Joe started doing manual work on his parents' farm at an early age and continued farming for them until in his late 20s, when he established his own farm. His father and grandfather Joseph Jr. and Joseph "John" Weston Sr. were both tobacco farmers and he himself later became a self-employed tobacco farmer. He was briefly conscripted near the end of World War 1 in June 1918 but was exempted due to bad teeth. During the early years of World War 2, Joe began working in carpentry on construction projects, specifically for military camps like {{w\|Fort Gregg-Adams}} in {{w\|Prince George County, Virginia\|Prince George County}} and {{w\|Fort Barfoot}} in {{w\|Blackstone, Virginia\|Blackstone}}, as well as other projects in Newport News. This profession led him to identify as both a farmer and a carpenter.		Born and raised in rural area of {{w\|Red Oak, Virginia}}, he was the 4th child out of 5th and the youngest son of Joseph Edward Weston Jr., a road surveyor and later a tobacco farmer and Sarah Ann Hamilton, a housewife and an informal nurse. Up until he was around 5 years old, he was {{w\|unbreeched}}, meaning he wore girly clothes at a very young age. Dropping out of school at 5th grade, Joe started doing manual work on his parents' farm at an early age and continued farming for them until in his late 20s, when he established his own farm. His father and grandfather Joseph Jr. and Joseph "John" Weston Sr. were both tobacco farmers and he himself later became a self-employed tobacco farmer. He was briefly conscripted near the end of World War 1 in June 1918 but was exempted due to bad teeth. During the early years of World War 2, Joe began working in carpentry on construction projects, specifically for military camps like {{w\|Fort Gregg-Adams}} in {{w\|Prince George County, Virginia\|Prince George County}} and {{w\|Fort Barfoot}} in {{w\|Blackstone, Virginia\|Blackstone}}, as well as other projects in Newport News. This profession led him to identify as both a farmer and a carpenter. Two months before his death, Weston served as a director of the Charlotte County chapter of the Farmers Union, contributing to leadership decisions and supporting initiatives for local farmers.

	Around the time he established his own farm, Joe, a Baptist, married Carrie Edna Wynn of {{w\|South Hill, Virginia\|South Hill}}, the daughter of a tobacco farmer who was a Methodist, when they were 15 and 30 respectively. They were married at a Baptist church in Carrie's mother's hometown {{w\|Warrenton, North Carolina}} in February 1927, falsely stating their ages as 18 and 28 on their marriage certificate. From 1927 to 1950, they had 8 children together, including Corrina (1934), Barbara (1941), Harriet (1947) and Wayne (1950) and raised them in a low-income farming household in northwest Red Oak. Their property included a house, barn, 9.1 acres of land with a 971-pound tobacco allotment, a cow, pigs, a vegetable garden, and a well for water. Family members said during his children's upbringing, they would eat red eye gravy and fat back bacon, as well as tomato sandwiches for lunch. They had a lot of canned vegetables, traded canned goods with one of the family member and milked their only cow. They also mentioned in the Weston's home, they had a bucket of water from the well to drink in the kitchen and a coal stove in the main room with kerosene.		Around the time he established his own farm, Joe, a Baptist, married Carrie Edna Wynn of {{w\|South Hill, Virginia\|South Hill}}, the daughter of a tobacco farmer who was a Methodist, when they were 15 and 30 respectively. They were married at a Baptist church in Carrie's mother's hometown {{w\|Warrenton, North Carolina}} in February 1927, falsely stating their ages as 18 and 28 on their marriage certificate. From 1927 to 1950, they had 8 children together, including Corrina (1934), Barbara (1941), Harriet (1947) and Wayne (1950) and raised them in a low-income farming household in northwest Red Oak. Their property included a house, barn, 9.1 acres of land with a 971-pound tobacco allotment, a cow, pigs, a vegetable garden, and a well for water. Family members said during his children's upbringing, they would eat red eye gravy and fat back bacon, as well as tomato sandwiches for lunch. They had a lot of canned vegetables, traded canned goods with one of the family member and milked their only cow. They also mentioned in the Weston's home, they had a bucket of water from the well to drink in the kitchen and a coal stove in the main room with kerosene.

NightcoreSwift004: /* Robert Franklin Chandler Sr */

2024-12-08T14:55:16Z

Robert Franklin Chandler Sr

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	Born and raised in rural {{w\|Chilton County, Alabama}}, Robert was the son of Joseph Jessie Chandler, a peach farmer and {{w\|day laborer}}, and Martha Frances Headley, a housewife who was also one of the family's farmworkers. Before he was born, his family's home had been heavily burned down by an arsonist who was harassing his siblings and received no insurance for the losses. He was one of the youngest of 14 children in a Baptist family, with five of his siblings dying in infancy. His father was an avid hunter, capable of hunting seven pigs in one day, a hobby many of Robert's brothers took up, though it is unclear if Robert followed suit. Growing up in poverty, Robert and his siblings lived with relatives after their parents were separated in late 1910s; Robert lived with his aunt and uncle, Sadie and James Littleton. Robert and his siblings had worked on the family's peach farm at an early age and later at his aunt Littleton's farm. His parents were divorced in 1922 when he was 16.		Born and raised in rural {{w\|Chilton County, Alabama}}, Robert was the son of Joseph Jessie Chandler, a peach farmer and {{w\|day laborer}}, and Martha Frances Headley, a housewife who was also one of the family's farmworkers. Before he was born, his family's home had been heavily burned down by an arsonist who was harassing his siblings and received no insurance for the losses. He was one of the youngest of 14 children in a Baptist family, with five of his siblings dying in infancy. His father was an avid hunter, capable of hunting seven pigs in one day, a hobby many of Robert's brothers took up, though it is unclear if Robert followed suit. Growing up in poverty, Robert and his siblings lived with relatives after their parents were separated in late 1910s; Robert lived with his aunt and uncle, Sadie and James Littleton. Robert and his siblings had worked on the family's peach farm at an early age and later at his aunt Littleton's farm. His parents were divorced in 1922 when he was 16.

	After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} at age 18 for better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the home of the Methodist minister in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas in {w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a drugstore clerk for about five years while living in Garland. While living there, Robert and Jean worked together renting out properties they owned in Dallas.		After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} at age 18 for better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the home of the Methodist minister in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas in {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a drugstore clerk for about five years while living in Garland. While living there, Robert and Jean worked together renting out properties they owned in Dallas.

	Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.		Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.

NightcoreSwift004: /* Robert Franklin Chandler Sr */

2024-12-05T23:42:08Z

Robert Franklin Chandler Sr

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	'''Robert Franklin Chandler Sr.''' (8 February, 1906 - 27 December, 1977) was a textile mill worker and a security guard who was Bob's father and Chris's paternal grandfather.		'''Robert Franklin Chandler Sr.''' (8 February, 1906 - 27 December, 1977) was a textile mill worker and a security guard who was Bob's father and Chris's paternal grandfather.

	Born and raised in rural {{w\|Chilton County, Alabama}}, Robert was the son of Joseph Jessie Chandler, a peach farmer and {{w\|day laborer}}, and Martha Frances Headley, a housewife who also ~~worked laboring~~ the ~~farm~~. Before he was born, his family's home ~~was recently~~ burned down by an arsonist harassing his siblings. He was one of the youngest of 14 children in a Baptist family, with five of his siblings dying in infancy. His father was an avid hunter, capable of hunting seven pigs in one day, a hobby many of Robert's brothers took up, though it is unclear if Robert followed suit. Growing up, Robert and his siblings ~~later~~ lived with relatives as their parents were ~~seperated~~ in late 1910s; Robert lived with his aunt and uncle, Sadie and James Littleton. ~~Before that,~~ Robert and his siblings ~~did manual labor for~~ the family's peach farm at an early age. His parents were divorced in 1922 when he was 16.		Born and raised in rural {{w\|Chilton County, Alabama}}, Robert was the son of Joseph Jessie Chandler, a peach farmer and {{w\|day laborer}}, and Martha Frances Headley, a housewife who was also one of the family's farmworkers. Before he was born, his family's home had been heavily burned down by an arsonist who was harassing his siblings and received no insurance for the losses. He was one of the youngest of 14 children in a Baptist family, with five of his siblings dying in infancy. His father was an avid hunter, capable of hunting seven pigs in one day, a hobby many of Robert's brothers took up, though it is unclear if Robert followed suit. Growing up in poverty, Robert and his siblings lived with relatives after their parents were separated in late 1910s; Robert lived with his aunt and uncle, Sadie and James Littleton. Robert and his siblings had worked on the family's peach farm at an early age and later at his aunt Littleton's farm. His parents were divorced in 1922 when he was 16.

	After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist ~~church~~ in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas ~~at {~~{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a ~~pharmacist~~ for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean ~~would work~~ together renting out properties they ~~own~~ in Dallas.		After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} at age 18 for better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the home of the Methodist minister in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas in {w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a drugstore clerk for about five years while living in Garland. While living there, Robert and Jean worked together renting out properties they owned in Dallas.

	Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.		Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.

NightcoreSwift004: /* Joseph Chandler */

2024-12-02T16:12:15Z

Joseph Chandler

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	'''Dr. Joseph Chandler''' (April 14, 1832 - January 4, 1925) was a herbalist and a Confederate soldier who was Bob's paternal great grandfather and Chris's great-great grandfather.		'''Dr. Joseph Chandler''' (April 14, 1832 - January 4, 1925) was a herbalist and a Confederate soldier who was Bob's paternal great grandfather and Chris's great-great grandfather.

	Born and raised in a rural farm nearby {{w\|Kingston, Alabama\|Kingston, Autauga County, Alabama}}, he was the second child out of ten to a Baptist minister, clergyman and a priest Rev. Sidney Smith Chandler Sr. and Mary Lucinda Walker. His lower class family lived on a rustic 250-acre cotton farm with many livestock such as cows, bulls, pigs and a horse, as well as various household and farming items including smoothing irons, hunting guns, a hatchet, numerous books, and a family Bible, along with two pets: a dog and a cat. Joseph and his brothers worked on the family's cotton farm for around a decade before he was enlisted for the Civil War, although he became the family's only active worker on the farm since his brothers got married and established their own farms.		Born and raised in a rural farm nearby {{w\|Kingston, Alabama\|Kingston, Autauga County, Alabama}}, he was the second child out of ten to a Primitive Baptist minister, clergyman and a priest Rev. Sidney Smith Chandler Sr. and Mary Lucinda Walker. His lower class family lived on a rustic 250-acre cotton farm with many livestock such as cows, bulls, pigs and a horse, as well as various household and farming items including smoothing irons, hunting guns, a hatchet, numerous books, and a family Bible, along with two pets: a dog and a cat. Joseph and his brothers worked on the family's cotton farm for around a decade before he was enlisted for the Civil War, although he became the family's only active worker on the farm since his brothers got married and established their own farms.

	According to his father's probates and wills files, Joseph's father disliked him from adolescence over his opposition to slavery and allegedly having a feminine traits, claiming that Joseph was an "effeminate man" who couldn't perform "even the most basic of masculine tasks" and believed that Joseph is better off as a woman. In the same records, Joseph as a child asked his dad why are "humans owning other humans" and why don't slaves be free if God loves all humans, in which Sidney, a slaveowner of two, responds by calling black people the n-word and that they "don't worship god". Sidney also wrote in one of his original will that he wants all of his estate, inheritance and property be given to his third son Edmund, with two older sons Joseph and James to be given none. This was later changed to be given to Joseph since James and Edmund passed away around the time of Sidney's death.		According to his father's probates and wills files, Joseph's father disliked him from adolescence over his opposition to slavery and allegedly having a feminine traits, claiming that Joseph was an "effeminate man" who couldn't perform "even the most basic of masculine tasks" and believed that Joseph is better off as a woman. In the same records, Joseph as a child asked his dad why are "humans owning other humans" and why don't slaves be free if God loves all humans, in which Sidney, a slaveowner of two, responds by calling black people the n-word and that they "don't worship god". Sidney also wrote in one of his original will that he wants all of his estate, inheritance and property be given to his third son Edmund, with two older sons Joseph and James to be given none. This was later changed to be given to Joseph since James and Edmund passed away around the time of Sidney's death.

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2024-12-01T21:43:19Z

Robert Franklin Chandler Sr

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	After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.		After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.

	Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production~~. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale~~. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.		Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.

	In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.		In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.

NightcoreSwift004: /* Robert Franklin Chandler Sr */

2024-12-01T21:41:59Z

Robert Franklin Chandler Sr

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	After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.		After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.

	Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a ~~supplier for~~ {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing ~~industry~~, ~~excluding~~ a ~~few years of military work during World War II~~. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.		Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.

	In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.		In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.

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2024-11-06T10:14:50Z

John Weston

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	Born and raised on a homestead house built by his father in {{w\|Augusta, Ohio}}, he was the youngest child of six to Francis Weston Sr., a frontiersman and a wheat farmer and Grace Moore, both English immigrants from {{w\|Derbyshire}}. The homestead house he grew up on was a shanty with puncheon floor and chimney made with sticks and clay in the middle of the wilderness forest with only two families as the neighbors. His father died in March 1838 when John was 18 months old, leaving his children to grow up without a father. Through his father's will, John inherited "small silver cased hunting watch" and a five acre of land near {{w\|Minerva, Ohio\|Minerva}} reserved for him when he came of age. Despite the loss of his father, the family grew up with a stable income and John worked on the family's farm with his brothers.		Born and raised on a homestead house built by his father in {{w\|Augusta, Ohio}}, he was the youngest child of six to Francis Weston Sr., a frontiersman and a wheat farmer and Grace Moore, both English immigrants from {{w\|Derbyshire}}. The homestead house he grew up on was a shanty with puncheon floor and chimney made with sticks and clay in the middle of the wilderness forest with only two families as the neighbors. His father died in March 1838 when John was 18 months old, leaving his children to grow up without a father. Through his father's will, John inherited "small silver cased hunting watch" and a five acre of land near {{w\|Minerva, Ohio\|Minerva}} reserved for him when he came of age. Despite the loss of his father, the family grew up with a stable income and John worked on the family's farm with his brothers.

	In May 1858, John married Mary McClintock of Augusta, when they were 19 and 21 respectively. Mary was a {{w\|Northern Irish}}-born American whose parents immigrated to America to presumably escape the {{w\|Irish Potato Famine}}. They had eight children together from 1859 to 1879, including their second child Joseph Edward Weston Jr., Barb's paternal grandfather. Initially he farmed on a land adjacent to his brother's farm until buying another farmland to live with his family in early 1860s. He became financially stable through his career in {{w\|Carroll County, Ohio\|Carroll}} and {{w\|Stark County, Ohio\|Stark County}} as a dry goods and grocery merchant, having $7,000 of personal and real estate value combined.		In May 1858, John married Mary McClintock of Augusta, when they were 21 and 23 respectively. Mary was a {{w\|Northern Irish}}-born American whose parents immigrated to America to presumably escape the {{w\|Irish Potato Famine}}. They had eight children together from 1859 to 1879, including their second child Joseph Edward Weston Jr., Barb's paternal grandfather. Initially he farmed on a land adjacent to his brother's farm until buying another farmland to live with his family in early 1860s. He became financially stable through his career in {{w\|Carroll County, Ohio\|Carroll}} and {{w\|Stark County, Ohio\|Stark County}} as a dry goods and grocery merchant, having $7,000 of personal and real estate value combined.

	In 1873, after their seventh child was born, the family moved to Virginia near the border of {{w\|Mecklenburg County\|Mecklenburg}} and {{w\|Charlotte County\|Charlotte Counties}} in Abbeyville, next to Staunton & Roanoke rivers. He was a secretary of the Abbeyville Land Association until the family relocated to a wheat, corn and tobacco farm in Centerville (or Centreview), next to {{w\|Red Oak, Virginia\|Red Oak}} in Charlotte County. John was so fascinated with his experience in the county that he encouragingly advices his friends from Ohio to move to Charlotte County due to it's cheap lands and describing favorably about the county's farmland.		In 1873, after their seventh child was born, the family moved to Virginia near the border of {{w\|Mecklenburg County\|Mecklenburg}} and {{w\|Charlotte County\|Charlotte Counties}} in Abbeyville, next to Staunton & Roanoke rivers. He was a secretary of the Abbeyville Land Association until the family relocated to a wheat, corn and tobacco farm in Centerville (or Centreview), next to {{w\|Red Oak, Virginia\|Red Oak}} in Charlotte County. John was so fascinated with his experience in the county that he encouragingly advices his friends from Ohio to move to Charlotte County due to it's cheap lands and describing favorably about the county's farmland.

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Robert Franklin Chandler Sr

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	In October 1966, Robert received an eviction notice from the Winston-Salem Housing Authority, but no reason for the eviction was provided. Robert, represented with a non-profit attorney, contested the eviction, taking legal action in Justice of the Peace and Forsyth Superior Court. Robert's attorney argued that eviction without a reason violated his constitutional and tenants rights, which under 14th Amendment, guarantees due process. Chandler said he'll get justice not just for himself and his family, but for other "thousands" of evicted tenants Chandler had witnessed during the 12 years he had lived at Piedmont. For several months, the Housing Authority continued to withhold an explanation for the eviction. It wasn’t until September 1967 that they finally claimed Robert's household income exceeded the $4,900 annual limit required to remain in public housing. Robert's attorney disputed this, arguing that even with contributions from the working members of his family, the family’s income did not exceed the limit. Despite his efforts, in January 1968, the court ruled in favor of the Housing Authority. A consent judgment was reached, requiring Chandler to pay $345 in back rent immediately and $463 in weekly installments of $10, and to vacate the apartment by April 1968. However, Robert, who had gave up on the case and no longer had interest in living at Piedmont anyway, publicly stated to a reporter that he would not pay "a penny one" of the back rent. He stressed that he had no property, no money in the bank and that the Housing Authority could only collect a judgment from him, "but that's just fun to me", Robert said. Due to his statements, the court expedited the eviction, and Robert, along with his wife and seven children, was evicted in late January 1968.		In October 1966, Robert received an eviction notice from the Winston-Salem Housing Authority, but no reason for the eviction was provided. Robert, represented with a non-profit attorney, contested the eviction, taking legal action in Justice of the Peace and Forsyth Superior Court. Robert's attorney argued that eviction without a reason violated his constitutional and tenants rights, which under 14th Amendment, guarantees due process. Chandler said he'll get justice not just for himself and his family, but for other "thousands" of evicted tenants Chandler had witnessed during the 12 years he had lived at Piedmont. For several months, the Housing Authority continued to withhold an explanation for the eviction. It wasn’t until September 1967 that they finally claimed Robert's household income exceeded the $4,900 annual limit required to remain in public housing. Robert's attorney disputed this, arguing that even with contributions from the working members of his family, the family’s income did not exceed the limit. Despite his efforts, in January 1968, the court ruled in favor of the Housing Authority. A consent judgment was reached, requiring Chandler to pay $345 in back rent immediately and $463 in weekly installments of $10, and to vacate the apartment by April 1968. However, Robert, who had gave up on the case and no longer had interest in living at Piedmont anyway, publicly stated to a reporter that he would not pay "a penny one" of the back rent. He stressed that he had no property, no money in the bank and that the Housing Authority could only collect a judgment from him, "but that's just fun to me", Robert said. Due to his statements, the court expedited the eviction, and Robert, along with his wife and seven children, was evicted in late January 1968.

	The Chandlers, with the help of the community organizations, moved out the day they got evicted to a rental house in the Forest Park neighborhood ~~before relocating to a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house in the same area~~, near {{w\|Bowman Gray Stadium}} and {{w\|Winston-Salem State University}}. Robert retired in 1970 at age 64, after 15 years of service for the Merchant Patrol. He passed away in December 1977 at age 71 after three months of metastatic pancreatic cancer. He was Chris's last grandparent to die.		The Chandlers, with the help of the community organizations, moved out the day they got evicted to a rental house in the Forest Park neighborhood, near {{w\|Bowman Gray Stadium}} and {{w\|Winston-Salem State University}}. Robert retired in 1970 at age 64, after 15 years of service for the Merchant Patrol and relocated with his family to a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house in the same neighborhood. He passed away in December 1977, almost at age 71 after three months of metastatic pancreatic cancer. He was Chris's last grandparent to die.

	From 1950 to 1962, Robert and Dorothy had seven children, including Wayne Chandler in January 1955 and twin daughters Betty and Joan Chandler in April 1962. Various newspapers regarded Robert as a loving husband and father who fought hard for his family's survival. In 1966, believing his 16-year-old son Ray might have been electrocuted at work, Robert rushed to the workplace to save him and afterward called the fire department and rescue team for help; the boy was not hurt. Robert became an enthusiastic fisherman after moving to Winston-Salem, frequently visiting the {{w\|Outer Banks}} to fish with his family. Locals remembered him as a friendly person who loved telling stories about his youth and once said that [[women's rights\|women should never be forced to conform to societal norms imposed upon them]].		From 1950 to 1962, Robert and Dorothy had seven children, including Wayne Chandler in January 1955 and twin daughters Betty and Joan Chandler in April 1962. Various newspapers regarded Robert as a loving husband and father who fought hard for his family's survival. In 1966, believing his 16-year-old son Ray might have been electrocuted at work, Robert rushed to the workplace to save him and afterward called the fire department and rescue team for help; the boy was not hurt. Robert became an enthusiastic fisherman after moving to Winston-Salem, frequently visiting the {{w\|Outer Banks}} to fish with his family. Locals remembered him as a friendly person who loved telling stories about his youth and once said that [[women's rights\|women should never be forced to conform to societal norms imposed upon them]].

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	Born in {{w\|Meigs County, Tennessee}}, he was the second youngest child out of 9 children to Meigs attorney and a lawyer, Esquire John Richmond Hollomon, and Mary Baker. Owing to his father's successful legal and political career, he was raised on a comfortably middle-class household at a hundreds of acres that contained a large farm. John worked on his parents' farm alongside his siblings while attending school, with his father's help, a "gentlemen farmer".		Born in {{w\|Meigs County, Tennessee}}, he was the second youngest child out of 9 children to Meigs attorney and a lawyer, Esquire John Richmond Hollomon, and Mary Baker. Owing to his father's successful legal and political career, he was raised on a comfortably middle-class household at a hundreds of acres that contained a large farm. John worked on his parents' farm alongside his siblings while attending school, with his father's help, a "gentlemen farmer".

	After finishing high school in 1886, John left Tennessee & moved to {{w\|Wylie, Texas}} in ~~1890~~, a newly incorporated city in northeast Dallas with ~~400~~ residents. He worked during the 1890s for the postal service as a assistant postmaster before later switching his career the following decade. John was considered as one of the Wylie's oldest and earliest businessmen at the time. He was the vice president of the Wylie's first state bank in 1910s and donated moneys to local schools.		After finishing high school in 1886, John left Tennessee & moved to {{w\|Wylie, Texas}} in 1888, a newly incorporated city in northeast Dallas with over 200 residents. He worked during the 1890s for the postal service as a assistant postmaster before later switching his career the following decade. John was considered as one of the Wylie's oldest and earliest businessmen at the time. He was the vice president of the Wylie's first state bank in 1910s and donated moneys to local schools.

	John was a well known pharmacist in the Wylie's {{w\|Collin County, Texas\|Collin County}} for over 50 years, and owning his own pharmacy, Hollomon Drug Store since 1896. During his career, besides selling medicines, he gave away all kinds of materials, supplies, gifts and all other things from his pharmacy, that included school supplies, candies, cosmetics, baby gifts, pottery, etc. Giving away gifts and others from his pharmacy were generous enough that his pharmacy was one of the 40+ businesses and stores mentioned in Wylie's newspaper article, for helping out and gifting the local high school's students. He also let a dentist open one of their dental offices for practical session in his pharmacy.		John was a well known pharmacist in the Wylie's {{w\|Collin County, Texas\|Collin County}} for over 50 years, and owning his own pharmacy, Hollomon Drug Store since 1896. During his career, besides selling medicines, he gave away all kinds of materials, supplies, gifts and all other things from his pharmacy, that included school supplies, candies, cosmetics, baby gifts, pottery, etc. Giving away gifts and others from his pharmacy were generous enough that his pharmacy was one of the 40+ businesses and stores mentioned in Wylie's newspaper article, for helping out and gifting the local high school's students. He also let a dentist open one of their dental offices for practical session in his pharmacy.

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	Born and raised in rural {{w\|Chilton County, Alabama}}, Robert was the son of Joseph Jessie Chandler, a peach farmer and {{w\|day laborer}}, and Martha Frances Headley, a housewife who was also one of the family's farmworkers. Before he was born, his family's home had been heavily burned down by an arsonist who was harassing his siblings and received no insurance for the losses. He was one of the youngest of 14 children in a Baptist family, with five of his siblings dying in infancy. His father was an avid hunter, capable of hunting seven pigs in one day, a hobby many of Robert's brothers took up, though it is unclear if Robert followed suit. Growing up in poverty, Robert and his siblings lived with relatives after their parents were separated in late 1910s; Robert lived with his aunt and uncle, Sadie and James Littleton. Robert and his siblings had worked on the family's peach farm at an early age and later at his aunt Littleton's farm. His parents were divorced in 1922 when he was 16.		Born and raised in rural {{w\|Chilton County, Alabama}}, Robert was the son of Joseph Jessie Chandler, a peach farmer and {{w\|day laborer}}, and Martha Frances Headley, a housewife who was also one of the family's farmworkers. Before he was born, his family's home had been heavily burned down by an arsonist who was harassing his siblings and received no insurance for the losses. He was one of the youngest of 14 children in a Baptist family, with five of his siblings dying in infancy. His father was an avid hunter, capable of hunting seven pigs in one day, a hobby many of Robert's brothers took up, though it is unclear if Robert followed suit. Growing up in poverty, Robert and his siblings lived with relatives after their parents were separated in late 1910s; Robert lived with his aunt and uncle, Sadie and James Littleton. Robert and his siblings had worked on the family's peach farm at an early age and later at his aunt Littleton's farm. His parents were divorced in 1922 when he was 16.

	After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} at age 18 for better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the home of the Methodist minister in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas in {w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a drugstore clerk for about five years while living in Garland. While living there, Robert and Jean worked together renting out properties they owned in Dallas.		After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} at age 18 for better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the home of the Methodist minister in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas in {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a drugstore clerk for about five years while living in Garland. While living there, Robert and Jean worked together renting out properties they owned in Dallas.

	Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.		Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.

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	After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.		After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.

	Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production~~. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale~~. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.		Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.

	In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.		In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.

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	After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.		After dropping out of high school in his freshman year, Robert worked at a steel mill before moving to {{w\|Lake City, Florida}} for a better job opportunities. In June 1926, Robert married Jean Hollomon of {{w\|Wylie, Texas}}, the daughter of a pharmacist, at the Methodist church in Dallas. They were 20 years old at the time of their marriage and lived together in Lake City before moving back to Texas at {{w\|Fort Worth}}, where he worked as an insurance agent. They had their only child Robert "Bob" Chandler Jr. in September 1927 and shortly after that, they moved to {{w\|Garland, Texas\|Garland}} near Jean's hometown. At the behest of Jean and his father-in-law, Robert worked as a pharmacist for about five years living in Garland. While in there, Robert and Jean would work together renting out properties they own in Dallas.

	Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a ~~supplier for~~ {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing ~~industry~~, ~~excluding~~ a ~~few years of military work during World War II~~. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.		Robert and his family moved back to Alabama in 1933, settling in {{w\|Sylacauga, Alabama\|Sylacauga}}, where his parents, siblings were living at. There, he worked for over 20 years as a supply handler and later a supply clerk at {{w\|Avondale Mills}}, a textile manufacturing company, in the weaving department at the Eva Jane plant. His job initially involved managing the physical handling and distribution of materials in the supply room, often described as carrying supplies like a moving van. Later, he transitioned to clerical tasks, overseeing inventory, tracking supplies, and ensuring timely deliveries for production. His father, siblings, nieces and nephews were also working at Avondale. Receiving $624 a year from Avondale, the family faced financial struggles to the point of moving periodically during the 1940s and having very limited values in their possessions, as recounted by Bob in a letter detailing their issues with poverty. To supplement the family's income, Jean worked filling batteries at Avondale and Robert engaged in the newspaper business while still working at Avondale. Jean unexpectedly passed away at the young age of 39 in May 1945, shortly before Bob finished high school. Robert remarried in April 1949 to Dorothy Julia Wolfe, the daughter of a lumber inspector. Dorothy had a daughter from a previous marriage, whom Robert later adopted.

	In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.		In 1955, Robert and his family moved to {{w\|Winston-Salem, North Carolina}}, settling in a $70-a-month four-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment at a public housing project in the Piedmont Park neighborhood, next to {{w\|Smith Reynolds Airport}}. They stayed there for the next 13 years. Robert found employment as a security guard for the Winston-Salem Merchant Patrol Inc., a private security company that provided security services to retail stores, business premises, and industrial sites. His job involved patrolling properties of retail stores and businesses, preventing break-ins, reporting crimes, and collaborating with law enforcement. One of the business building he started guarding at since 1966 was an abandoned {{w\|Western Electric}} plant at the Chatham Road, the same company where his son Bob used to work as an electrical engineer at the same site for four years until 1956. By late 1967, he took a larger additional roles in the plant building; while he worked as a security guard for the Merchant Patrol, he also served as a general superintendent and plant manager for H. Rubin & Sons Inc., an investment company that owned the abandoned plant building until they sold it in 1970. His son Ray, a high school student born in 1950, worked alongside his father as a guard at the same plant from 1966 to 1970, to supplement the family's income. Robert received only $70 a week, and although Ray earned a part-time salary, the family still faced financial struggles.

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	Born and raised on a homestead house built by his father in {{w\|Augusta, Ohio}}, he was the youngest child of six to Francis Weston Sr., a frontiersman and a wheat farmer and Grace Moore, both English immigrants from {{w\|Derbyshire}}. The homestead house he grew up on was a shanty with puncheon floor and chimney made with sticks and clay in the middle of the wilderness forest with only two families as the neighbors. His father died in March 1838 when John was 18 months old, leaving his children to grow up without a father. Through his father's will, John inherited "small silver cased hunting watch" and a five acre of land near {{w\|Minerva, Ohio\|Minerva}} reserved for him when he came of age. Despite the loss of his father, the family grew up with a stable income and John worked on the family's farm with his brothers.		Born and raised on a homestead house built by his father in {{w\|Augusta, Ohio}}, he was the youngest child of six to Francis Weston Sr., a frontiersman and a wheat farmer and Grace Moore, both English immigrants from {{w\|Derbyshire}}. The homestead house he grew up on was a shanty with puncheon floor and chimney made with sticks and clay in the middle of the wilderness forest with only two families as the neighbors. His father died in March 1838 when John was 18 months old, leaving his children to grow up without a father. Through his father's will, John inherited "small silver cased hunting watch" and a five acre of land near {{w\|Minerva, Ohio\|Minerva}} reserved for him when he came of age. Despite the loss of his father, the family grew up with a stable income and John worked on the family's farm with his brothers.

	In May 1858, John married Mary McClintock of Augusta, when they were 19 and 21 respectively. Mary was a {{w\|Northern Irish}}-born American whose parents immigrated to America to presumably escape the {{w\|Irish Potato Famine}}. They had eight children together from 1859 to 1879, including their second child Joseph Edward Weston Jr., Barb's paternal grandfather. Initially he farmed on a land adjacent to his brother's farm until buying another farmland to live with his family in early 1860s. He became financially stable through his career in {{w\|Carroll County, Ohio\|Carroll}} and {{w\|Stark County, Ohio\|Stark County}} as a dry goods and grocery merchant, having $7,000 of personal and real estate value combined.		In May 1858, John married Mary McClintock of Augusta, when they were 21 and 23 respectively. Mary was a {{w\|Northern Irish}}-born American whose parents immigrated to America to presumably escape the {{w\|Irish Potato Famine}}. They had eight children together from 1859 to 1879, including their second child Joseph Edward Weston Jr., Barb's paternal grandfather. Initially he farmed on a land adjacent to his brother's farm until buying another farmland to live with his family in early 1860s. He became financially stable through his career in {{w\|Carroll County, Ohio\|Carroll}} and {{w\|Stark County, Ohio\|Stark County}} as a dry goods and grocery merchant, having $7,000 of personal and real estate value combined.

	In 1873, after their seventh child was born, the family moved to Virginia near the border of {{w\|Mecklenburg County\|Mecklenburg}} and {{w\|Charlotte County\|Charlotte Counties}} in Abbeyville, next to Staunton & Roanoke rivers. He was a secretary of the Abbeyville Land Association until the family relocated to a wheat, corn and tobacco farm in Centerville (or Centreview), next to {{w\|Red Oak, Virginia\|Red Oak}} in Charlotte County. John was so fascinated with his experience in the county that he encouragingly advices his friends from Ohio to move to Charlotte County due to it's cheap lands and describing favorably about the county's farmland.		In 1873, after their seventh child was born, the family moved to Virginia near the border of {{w\|Mecklenburg County\|Mecklenburg}} and {{w\|Charlotte County\|Charlotte Counties}} in Abbeyville, next to Staunton & Roanoke rivers. He was a secretary of the Abbeyville Land Association until the family relocated to a wheat, corn and tobacco farm in Centerville (or Centreview), next to {{w\|Red Oak, Virginia\|Red Oak}} in Charlotte County. John was so fascinated with his experience in the county that he encouragingly advices his friends from Ohio to move to Charlotte County due to it's cheap lands and describing favorably about the county's farmland.