HISTORY OF RUSH COUNTY, INDIANA: From the earliest time to the present, with biographical sketches, notes, etc. Illustrated; Chicago: Brant and Fuller, 1888. p. 372. Bourbon County. MARTHA A. CHANDLER, of Center Township, was born in Bourbon County, Ky., October 12, 1835, being the daughter of Aaron and Ann Barnes, both of whom were also natives of Bourbon County, Ky. Her father was the son of Brinsley and Mary Barnes, and her mother was the daughter of John and Martha Laughlin. Before she was two years old her parents came to Rush County, and settled in Noble Township where she grew to womanhood, and where, on the 19th day of February, 1860, she was married to John G. Chandler. He was born in Harrison County, Ky., September 17, 1824, being the son of James and Elizabeth Chandler. He was married to Irene E. Welborn, in September, 1855. She bore him two children: Iola May and Walter, both of whom are deceased. Mrs. Irene Chandler died May 2, 1858. The subject of this sketch is the mother of three daughters, as follows: Carrie A., born February 2, 1861, married to Turner Hudelson, in May, 1885; Lizzie K., born June 12, 1862, married to Horace Atkins, in September, 1880; and Mary M., born November 22, 1864, married to Arthur Hinshaw, April 7, 1887. The husband of Mrs. Chandler died November 26, 1871. She is a member of the Christian Church. She owns eighty acres of land, nearly all in cultivation. Chandler Barnes Laughlin Welborn Hudelson Atkins Hinshaw = Rush-IN Harrison-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/chandler.ma.txt