Amasa Franklin Chandler

Civil War Veteren

Affiliation: Union

Enlisted: 1864

Rank: Pvt.

Co.: B

Regt.:146th,Illinois

Discharged: July, 1865

Amasa Franklin, b. 24 Jan., 1844; enlisted 1864 in Co. B, 146th Regt. Ill. Infantry; discharged July, 1865. Studying, 1870, medicine in Chicago, and assistant surgeon in Catholic Hospital. Settled in the practice of his profession at Akron, Ohio; m. Sept., 1877, Ida( Hartibee) of Pittsburg, Pa.

Two children:

* i Amasa Hartibee b. June, 1878

• ii Lewis Lord, b. Jan., 1880

Source : THE FAMILY OF WILLIAM AND ANNIS CHANDLER; WHO SETTLED IN ROXBURY, MASS 1637; by George Chandler; printed for the family on the press of George Hamilton of Worcester, Mass; 311 Main Street, 1883; pg. 892

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(VIII) Amasa Franklin, son of Levi Lord and Nancy (Grundy) Chandler, was born January 24, 1844, in Lawrence county, New York, and received his edu- cation in local schools. Ere he attained his majority the current of his life was diverted by the Civil War into military channels. In 1864 he enlisted in Com- pany B, 146th Regiment Illinois Infantry, and served to the close of the conflict, receiving in July, 1865, an honorable dis- charge.

On his return home, Mr. Chandler matriculated in the medical department of the University of Chicago, completing his studies at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and returned to his native land fully equipped for the practice of his profession. Opening an office in Akron, Ohio, he devoted himself for many years to the active and faithful discharge of the obligations and responsibilities of a practitioner of general medicine and surgery, his labors being attended by success and recognition.

In Dr. Chandler's nature, however, professional ability was combined with the essential qualities of a man of affairs, and these qualities, in the course of time, demanded a field for their exercise. In 1888 he abandoned the practice of his profession, becoming secretary and treasurer of the Standard Plate Glass Company of Cutler, Pennsylvania. The following year his business talent found still fuller scope in the organization of the Charleroi Plate Glass Company, of which during the remainder of his life he was secretary and general manager. He was also one of the founders of Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and a director of the Charleroi Land Company.

The political principles advocated by the Republican party always received the aid of Dr. Chandler's vote and influence. During his professional career he was for a time assistant surgeon in the Roman Catholic Hospital in Chicago. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The countenance and manner of Dr. Chandler were indicative of the union of the reflective and executive faculties by which he was distinguished, marking him as both the student and the man of action.

Dr. Chandler married, September 11, 1877, Ida H. Hartupee, whose family record is appended to this biography, and their children were : Andrew Hartupee, superintendent of Works No. 5 of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company at Ford City, Pennsylvania, married Lucile, daughter of R. R. Brown, of Pittsburgh, and they have three children — Dorothy Phipps, Caroline Augusta, and William Hartupee ; Lee Lord, whose biography appears in this work ; Sellers McKee, whose biography may also be found on another page ; Clarence Amasa, of Cleve- land, Ohio, local manager of the Toledo Plate and Window Glass Company, has one son, Clarence Amasa. Mrs. Chandler. in her widowhood, is blessed with the devotion of her children and the warm attachment of her many friends.

In the prime of life and in the fullness of prosperity Dr. Chandler passed away, breathing his last on December 17, 1890, at Charleroi, Pennsylvania. A quarter of a century has passed since then, but his work still bears abundant fruit. Dr. Chandler was a resident of two States, and in both proved his value to the com- monwealth. He helped to sustain the prestige of the medical profession of Ohio and was largely instrumental in the development of one of Pennsylvania's most important industries.

Source: Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania biography (Volume v.6) Link: http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/john-w-john-woolf-jordan/ency...

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