Descendants of Joseph Benjamin Sandifer Contributed by Kara Sandifer Rice. Thanks, Kara! Note: Census Records can be found on this website. Corrections
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Generation No. 1 1. JOSEPH
BENJAMIN1 SANDIFER
was born March 23, 1800 in Edgefield District SC, and died August
29, 1871 in Copiah County MS. He
married (1) MARIA R.
TYLER Abt. 1818 in South
Carolina. She was born Abt. 1802 in SC, and died March 26, 1840 in Copiah
County MS. She was the daughter of
ABSALOM and SARAH ELIZABETH KEEN TYLER. He married (2) MARTHENA
TYLER March 11, 1841 in Copiah
County MS, daughter of ABDEN and CASSANDRA
(UNKNOWN) TYLER. She was born
Abt. 1821, and died August 24, 1868 in Copiah County MS.
Marthena was married 1st. to Aaron Tyler. He married (3) SELINIA S.
PRINCE Abt. 1869 in Copiah
County MS. She was born
1832 in unknown, and died 1904 in Simpson Co. Notes for JOSEPH BENJAMIN
SANDIFER: Joseph was a wealthy Mississippi land owner. He was
granted two land patents in Copiah Co., MS in 1828. December 10, 1840 - 80.2 acres In 1860, Joseph was granted six more land patents: He and his family appear on the following census records:
(See MS Census Records). 1820 Copiah Co., MS Census: 1830 Copiah Co., MS: 1840 Census, Copiah Co., MS 1850 Census, Copiah Co., MS: Joseph is buried at Hopewell Cemetery in Copiah Co.,
MS. His birth and death date are given on his tombstone. His
three wives are buried there also. On Maria and Marthena's
tombstone, it is inscribed that each had 10 children. (See MS
Cemeteries) His third wife, Selenia, remarried after
Joseph's death to N. Barron. Joseph died without a Will. Children of JOSEPH
SANDIFER and MARIA
TYLER are: 2.
i. JAMES
WYATT2
SANDIFER,
b. December 09, 1819, SC; d. August 02, 1892, LA Bayou Rouge Cemetery;
Evergreen; Avoyelees Parish. 3.
ii. WILLIAM
NIGHTENGALE
SANDIFER,
b. Abt. 1823, MS; d. MS. 4.
iii.
ABSOLAM
SANDIFER,
b. 1825, MS; d. October 23, 1862, Castillian Springs, Holmes Co., MS. 5.
iv. ELLENDER
REBECCA
SANDIFER,
b. 1825, Copiah County MS; d. Aft. 1880, Unknown. 6.
v. ACKLAND
ANN
SANDIFER,
b. Abt. 1826, MS; d. Unknown
vi. AMANDA
CAROLINE
SANDIFER,
b. 1830, MS; m. (1) DAVID R.
FLEMING;
m. (2) WILLIAM
R.
SANDIFER,
December 20, 1848, Copiah County MS; b. 1828, MS. William R.
was the son of Johnson P. & Jane Rice Sandifer. 7.
vii. ANGELINE
SANDIFER,
b. 1833.
viii. VIOLYN
SANDIFER,
b. Abt. 1835.
ix. HANSFORD
DUNCAN T.
SANDIFER,
b. 1838, Copiah County MS; d. October 18, 1862, MS; m. MARY
J.
FERGUSON,
September 14, 1859, Copiah Co., MS. Notes for HANSFORD
DUNCAN T.
SANDIFER: Children of JOSEPH
SANDIFER and MARTHENA
TYLER are: x. MARGARET HAWLEY2 SANDIFER, b. March 10, 1842; m. THOMAS JACOB SANDIFER, January 03, 1866, Copiah Co., MS. Thomas was the son of Jacob J. and Caroline Sumeral Sandifer.
xi. ARLINE
E.
SANDIFER,
b. 1844, MS; m. JAMES
R.
TILLMAN,
September 07, 1865, Copiah County MS.
xii. VILINIA
FLOWERS
SANDIFER,
b. 1846, MS
xiii. ROBERT
T. M.
SANDIFER,
b. 1848, MS
xiv. MARTHA
ANN
SANDIFER,
b. 1850. MS; m. JOHN
FRANCIS HADEN
TILLMAN,
February 02, 1867, Copiah Co., MS.
xv. ACANDANCE
C SANDIFER,
m. JAMES
L. JOHNSON,
April 20, 1871, Copiah Co., MS.
xvi. EMILY
C.
SANDIFER,
m. JAMES
M.
GATES
July 6, 1904 in MS. She
died May 13, 1949 at Copiah Co., MS.
xvii. JOSEPHINE
LEE
SANDIFER,
m. (1) HENDERSON
DAVIS
COWDEN;
m. (2) JESSE
ELLIS
MURPHREE.
xviii. ROSA
LYNN
SANDIFER,
m. JOSEPH
POWELL
WOOD
December 14, 1876 in Copiah Co., MS.
xix. JOSEPH
BENJAMIN
SANDIFER,
m. FRANCES
WOOD. Child
of JOSEPH SANDIFER
and SELINIA PRINCE
is:
xx. ISABELLA2
SANDIFER,
b. 1870, MS; d. August 08, 1871, MS. Generation
No. 2 2. JAMES
WYATT2 SANDIFER
(JOSEPH BENJAMIN1)
was born December 09, 1819 in SC, and died August 02, 1892 in LA Bayou
Rouge Cemetery; Evergreen; Avoyelees Parish.
He married (1) HARRIET BARRON
Abt. 1838 in Copiah County MS. She
was born 1824 in MS, and died Unknown in MS.
She was the daughter of Edmond Barron. He married (2) He married SAMANTHA
HARPER BENNETT. (3) SARAH
"SALLY"
BARRON SISTRUNK.
Abt. 1863 in MS. She
was born in MS, and her death date is unknown
Notes for JAMES WYATT
SANDIFER: 1850 Simpson Co., MS Census: Wyett Sandifer. James W. was issued a land grant on May 25, 1831 Burial: Wallace Cemetery; DeSoto Parrish, LA Children of JAMES
SANDIFER and HARRIET
BARRON are:
i.
EMMILINE3
SANDIFER,
b. 1839, Copiah County MS; m. SAM
HOWELL;
b. Copiah County MS.
ii. ELIZABETH
SANDIFER,
b. January 06, 1841, Copiah County MS; d. December 09, 1896, Simpson
County, MS; m. WYLEY
J.
BUTLER. More About ELIZABETH
SANDIFER: More About WYLEY
J.
BUTLER:
iii. JOSEPH
SANDIFER,
b. 1845, Copiah County MS; d. Unknown. Notes for JOSEPH
SANDIFER:
iv. ANGELINE
SANDIFER,
b. 1847, Copiah County MS; m. STEVE
GRANTHAM;
b. Gatesville, MS.
v. EDMOND
D.
SANDIFER,
b. 1849, Copiah County MS; d. 1899, Spring Ridge; Sabine Parish, LA; m.
C.P.
PAULLIE BRIDGES
(BATSON);
b. June 22, 1855, Unknown; d. February 20, 1913, Spring Ridge; Sabine
Parish, LA. Children: 1. T. Lawrence Sandifer, b. April 4, 1873 2. Bessie Tola Sandifer, b. January 23, 1881; d. March 19, 1882. 8.
vi. NELSON
"NET"
SANDIFER,
b. October 10, 1851, Copiah County MS; d. January 26, 1936, Copiah
County MS.
vii. JAMES
WYATT
SANDIFER,
b. 1855, Copiah County MS; d. 1929, MS; m. R.
C. "TANNA"
BARRON,
June 03, 1874, Simpson Co., MS. More About JAMES
WYATT
SANDIFER: Children of JAMES
SANDIFER and SARAH
BARRON are:
viii. THEODORE3
SANDIFER,
b. 1864.
ix. THEODORIA
SANDIFER,
b. 1864. Child of JAMES SANDIFER
and SAMANTHA HARPER
BENNETT is:
x. WILLIAM
EFE "PAT"3
SANDIFER. 3. WILLIAM
NIGHTENGALE2 SANDIFER
(JOSEPH BENJAMIN1)
was born Abt. 1823 in MS, and died in MS.
He married PRISCILLA SANDIFER
January 25, 1843 in Lawrence County MS.
She was born Abt. 1822 in MS. Notes for WILLIAM NIGHTENGALE
SANDIFER: 1850 Census Simpson Co., MS Children of WILLIAM
SANDIFER and PRISCILLA
SANDIFER are:
i. REBECCA
JANE3
SANDIFER,
b. 1846.
ii. MARGARET
A.
SANDIFER,
b. 1854.
iii. CATHARINE
V.
SANDIFER,
b. 1845.
iv. JOHN
TAYLOR
SANDIFER,
b. 1848.
v. JEFFERSON
D.
SANDIFER,
b. 1853. 4. ABSOLAM2
SANDIFER (JOSEPH
BENJAMIN1)
was born 1825 in MS, and died October 23, 1862 in Castillian Springs,
Holmes Co., MS. He married
(1) MARTHA JANE
WILSON.
He married (2) ACKLIN CAROLINE SANDIFER
December 28, 1853 in Copiah County MS, daughter of JOHNSON
P. SANDIFER.
Notes for ABSOLAM SANDIFER: 1850 Census, Simpson Co., MS Absalom died of pneumonia while in the Civil War. [Co. B,
36th MS Infantry] Burial: Castellian Cemetery, Homes Co., MS Children of ABSOLAM
SANDIFER and MARTHA
WILSON are: 9.
i. JOHNSON
A.3
SANDIFER,
b. December 1844, Copiah County MS.
ii. LOUISA
ELIZA
SANDIFER,
b. 1847.
iii. JOSEPH
S.
SANDIFER,
b. 1849.
iv. MARANDA
PARELEE
SANDIFER,
b. 1852.
v. ELENDER
SANDIFER,
b. 1854.
vi. MARIAH
JANE
SANDIFER.
vii. ELIZABETH
A.
SANDIFER,
b. 1861. 5. ELLENDER
REBECCA2 SANDIFER
(JOSEPH BENJAMIN1)
was born 1825 in Copiah County MS, and died Aft. 1880.
She married JAMES BURNS
November 24, 1839 in Copiah County,
MS. He was born 1820 in MS, and died Aft. 1880. Notes for JAMES BURNS: 1850 Census, Simpson Co., MS In the 1850 Census (Simpson Co., MS) Catharine V. Sandifer,
age 17 (d/o William Nightengale Sandifer) is living with the Burns
family. Children of ELLENDER
SANDIFER and JAMES
BURNS are:
i. ANDERSON
A.3
BURNS,
b. 1840, MS.
ii.
JOSEPH
S.
BURNS,
b. 1842, MS.
iii. COLUMBUS
BURNS,
b. 1846, MS. 6.
ACKLAND
ANN2 SANDIFER
(JOSEPH BENJAMIN1)
was born Abt. 1826 in MS, and died Unknown in unknown.
She married JAMES WYATT
TYLER September 11, 1843 in Copiah
County MS, son of ABDEN TYLER.
He was born Abt. 1821 in MS. Notes for JAMES WYATT
TYLER: 1850 Copiah Co., MS Children of ACKLAND
SANDIFER and JAMES
TYLER are:
i. ANDERSON
A.3
TYLER,
b. 1840.
ii. JOSEPH
S.
TYLER,
b. 1842.
iii. COLUMBUS
TYLER,
b. 1846.
7. ANGELINE2
SANDIFER (JOSEPH
BENJAMIN1)
was born 1833. She married FRANKLIN
BRIDGES January 08, 1851 in
Copiah County MS, son of EMPHRIAN BRIDGES
and JANE VAN
ZANDT.
He was born December 16, 1831 in Copiah County MS, and died 1885
in MS. Notes for FRANKLIN
BRIDGES: 1860 Census, Copiah Co., MS Children of ANGELINE
SANDIFER and FRANKLIN
BRIDGES are:
i. JEFFERSON3
BRIDGES,
b. 1852, MS.
ii. PERMELIA
BRIDGES,
b. 1854, MS.
iii.
WILLIAM
BRIDGES,
b. 1856, MS.
iv.
ALBERT
BRIDGES,
b. 1859, MS. Generation
No. 3 8.
NELSON
"NET"3
SANDIFER (JAMES
WYATT2, JOSEPH
BENJAMIN1)
was born October 10, 1851 in Copiah County MS, and died January 26, 1936
in Copiah County MS. He
married MARY JANE
"JENNIE" BARRON
Abt. 1870 in Copiah or Simpson Co.
She was born December 16, 1846 in Copiah County MS, and died June
16, 1934 in Copiah County MS. Children of NELSON
SANDIFER and MARY
BARRON are:
i. SAMUEL
WYATT4
SANDIFER,
b. October 22, 1871, Copiah County MS; d. July 28, 1949, Copiah County
MS; m. CARRIE
STEEN,
December 12, 1896, Copiah County MS; b. 1878, Copiah County MS; d.
December 02, 1948, Copiah County MS. More About SAMUEL
WYATT
SANDIFER: More About CARRIE
STEEN:
ii. HENRY
SANDIFER,
b. July 03, 1873.
iii. C.
BENTON
SANDIFER,
b. December 03, 1875, Copiah County MS; d. July 06, 1937, Copiah County
MS. More About C.
BENTON
SANDIFER: 10.
iv. JOSEPH
"JOE"
SANDIFER,
b. May 08, 1878, Copiah County MS; d. June 14, 1929, Simpson Co, MS.
v. ALMA
T.
SANDIFER,
b. August 01, 1880, Copiah County MS; m. THOMAS
MORRIS;
b. July 08, 1871, Unknown; d. February 17, 1949.
vi. THEODORE
NELSON
SANDIFER,
b. November 07, 1882, Copiah County MS; d. July 06, 1954, LA Bayou Rouge
Cemetery; Evergreen; Avoyelees Parish; m. JULIE
BOUIE,
December 05, 1905; b. December 12, 1880, unknown; d. LA Bayou Rouge
Cemetery; Evergreen; Avoyelees Parish.
vii. ALEXANDER
LOMAS
SANDIFER,
b. February 22, 1885, Copiah County MS; d. February 10, 1963, Palestine
Cemetery; m. LOU
VICY
CLARK,
January 1905; b. June 10, 1881, Copiah County MS; d. May 1941, Palestine
Cemetery.
viii. MARIA
JANE "JENNIE"
SANDIFER,
b. November 07, 1888, Copiah County MS; d. 1984, Copiah County MS; m. JOHNNIE
O.
LEWIS,
December 19, 1909, Copiah Co., MS; b. July 31, 1884, Copiah County MS;
d. July 04, 1949, Copiah County MS. More About MARIA
JANE "JENNIE"
SANDIFER: More About JOHNNIE
O.
LEWIS:
ix. MARY
ELIZABETH
SANDIFER,
b. Unknown, She was born and died the same day.. 9. JOHNSON
A.3 SANDIFER
(ABSOLAM2, JOSEPH
BENJAMIN1)
was born December 1844 in Copiah County MS.
He married VIRGINIA B.
UNKNOWN in Copiah Co., MS.
She was born 1852 in MS. Notes for JOHNSON
A. SANDIFER: See
Civil War history & photo. 1880 Census - Johnson Co., TX. 1900 Census - Cataholula Parish, LA Children of JOHNSON
SANDIFER and VIRGINIA
UNKNOWN are:
i. CARRIE4
SANDIFER,
b. 1873, TX.
ii. EDWIN
LEE
SANDIFER,
b. 1875.
iii. ANDREW
JACKSON
SANDIFER,
b. 1878.
iv. EMMA
A.
SANDIFER,
b. December 1886, LA.
v.
ALSIA
I.
SANDIFER,
b. March 1892. Generation
No. 4 10. JOSEPH
"JOE"4
SANDIFER (NELSON
"NET"3,
JAMES WYATT2,
JOSEPH BENJAMIN1)
was born May 08, 1878 in Copiah County MS, and died June 14, 1929 in
Simpson Co, MS. He married KATIE
CHRISTINE "KATE"
MITCHELL Abt. 1899 in Copiah
County MS, daughter of EDWARD MITCHELL
and MARIA SCHMIDT.
She was born December 24, 1883 in MS, and died December 06, 1967
in Simpson Co, MS. Notes for JOSEPH "JOE"
SANDIFER: Joseph was killed in a tomato truck accident. He and his wife, Katie, are buried in Poplar Springs
Cemetery in Simpson Co., MS. Children of JOSEPH
SANDIFER and KATIE
MITCHELL are:
i. ZELMA5
SANDIFER,
b. January 05, 1901, Copiah County MS; d. MS; m. BRYANT
JENNINGS.
ii. GLADYS
SANDIFER,
b. August 29, 1902, Copiah County MS; d. 1988, Antioch Cemetery; m. WILEY
CHISOLM;
b. 1900, Copiah County MS; d. 1952, Antioch Cemetery. iii. JENNIE MAE SANDIFER, b. July 07, 1904, Copiah County MS; d. Unknown, Terry MS; m. ERNEST WALKER; iv. MURCEDIS "TECY" SANDIFER, b. July 18, 1906, Copiah County MS; d. Unknown, Baton Rouge LA; m. CHARLES MIXON LEE v. KATIE BEA SANDIFER, b. January 17, 1909, Copiah County MS; d. Unknown, Vicksburg MS; m. HOMER MATTHEWS
vi. WOODROW
NELSON "BUD"
SANDIFER,
b. February 03, 1913, Copiah County MS; d. July 09, 1993, Simpson County
MS; m. LULA
LOIS
WALTERS,
Divorced cir. 1952; b. May 02, 1923, Copiah County MS. Notes for WOODROW
NELSON "BUD"
SANDIFER:
More About WOODROW
NELSON "BUD"
SANDIFER:
vii. JOYCE
SANDIFER,
b. February 08, 1915; m. WALTER
L.
LEE;
b. Unknown, Unknown; d. Unknown, Unknown. viii. LOUIE JAY SANDIFER, b. June 19, 1918, Copiah County MS; d. Unknown, Mendenhall or Magee MS; m. CECIL MCCANN
ix. HARRIET
MAXINE
SANDIFER,
b. October 28, 1921, Copiah County MS; m. L.
E.
MATTHEWS,
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