----Source: Biographical History of Clark and Jackson Counties, published 1891 by Lewis Publishing Co., page 339:

C. L. CHANDLER, a retired farmer who resides in Neillsville, Wisconsin, was born in Potsdam, New York, December 2, 1823. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Chandler, natives of Vermont, settled in St. Lawrence County, New York, where they spent their lives and died. Seven children were born to them, all sons. Three of them remained with their father until they were twenty-two years old, working in the logging camps and also running a saw-mill for five years.

When he was twenty-five years old the subject of our sketch came to Wisconsin and settled in Pine Valley, where he bought a farm of 200 acres-the oldest farm in Clark County. He had but limited means when he came to this State, but by good investment of what little he had, by judicious management of that and by much hard work he has acquired a competency and is now in the position to enjoy the comforts of life in his old age. Mr. Chandler has been twice married. By his first wife, a Vermont lady, he had two children, one of whom, Ella, is living and is married and settled in life. For his second wife he chose Mary Jane Burk, whom he wed in New York. She is a lady of education and culture and an old teacher, having taught twenty-two terms in New York and this State. Two children have been born to them, Bell and Carl. The former is married and the latter is engaged in teaching.