Jul-28-2018
Husband: Preston Sandy
Born: ca 1815 in Virginia 1 Died: bef Mar 1889 2 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Occupation: farmer 1 Father: Mother:
Wife: Rosa Turner 3
Born: ca 1820 in Harrisonburg, VA 4,1,5 (see note 1) Died: Mar-24-1889 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 6 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1850, 1860 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
M Child 1: James Sandy Born: Jun-16-1852 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 7 (see note 2) Died: May- 1-1927 in Industry, Calhoun Co, WV 8 Buried: in Goodnight Cemetery, Big Bend, Calhoun Co, WV 7 Occupation: farmer 7 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 2: Martin T. Sandy Born: Mar-18-1854 9 Census: 1920, 204 Marie St in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900, 1910 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 3) Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: 1920 cobbler in shoe shop 10 Occupation: 1910 shoemaker 11
M Child 3: Minter Jackson Sandy Born: Jun-27-1854 in Leading Creek, Gilmer Co, WV 1 (see note 4) Died: 1900 in Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Cause of death: suicide (cut throat with razor) Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Naomi Clemans b. ca 1851 d. May-21-1904 Married: Dec- 6-1891 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
F Child 4: Florinda Sandy Born: ca 1855 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 13 Resided: 1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 13 Husband: William Reed b. ca 1852 d. Nov-12-1932 Married: Apr-10-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 14
F Child 5: Huldah J. Sandy Born: Feb- 8-1859 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA 15,1 Died: Jun-22-1888 in Arnolds Creek (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 16 Buried: in Ruley Cemetery, Arnolds Creek, Doddridge Co, WV 16 Cause of death: consumption 16 Census: 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1870 in Troy District, Gilmer Co, WV Census: 1860 in Gilmer Co, (W)VA Never married: 16
Sources: (1) 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (2) Death record of wife. (3) Marriage record of daughter. (4) 1850 Census, Gilmer County, (W)VA. (5) Death record of son. (6) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), Informant: Charley Sandy, Industry, W.Va. (9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (10) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). (11) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (12) Obituary. (13) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (14) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as William Reed, 22, b. Barbour Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Marcus & Elisabeth; and Florinda Sandy, 18, b. Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Preston & Rose. Married Apr 10 1873. (15) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 11, Line 126 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047589&Type=Death. Event Notes Note (1) Death record states age as 66, putting birth in about 1823 in Rockingham County Va, and age 37 in the 1860 Census also puts it in about 1823. But age 51 and 61 in the 1870 and 1880 censuses put it in about 1819, while age 30 in the 1850 Census puts it in about 1820. Her son's death record indicates her birthplace as Harrisonburg, Va. Note (2) Age 25 in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1855, age age 16 in the 1870 Census puts it in about 1854. But death record states Jun 16 1852. Note (3) Listed as uncle Mart Sandy in household of niece Sarah F. (Sandy) Wilson and her family. Note (4) Age in 1880 Census would put birth in about 1858.Name Index