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James Nixon Sandifer
Abt 1766 - 1816 (~ 50 years)1. James Nixon Sandifer was born about 1766 in Lunenburg, Virginia, United States; died on 28 Oct 1816 in Green, Kentucky, USA. Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Durham. Elizabeth was born in 1764 in Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia; died in 1834 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. 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.
Generation: 2
2. Samuel E. Durham Sandefur (1.James1) was born on 21 Feb 1794 in Mercer County, Kentucky, USA; died on 19 Mar 1876 in Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA. Notes:
From 1830 and onward found in censuses for Jackson, Shelby, Indiana, USA.
Children:
James Sandifer (1815-)
Mary Copeland Sandifer (1820-1906)
Nancy D. Sandifer (1823-died young)
Polly Sandifer
Elizabeth Sandifer (1825-1917)
Martha Sandifer (1828-)
Samuel R. Sandefur (1829-1898)
Joseph Wesley Sandifer (1834-1918)
Sylvester W. Sandifer (1841-1904)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]
Children:
- 3. 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.
Generation: 3
3. Samuel R. Sandifer (2.Samuel2, 1.James1) 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. Notes:
21 yo school teacher in Hendricks, Shelby Co., Indiana in 1850 census. Married.
Samuel married Nancy Emily Robins on 1 Aug 1849 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA. Nancy (daughter of Philip Robins and Nancy Boyd) was born on 19 Dec 1833 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died on 21 Nov 1883 in Jasper County, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 4. Floretta Emily Sandifer was born on 18 Sep 1850 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died on 2 Aug 1916 in Humboldt, Coles, Illinois.
- 5. Samuel E. Sandifer was born in 1853 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died in in Indiana, USA.
- 6. Moses F. Sandifer was born in 1855 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died in in Indiana, USA.
Family/Spouse: 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]
Children:
- 7. 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: 4
4. Floretta Emily Sandifer (3.Samuel3, 2.Samuel2, 1.James1) was born on 18 Sep 1850 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died on 2 Aug 1916 in Humboldt, Coles, Illinois. 5. Samuel E. Sandifer (3.Samuel3, 2.Samuel2, 1.James1) was born in 1853 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died in in Indiana, USA. 6. Moses F. Sandifer (3.Samuel3, 2.Samuel2, 1.James1) was born in 1855 in Shelby County, Indiana, USA; died in in Indiana, USA. 7. Martha Ellen West (3.Samuel3, 2.Samuel2, 1.James1) 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. Notes:
Illegitimate daughter of Eliza Ann West.
Raised by James Solomon Casey as his own.
Children:
Florence June Elkins, 1875– 1895
Edward Charles Frye, 1879 – (actor in Chicago 1910)
Pearl Emerson Frye, 1881– 1918
Martha Desdimona Elkins, 1885– 1957
William Thomas Frye, 1888– 1972
Eliza Magnolia Polson Oldaker, 1895– 1974
Frank Riley Trotter, 1902– 1969Martha 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]