November 1. 1879. 40 days short of W6 years of age. He was of mixed English and ScotchIrish ancestry. received an academic education. and early in life engaged in mercantile pursuits. When 20 years of age he removed to Michigan. settling in Detroit. where for a year or two he clerked in a store. Tradition has it that when Chandler. still a minor. decided to join the current of western immigration his father offered him $1.000 or a collegiate education. He chone the money and settled in Detroit. becoming a merchant with his brotherinlaw. Franklin Moore. under the firm name of Moore & Chandler.
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