Click here to view land patent for Monroe Co., MS in 1841Descendants of Jesse Marshall Standifer
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Updated November 13, 2000 courtesy of Brian Bivona.
Generation No. 1
1. JESSE MARSHALL5 STANDIFER (SKELTON4, ISRAEL3, JAMES J.2 STANDIFORD, JOHN1 STANDIFORD) was born Abt. 1812 in Eatonton, GA, and died August 01, 1881 in Garvin, Wise Co, TX. He married (1) ELIZA PANTHEA EDWARDS 1840 in Shelby Co, TX. He married (2) CAROLINE MILDRED EDWARDS August 30, 1851 in Dallas Co, TX. [Eliza and Caroline were sisters].
Notes for JESSE MARSHALL STANDIFER:
In 1836 Jesse Marshall Standifer graduated from the Medical School of Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.
BIRTH-DEATH: Standefer, Harry; Standefer, Standifer, Standiford; A Family History and Genealogy; c1989; p. 81
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CENSUS: 1850 Tarrant County, TX
CENSUS: 1860 Ft Belknap, Young County, TX; p. 396
CENSUS: 1870 Wise County, TX; p. 491
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Caroline.
*It is interesting that Jesse's sons Thomas and John pursued a medical career. While Jesse was very adamant that all of his children receive a good education, he was very much against his sons going into medicine and used to hide his medical books from them. Tom would attend Louisville medical school for six months while John stayed home working the farm with their widowed mother. Then John would go to medical school for the other six months while Tom stayed home working on the farm. (From: Brian Bivona).
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Notes for CAROLINE MILDRED EDWARDS:
DEATH: Standefer, Harry; Standefer, Standifer, Standiford; A Family History and
Genealogy; c1989; p. 81
Children of JESSE STANDIFER and ELIZA EDWARDS are:
i. CASTERA JEFFERSON6 STANDIFER, b. 1840, Shelby Co, TX; m. JAMES G. BROOKS in 1854, at age 14 years. She probably died before 1870.
Notes: Castera's first child was James Standifer Brooks was born before Christmas in 1854. In 1870 her sister, Eliza, was living at the home of Benny and Elizabeth Wilson (her uncle and aunt) in Shelby County and Castera was not, so it is assumed that Castera had died by then. In 1880 Eliza was living with J. M. and Susan Holmes of Wise County. In 1882, J. M. Holmes, her guardian was discharged from further obligation.
ii. ELIZA PANTHEA STANDIFER, b. 1844, Shelby Co, TX; m. HARVEY H. BRADFORD.
CENSUS: 1880 Wise Co, TX; ED 127; # 151
Notes for ELIZA PANTHEA STANDIFER:
See notes for her sister, Castera, above.Notes for HARVEY H. BRADFORD:
CENSUS: 1880 Wise Co, TX; ED 127; # 151iii. JULIA CAROLINE STANDIFER, b. 1847, Shelby Co, TX; m. ROBERT B. WALKER in 1866 in Wise Co., TX. She died after 1866 in Wise County.
Notes for JULIA CAROLINE STANDIFER:
CENSUS: 1880 Wise Co, TX; ED 128; # 188
Julia was named after Eliza's sister and future stepmother, Caroline.Notes for ROBERT B. WALKER:
He was a professor or school teacher.
Children of JESSE STANDIFER and CAROLINE EDWARDS are:
2. iv. JAMES RIPLEY6 STANDIFER, b. August 20, 1852, Tarrant Co, TX; d. Bef. 1900, Wise Co, TX.
3. v. ELIZABETH PAULINE STANDIFER, b. October 01, 1854, Decatur, Wise Co, TX; d. March 06, 1926.
vi. SARAH ELVIRA STANDIFER, b. 1858, Wise Co, TX; d. 1906, Roger Mills Co., OK.; m. W. FRANK C. BATES. She is buried in the Cheyenne Cemetery in Roger Mills Co., OK.
Notes for SARAH ELVIRA STANDIFER:
CENSUS: 1880 Wise Co, TX; ED 126; # 131vii. ISABELLE STANDIFER, b. 1862, Wise Co, TX; d. 1931, Roger Mills Co., OK; m. FLETCHER FIELDS, February 16, 1882, Wise Co, TX. She is buried in the Cheyenne Cemetery in Roger Mills Co., OK.
Notes for ISABELLE STANDIFER:
MARRIAGE: Automated Archives; CD-ROM # 54. viii. THOMAS EDWARD STANDIFER, b. August 21, 1863, Decatur, Wise Co, TX; d. 1934, TX.
ix. JOHN A. ECHOLS STANDIFER, b. 1866, Wise Co, TX; m. SARAH BLANCHE BROWN. He died December 23, 1934 in Elk City Oklahoma. He married Blanche Brown on December 18, 1893 in Eolian, Texas.
Notes for JOHN A. ECHOLS STANDIFER:
BIRTH: Standefer, Harry; Standefer, Standifer, Standiford; A Family History and Genealogy; c1989; p. 81According to his son, O. C. Standifer, John was a deputy sheriff who killed a couple of men. John was a medical doctor.
See letter from O. C. Standifer.
x. EMMA RUTH STANDIFER, b. 1869, Wise Co, TX; d. at age nine in (abt 1878) Garvin, Wise Co, TX. She is buried there.
Notes for EMMA RUTH STANDIFER:
She was unmarried.Generation No. 2
2. JAMES RIPLEY6 STANDIFER (JESSE MARSHALL5, SKELTON4, ISRAEL3, JAMES J.2 STANDIFORD, JOHN1 STANDIFORD) was born August 20, 1852 in Tarrant Co, TX, and died after 1883/1884 in Wise Co, TX. He married SARAH JANE KILLOUGH.
Notes for JAMES RIPLEY STANDIFER:
BIRTH: Standefer, Harry; Standefer, Standifer, Standiford; A Family History and
Genealogy; c1989; p. 81.
CENSUS: 1880 Wise Co., TX: James appears on this census.
*James Ripley was names after Ripley Arnold, a friend of Dr. Jesse Standifer from the military. He went by the name "Ripley". He is listed as James Ripley Standifer in a family bible. He was unmarried and died at the age of 26. He became ill while hauling freight from Ft. Worth, TX and died a few days later. (From: Brian Bivona).
Notes for SARAH JANE KILLOUGH:
CENSUS: 1900 Wise Co, TX; ED 135; sheet 11 She is head of household.
Children of RIPLEY STANDIFER and SARAH KILLOUGH are:
i. BESSIE D.7 STANDIFER, b. September 1882, Wise Co, TX.
Notes for BESSIE D. STANDIFER: An article in the Ft. Worth Star Telegram, 12 June 1927, by Mary Daggett Lake says that Ripley and Sarah had two children, Bessie and John. She says that Bessie married a Mr. Greenbaugh, and is buried in OK (putting her death before 1927).ii. JOHN MARSHALL STANDIFER, b. April 25, 1884, Wise Co, TX.
Notes for JOHN MARSHALL STANDIFER:
BIRTH: Texas birth cert. # 1012891
3. ELIZABETH PAULINE6 STANDIFER (JESSE MARSHALL5, SKELTON4, ISRAEL3, JAMES J.2 STANDIFORD, JOHN1 STANDIFORD) was born October 01, 1854 in Decatur, Wise Co, TX, and died March 06, 1926 in Ireland, Coryell County, Texas. She married DANIEL MCCORMICK PATTESON December 15, 1872 in Decatur, Wise County, Texas.
Notes for ELIZABETH PAULINE STANDIFER:
BIRTH: Standefer, Harry; Standefer, Standifer, Standiford; A Family History and
Genealogy; c1989; p. 81
CENSUS: 1880 Wise Co, TX; ED 128; # 188 On this census, Elizabeth's
husband, Dan Patteson and their son Buford Patteson appear in the household, but
Elizabeth is not listed. Elizabeth was a school teacher.
Child of ELIZABETH STANDIFER and DANIEL PATTESON is:
5. i. DANIEL FLETCHER7 PATTESON.
4. THOMAS EDWARDS6 STANDIFER (JESSE MARSHALL5, SKELTON4, ISRAEL3, JAMES J.2 STANDIFORD, JOHN1 STANDIFORD) was born August 21, 1863 in Decatur, Wise Co, TX, and died 1934 in TX. He married MARY BIRDIE CAYLOR in Lamesa, Dawson Co, TX.
Notes for THOMAS EDWARD STANDIFER:
BIRTH: Standefer, Harry; Standefer, Standifer, Standiford; A Family History and
Genealogy; c1989; p. 81
DEATH: Lindsey, M. C.; The Trail of Years in Dawson Co, TX; Gateway Press; 1987;
p. 109
CENSUS: Dickens Co, TX; ED 99; sheet 148.
DEATH: The John Edwards genealogy (Jesse's father-in-law) states that he died in
Oklahoma City, OK.
This is attributed to a letter from Thomas' daughter, Donnalita Standifer.
Thomas E. was a graduate of Louisville, KY University Medical School. A letter written by O. C. Standifer, MD of Elk City OK about 1942 says that Thomas Edwards killed three men when he was a young man.
See letter from O. C. Standifer.
Wharton, Clarence R., ed. Texas Under Many Flags; Vol. V; American Historical Society, 1930; p. 43. Thomas Edward, M. D., is a veteran physician of West Texas, owner of the Standifer Sanitarium at Lamesa (now Price-Black Hospital). A picture of him appears in the book.
Children of THOMAS STANDIFER and MARY CAYLOR are:
6. i. LILBURN ECHOLS7 STANDIFER, b. June 04, 1895, Tulia, Swisher Co, TX; d. September 15, 1955, Howard Co, TX.
ii. ROBERTA "Robbie" STANDIFER, b. 1897, TX; d. January 11, 1954 in Evansville, IN. She married a Mr. Hill.
iii. DONALITA STANDIFER, b. December 16, 1899 in Cheyenne, Roger Mills Co., OK. She married John Louis Salle of Harrodsburg, KY. He died 12 Apr 1955 in Evansville, IN. She remarried.
Generation No. 3
5. DANIEL FLETCHER7 PATTESON (ELIZABETH PAULINE6 STANDIFER, JESSE MARSHALL5, SKELTON4, ISRAEL3, JAMES J.2 STANDIFORD, JOHN1 STANDIFORD). He married ANNIE MAE HUGHETT.
Notes: Daniel went by the name "Fletcher".
Child of DANIEL PATTESON and ANNIE HUGHETT is:
7. i. BARBRA ANN8 PATTESON.
6. LILBURN ECHOLS7 STANDIFER (THOMAS EDWARD6, JESSE MARSHALL5, SKELTON4, ISRAEL3, JAMES J.2 STANDIFORD, JOHN1 STANDIFORD) was born June 04, 1895 in Tulia, Swisher Co, TX, and died September 15, 1955 in Howard Co, TX. He married EDITH ANN STEELE April 25, 1927 in El Paso, El Paso Co, TX.
Notes for LILBURN ECHOLS STANDIFER:
BIRTH-MARRIAGE: IGI; TX
DEATH: Texas death cert. 45306
Lindsey, M. C.; The Trail of Years in Dawson Co, TX; Gateway Press; 1987; p.
109; He was a graduate of Tulane University Medical School. He served in the Medical Corp
in World War II in the North Africa Campaign. In 1929 Lilburn was a member of the First Methodist Church in Junction, TX.
Notes for EDITH ANN STEELE:
MARRIAGE: IGI; TX
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Steele.
Child of LILBURN STANDIFER and EDITH STEELE is:
i. EDITH ANN8 STANDIFER.
Notes for ANN STANDIFER:
Lindsey, M. C.; The Trail of Years in Dawson Co, TX; Gateway Press; 1987; p.109 She lives in French Morocco with her husband Michael Pharr.
Generation No. 4
7. BARBRA ANN8 PATTESON (DANIEL FLETTCHER7, ELIZABETH PAULINE6 STANDIFER, JESSE MARSHALL5, SKELTON4, ISRAEL3, JAMES J.2 STANDIFORD, JOHN1 STANDIFORD). She married JAMES PHILLIP BIVONA.
Child of BARBRA PATTESON and JAMES BIVONA is:
i. BRIAN PHILLIP9 BIVONA.
