Board: Message Boards > Localities > North America > United States > States > Florida > Counties > Escambia URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.florida.counties.escambia/802/mb. ashx Subject: YONGE Author: Ginny Deagan Date: Wednesday, May 27, 1998 Classification: Biography Surnames:
Chandler Cox YONGE was born in Fernandina, FL 3 Oct 1818. His family was of English extraction and an uncle on his father's side was solicitor for the King of England during the British occupation of Florida. Chandler was educated at the University of Georgia and studied law at Quincy, FL. He was first at St. Joseph, then Marianna until 1859 when he came to Pensacola. He was district attorney for Florida under the Confederacy and in 1863 was appointed as a Major in the Quartermaster's Dept. of the Confederacy. After the war, he practiced law in Pensacola. He was a member of Christ Church. Chandler died 17 Feb 1889 at age 71. (Abstracted from the Pensacola News Journal, 2 Nov 1940. Biographical Sketch by T. T. Wentworth, Jr.)
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