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Laura Kennedy: A Brief Story Of Laura Kennedy
What made Byer so dear to Laura Kennedy? Why did she love it so? After their sobering experience with outhouses and water via pump handles, you can bet Margie and Tom can't give you a reason. Earl's daughter, Margie, relayed in an email about Margie's time in Byer in 1955, "We slept in the Byer house one night for the burial. I had a miserable night. I was cold and we had to use the outhouse. I remember the house was very musty-moldy smelling."

As with every small fact, there is often a lengthy story behind it if you search hard enough. Our story of how Laura Kennedy came to live in Byer and cherish her life there begins with Laura's great great grandfather Captain John Chandler Sr (1757-1829), the Patriarch of our Chandler family in Ohio.

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