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Hon. David Chandler is one of the old and highly esteemed citizens of Benton County, Ark. He was born in Burke (now McDowd) County, N. C., October 3, 1804, and there grew to manhood. He was educated in the common schools, and received a supplemental education in a college at Morgantown. In 1846 he immigrated to Bloomfield, Ark., and began tilling the soil, entering 820 acres of land. In August, 1846, he was elected county surveyor, and in 1850 was elected to the State Legislature, was re-elected in 1872, and was in the famous Brooks and Baxter call session of 1874. He has been a notary public for twelve years, and holds that office at the present time. He was married to Eliza Fagan, a daughter of Col. John Fagan, who was a soldier in the War of 1812. She was born December 4, 1812, and died in Arkansas in 1871. Three sons and two daughters blessed their union: J. Elizabeth, wife of Dr. J. H. Neagle, residing in Paris, Tex., is the only one from home. Mr. Chandler has the confidence and esteem of all who know him, and although nearly eighty-four years of age is in excellent health, both bodily and mentally, March 28, 1878, he was married to his second wife, Mrs. M. A. (Martin) Pearson, who was born and grew to womanhood in Monroe County, Tenn. Her first husband was William Pearson, who died in Cedar County, Mo., in 1866. Mrs. Chandler is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and her husband belongs to the Masonic and I. O. O. F. fraternities. His parents, John and Elizabeth (Oustatt) Chandler, were born in Randolph and Burke Counties, N. C., respectively, and died in their native State, the former December 21, 1839, in his seventies.