Chairs was born March 12, 1847 in Leon County, Florida to Green D. Chaires and Anna Maria Parkhill.
[1] He received most of his education in a seminary in Tallahassee and enlisted in Robert H. Gamble's Artillery before transferring to Scott's Cavalry.
[1][2] A few years after the war in 1868 he moved to Cedar Key, Florida and started farming and raising cattle, then moved to Old Town in 1870 to avoid an epidemic.
[1] Chaires died August 17, 1899[1] from issues with his liver and was survived by his wife and three sons.
[5] One of his sons, McQueen Chaires, also became a state legislator in Florida.