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Martha Ellen West
1857 - 1937 (80 years)
1. Martha Ellen West was born on 9 Jul 1857 in Brown County, IN, USA (daughter of Samuel R. Sandifer and Eliza Ann West, daughter of James Solomon Casey and Eliza Ann West); died on 10 Sep 1937 in Vinita, Craig Co., OK; was buried in Timpson Chapel Cemetery, Estella, Craig County, Oklahoma. Martha married Thomas William Frye on 24 Dec 1873 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA. Thomas was born on 7 Feb 1852 in Wayne Co., KY; died in 1920 in Paris, Edgar Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Martha married John Thomas Polson on 26 Apr 1895 in Blue Mount township, Vernon, MO. John was born in 1849 in Danville, Blount, Vermilion, Illinois; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Martha married Robert Franklin Trotter in 1898. Robert was born in 1847 in Richfield, Adams, Illinois; died in 1935; was buried in Timpson Chapel Cemetery, Estella, Craig County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Samuel R. Sandifer was born on 14 Nov 1829 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA (son of Samuel E. Durham Sandefur and Elizabeth Shipp); died in 1898 in Richland County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dundas, Richland, Illinois, USA. Samuel married Eliza Ann West. Eliza (daughter of Charles B. West and Barbara Ryker) was born on 3 Nov 1838 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, OK, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Eliza Ann West was born on 3 Nov 1838 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana (daughter of Charles B. West and Barbara Ryker); died on 2 Mar 1926 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, OK, USA. Children:
- 1. Martha Ellen West was born on 9 Jul 1857 in Brown County, IN, USA; died on 10 Sep 1937 in Vinita, Craig Co., OK; was buried in Timpson Chapel Cemetery, Estella, Craig County, Oklahoma.
Generation: 3
4. Samuel E. Durham Sandefur was born on 21 Feb 1794 in Mercer County, Kentucky, USA (son of James Nixon Sandifer and Elizabeth Durham); died on 19 Mar 1876 in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA. Samuel married Elizabeth Shipp on 1 Aug 1814 in Green, Kentucky, USA. Elizabeth was born on 24 Mar 1796 in Green, Kentucky, USA; died on 8 Aug 1872 in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Elizabeth Shipp was born on 24 Mar 1796 in Green, Kentucky, USA; died on 8 Aug 1872 in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA. Children:
- 2. Samuel R. Sandifer was born on 14 Nov 1829 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died in 1898 in Richland County, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dundas, Richland, Illinois, USA.
6. Charles B. West was born on 22 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA (son of John S. West and Martha R. Benefiel); died in 1860-1870 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA. Charles married Barbara Ryker on 6 Sep 1837 in Jefferson, Wells, Indiana. Barbara (daughter of Peter Ryker and Susanna Caplinger) was born in 1818 in Indiana, USA; died on 12 Oct 1893 in Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Barbara Ryker was born in 1818 in Indiana, USA (daughter of Peter Ryker and Susanna Caplinger); died on 12 Oct 1893 in Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA. Children:
- 3. Eliza Ann West was born on 3 Nov 1838 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Henryetta, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA; was buried in West Lawn Cemetery, Henryetta, OK, USA.
- Martha Jane West was born on 6 Dec 1840 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 28 Jun 1918 in St Louis, Missouri.
- Mary Ann West was born in 1843 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died in in Indiana, USA.
- Samuel Taylor West was born in 1849 in Johnson, Ripley, Indiana; died on 9 Jul 1929 in Laddonia, Audrain, Missouri, USA.
- John Leonard West was born on 21 Jan 1857 in Indiana, USA; died on 11 May 1950 in Columbus, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.
Generation: 4
8. James Nixon Sandifer was born about 1766 in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States; died on 28 Oct 1816 in Green, Kentucky, USA. James married Elizabeth Durham. Elizabeth was born in 1764 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia; died in 1834 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Elizabeth Durham was born in 1764 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia; died in 1834 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA. Children:
- 4. Samuel E. Durham Sandefur was born on 21 Feb 1794 in Mercer County, Kentucky, USA; died on 19 Mar 1876 in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA.
12. John S. West was born in 1787 in Chapham, Bedfordshire, England; died on 20 Jan 1865 in Jefferson, Indiana. John married Martha R. Benefiel on 12 Jan 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana. Martha (daughter of George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan) was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky; died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Martha R. Benefiel was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Kentucky (daughter of George Eli Benefiel and Mary Buchanan); died on 31 Dec 1878 in Jefferson, Indiana. Children:
- 6. Charles B. West was born on 22 Dec 1816 in Jefferson, Indiana, USA; died in 1860-1870 in Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA.
14. Peter Ryker was born on 28 Jun 1791 in Shelby Co., KY (son of Samuel Ryker and Barbara Fullenwider); died on 22 Jan 1875 in Ripley County, IN, USA. Peter married Susanna Caplinger on 17 Jul 1811 in Shelby Co., KY. Susanna (daughter of Henry Keplinger and Elizabeth Barbara Harpole) was born about 1791 in Virginia, USA; died on 10 Jul 1825 in KY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Susanna Caplinger was born about 1791 in Virginia, USA (daughter of Henry Keplinger and Elizabeth Barbara Harpole); died on 10 Jul 1825 in KY. Children:
- 7. Barbara Ryker was born in 1818 in Indiana, USA; died on 12 Oct 1893 in Taylorsville, Bartholomew, Indiana, USA.