Photo Friday—Nancy Chandler

Nancy Frances Jolly Chandler.

Nancy Frances Jolly was born in South Carolina on 14 Apr 1811. On 20 Jan 1831, she was apparently living in Franklin County, Georgia, and married Dudley Jones Chandler, also of Franklin County.

By 1840, they removed to Pocataligo, Madison County, Georgia, where they resided for the remainder of their lives.

According to a newspaper article published in The Constitution marking Dudley’s 90th birthday, they had sixteen children. [2]

Nancy and Dudley are interred at the McGinnis Cemetery in Madison County, Georgia.

T. J. Allen, the photographer of this portrait, arrived in Harmony Grove, now Commerce, Jackson County, Georgia, in about 1889, and was the principal photographer there for thirty years. [3]


Nancy Frances Jolly (1811–1887) is 5th great-grandmother of MKS in the Spratlin branch.

Dudley Jones Chandler (1809–1905) is 5th great-grandfather of MKS in the Spratlin branch.

References:
[1] Ancestry.com member Leita Cowart (photograph).
[2] “His Ninetieth Birthday,” The Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), 13 Aug 1899, p. 4.
[3] History of Harmony Grove-Commerce, Chapter 20, The USGenWeb Archives Project.