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Amos Sanders Family |
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many connections to various people who lived in and around Riley, Indiana. First Generation 1. Amos Sanders. Born 1793. Died 1871.
They had the following children:
Second Generation 2. William Sanders. Born 1820. Died 1904 in Greene County Indiana.
He second married Julia Arnold, daughter of Joseph Arnold & Nancy ___, 3 Jul 1859. They had the following children:
Third Generation 7. Walter Sanders. Born 1839. 8. Dortha Ann Sanders. Born 26 Nov 1840. Died 20 Jan 1877. Buried 1877 in Moses Cemetary. She married Aquilla Jones. Born 15 Mar 1822 in North Carolina. Died 29 Nov 1901. Buried 1901. Killed in a railroad accident. They had the following children:
9. Edward Sanders. Born 1843. 10. James Franklin Sanders. Born 11 Nov 1845 in Vigo County Indiana. Died 28 Mar 1931 in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Buried 1931. He married Mary Elizabeth Staggs, daughter of Franklin Staggs & Mary Rachel Reece, 29 Jun 1869 in Clay City Clay County Indiana. Born 18 Feb 1852 in Clay County Indiana. Died 18 Jul 1935 in Allen Oklahoma. Buried 1935. Years before Elizabeth died, she stopped doing any work and just sat and embroidered. Her husband James did all the cooking and housework. He kept an apron hanging in a certain place which he wore when cooking. While working he always sang a certain song, the same song.
11. Martha Ellen Sanders. Born 1848. 12. Sarah Ann Sanders. Born 11 Jun 1851 in Vigo County Indiana. Died 12 Apr 1937 in Wichita Sedgewick County Kansas. Buried 1937 in Ada Oklahoma. She married William S Staggs, son of James A Staggs & Susannah "Susan" Reece. Born 3 Nov 1847 in Vigo County Indiana. Died 27 Mar 1927 in Ada Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Buried 1927 in Rosedale Cemetary. They had the following children:
Fourth Generation
23. Mary Rachael Sanders. Born 1870 in Clay County Indiana. Died 10 Apr 1937 in Oklahoma. Buried 1937. She married Isaac Douglas, 20 Sep 1893. They had the following children:
24. Nancy Maybelle Sanders. Born 21 Mar 1875. Died 20 Jun 1934. Buried 1934. She married John Luther Price, son of Barnett Price & Lucinda Pickens, 1 Jan 1891. Born 21 Oct 1849. Died 7 Apr 1918. Buried 1918. They had the following children:
25. Bessie Lorraine Sanders. Born 15 Aug 1884 in Clay County. Indiana. Died 23 Aug 1974 in Altus Oklahoma. Buried 1974. She married Hugh Thomas Staggs, son of William S Staggs & Sarah Ann Sanders, 27 Mar 1898 in Allen Oklahoma. Born 18 Jul 1877 in Weatherford Texas. Died 1960 in Altus Oklahoma. Buried 1960. They had the following children:
26. Sarah LuEllen Sanders. Born 9 Sep 1872 in Indiana. Died 11 Sep 1947 in Allen Oklahoma. Buried 1947. She first married Will Willbanks. She second married Rickert "Rick" Frederick, son of Eilert Frederick & Fecke O ___, 7 Feb 1892. Born 25 Apr 1849 in Germany. Died 27 Jul 1921 in Oklahoma. Moved to Texas because the Doctor said Mary had TB. They lost money there trying to raise rice. They moved to Palacios Texas and then to Oklahoma. They had the following children:
32. Nellie May Staggs. Born 2 Aug 1879 in Weatherford Texas. Died 12 Nov 1959 in Fort Collins Colorado. Buried 1959 in Lakewood Memorial Park Modesto California. She married James Wilford Nickell, son of George Washington Nickell & Mary Elizabeth Price, 26 Jul 1896 in Ada area Chickasaw Lands Indian Territory Oklahoma. Born 3 May 1876 in Sunset Montague County Texas. Died 7 Oct 1963 in Modesto California. Buried 1963. Occupation Farmer and driller for Ideal Cement Company in Colorado. They had the following children:
33. Daniel V Staggs. Born 29 Mar 1881 in Weatherford Texas. Died 19 Apr 1940. Buried 1940. He married Delia Finley, 21 Dec 1904. 34. Olla L Staggs. Born 13 May 1883 in Weatherford Texas. Died 8 Jul 1927. Buried 1927. She married Thaddaeys N Nickell, 20 Oct 1898. 35. John H Staggs. Born 22 Mar 1885 in Weatherford Texas. Died 1975. Buried 1975. He married Lena Arnel, 1 Sep 1904. 36. Effie O Staggs. Born 20 Jun 1889 in Weatherford Texas. She married Walter Folters, 28 Nov 1903. 37. Susanna Pearl Staggs. Born 20 Jun 1887 in Weatherford Texas. Died 1896. Buried 1896. Died from burns 38. Benjamin F Staggs. Born 26 Jan 1892 in Weatherford Texas. Died 30 Mar 1955. Buried 1955. 39. Aaron Staggs. Born 25 Jan 1894 in Weatherford Texas. Died 4 Nov 1939. She married Buford J Grigsby, 7 Nov 1914 40. George Douglas. He married Ora St. Clair. 41. Andy Douglas. Born 5 Dec 1895. Died 21 Jan 1959. 42. Bill Douglas. 43. Helen Douglas. 44. Walter Douglas. 45. Elizabeth "Lizzie" Douglas. 46. Roy Douglas. 47. Geneva Douglas. 48. Lucinda Price. Born 27 Oct 1891. Died 7 Apr 1985. Occupation Nurse. She first married Thomas Pulliam. She second married Logan Morris, 23 Apr 1951. 49. Sada Lona "Tod" Price. Born 7 Jul 1895. Died 7 Sep 1977 in Allen Oklahoma. Buried 1977 in Allen Cemetary. She married Everett St. Clair, 27 Jun 1927. Died 26 Feb 1972 in Allen Oklahoma. Buried 1972 in Allen Cemetary. 50. Ada Price. Born 7 Jul 1895. Died 6 Mar 1976. She married Guy Green, son of Jesse Green & Eliza Edwards. Born 14 Sep 1890. Died 28 May 1965. Buried 1965. They had the following children:
51. Mary Elizabeth Price. Born 22 Sep 1897. Died 25 Dec 1987. Buried 1987. She married Clifford Vern Fisher, son of Frank Fisher & Minnie Brown, 10 Apr 1917. Born 9 Jan 1898. Died 9 Feb 1978. Buried 1978. He worked for the Civil Service starting as a rural carrier out of Riley Indiana going to a mounted route out of Terre Haute and then to a walking route in the city of Terre Haute and was foreman of the carriers when he retired on 31 Jan 1957 after 34 1/2 years of service. He died of cancer. They had the following children:
52. Edna Irene Price. Born 1 Jun 1901. Died 5 Feb 1985. She married Emery McCullough, son of Adam Algie McCullough & Leatha Dalrymple. They had the following children:
53. Gertrude Staggs. Born 21 Aug 1900. She first married Dave Hegert. She second married James C Sanders. They had the following children:
54. Floy Pearl Staggs. Born 12 Mar 1902. She married John Thomas Tucker, son of John Thomas Tucker & Melissa Vilina Gray, 22 Jun 1918 in AllenOklahoma. Born 13 Oct 1889 in Stone County Arkansas. They had the following children:
55. Opal Sylvia Staggs. She married Dee Talley. They had the following children:
56. George Staggs. Born 18 Jul 1908. 57. Bud Hugh Staggs. Born 11 Jul 1911. Died Aug 1974. 58. Elizabeth Lucinda Staggs. She married Vi Trippett. John Triplett Biography from History of Clay Co., Indiana, Vol. II, au: William Travis, publ. 1909 JOHN TRIPLETT. A self-made man in every sense implied by the term, winning success in life by persevering industry, keen foresight and excellent management, John Triplett is closely identified with the agricultural interests of Clay county, Owning and occupying a well improved farm in Van Buren township. A son of French Lewis Triplett, he was born October 3, 1832, at Virginia Ridge, near Roseville, Muskingum county, Ohio. His grandfather, Thomas Triplett, was born near Hatchers Mill, Loudoun county, Virginia, being, according to tradition, the descendant of one of two brothers, John and Thomas Triplett, French Huguenots who came to America in colonial days to escape religious persecution. He had two sisters, Mary Ann and Sarah, and two brothers, Greenbury and Frederick, who emigrated to Kentucky, becoming pioneers of Breckenridge county, where many of their descendants are still living. The grandfather, a life-long farmer in his native county, married Phehe Luncford, a daughter of Rolla Luncford, also a lifelong resident of Loudoun county. She survived her husband many years, and came to Indiana to spend the closing days of her life, dying at the home of her son, near Brazil, in at the advanced age of ninety years. She reared eleven children, namely: Burr, Sabra, Nancy, Mahala, Elizabeth, Sanford, Delilah, French L., Maria, Leroy and Jane. French Lewis Triplett, born December 12, 1806, was a young boy when his father died, and but sixteen years old when his mother migrated with her family to Ohio, making the removal with teams, a mode of travel necessarily slow and at times dangerous, and settled in Muskingum county. Selecting farming as his life occupation, he subsequently bought his father-in-law's homestead of two hundred acres located in what is now Clay township, residing there until 1856. Selling out in that year, he came to Clay county, Indiana, and purchased a partly improved farm situated two miles from Brazil, in Van Buren township. After living there a while he sold his land to a coal company and bought a farm in Dick Johnson township. A few years later be sold that farm and moved to Brazil, where he spent the remainder of his life, passing away March 2, 1887, in the eighty-first year of his age. He married Sarah Baird, who was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John Baird, who was born in the same state, of German stock. Mr. Baird moved with his family to Ohio, locating in Muskingum county as a pioneer. Securing a tract of timbered land at the head of Brush Creek, he with the assistance of his sons cleared a farm, and while still owning that he bought another ranch near Zanesville, on which he resided a number of years. Having in the meantime acquired a competency, he sold that land and moved to the city of Zanesville, where he lived retired from active business cares until his death, at the age of seventy-six years. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Baumgartner, was born in Pennsylvania, of German ancestors, and died at a good old age in Zanesville. Mrs. Sarah (Baird) Triplett died on the home farm in Dick Johnson township when sixty-four years old. She bore her husband eleven children, as follows: John, the special subject of this sketch; Thomas; Delilah; Martha; Greenbury; Burr; Bushrod; Lucinda; Elizabeth; William; and Minerva A. Three of the sons, Thomas, Burr, and Bushrod, served as soldiers in the Civil war. Attending the subscription schools of early days, at a time when from sixty to seventy-two days, according to the money raised, constituted a school year, John Triplett obtained a practical common school education. Subsequently assisting his father in clearing and improving the land, he remained at home until after attaining his majority. In June, 1854, beginning life on his own account, he started on a westward trip, going by rail first to Chicago and then to Rock Island, where he took a Mississippi steamer to Burlington, Iowa. Going then by rail ten miles, which was as far as the railroads had been extended west of the Mississippi, he took a stage at the railway terminus and proceeded to Jefferson City, Missouri, where he found work in the harvest fields. Going from there to Oskaloosa, he worked there for a time, and then went to Wayne county, Iowa, where he entered a quarter section of government land. Locating then in Davis county, Iowa, he engaged in teaming until March, 1855, when he went on foot to Keokuk, where he embarked as a deck passenger on a steamer for St. Louis. There he took cabin passage on a Pittsburg boat, and returned to Ohio to resume farm work. In the ensuing fall Mr. Triplett rented a piece of land, bought a pair of oxen, and put in a crop of wheat, which he harvested the following year. On the 21st of September, 1856, Mr. Triplett married, and on the 1st of October started with his bride for Iowa, while en route stopping in Clay county, this state, to visit his parents. Continuing his journey westward, he located in Davis county, Iowa, where he farmed on rented land until September, 1858, when on account of the ill health of his wife he sold his crops and stock and returned to his old home, near Roseville, Ohio. Renting land there, Mr. Triplett began farming, but the late frosts so injured his crops that he became discouraged, and in June of that year again started west, being at that time a hundred and forty-four dollars in debt. Coming across the country with his wife and child, he settled near Brazil, this county, renting a small place just west of the village, and engaged in farming and hauling coal, stone, shingles and lumber, the shingles being mostly rived by hand. He received a dollar and a half a day for himself and team, and in a year's time he had paid his indebtedness and was square with the world. Borrowing money, then, Mr. Triplett bought eighty acres of land in Van Buren township. A small portion of this was cleared, and in the hewn log house, with its earth and stick chimney, he lived a few years, in the meantime engaging in the coal business, hauling coal from his own land to Brazil, Donaldsonville and Harmony. On Christmas day, 1865, Mr. Triplett bought one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining Harmony on the north and platted a part of it as an addition to the town. A small part of the land had been cleared, and it was further improved by a two-story hewn log house and small stable which the former proprietor had erected. Taking possession of the place in March, 1866, he set to work in earnest to clear the remainder of the timber from the land, and for eight years was there prosperously employed in general farming and stock raising and dealing. Leasing the property in 1874 to the Watson Coal Company, he still resided on the place until February 13, 1880, although during the time he sold the land, retaining, however, his interest in the coal beds. In February, 1880, having sold a part of his farming implements and stock, he bought two hundred and ten acres of land adjoining the town of Humboldt, Richardson county, Nebraska, and there engaged in tilling the soil. In the following June, Mr. Triplett rented that land and moved to Savannah, Missouri, where he rented a home. In October of that year he bought a farm of ninety acres lying one mile from the village, moved on to it, harvested the fruit, and lived there until the next spring. Selling then at an advance, he rented a place of twenty acres, lived on it till June, then purchased a tract of twenty-five acres adjoining Savannah, on which he resided a year During the time he bought three hundred and seventy acres of land two and one-half miles from Savannah, and resided there two years. Selling out then at a profit, he spent a short time in Savannah, from there going to Springfield, Missouri. Buying then one hundred and sixty acres of land in Taney county, Missouri, he embarked in sheep raising, and also dealt in real estate in Springfield. Two years later he sold the sheep ranch, returned to Savannah, invested in suburban property, and remained there about a year. Returning with his family to Clay county, Mr. Triplett lived for seven years in Brazil, during which time he operated coal mines in Vigo county. In April, 1893, having purchased two hundred acres of bottom land on Eel river, four and one half miles northwest of Clay City, he for two years lived in the vicinity of that city. In April, 1895, Mr. Triplett bought the place which he now owns and occupies, it being advantageously located on the National Road between Harmony and Brazil. He has made substantial improvements, having rebuilt and added to the house and set out fruit, shade and ornamental trees, greatly enhancing the value of the estate. On September 21, 1856, Mr. Triplett married Hester A. Underwood, who was born November 28, 1838, near Roseville, Muskingum county, Ohio, a daughter of William Brinkley and Elizabeth (Dorr) Underwood. Mrs. Triplett passed to the higher life on April 12, 1904. Ten children were born of their union, six of whom are now living, namely: Laura A., born April 11, 1858; William B., February 19, 1860; French L., November 21, 1863; Sadie, April 22, 1867; Luelle, March 23, 1869; and Minnie, March 13, 1871. Warren, born November 14, 1865, died January 26, 1880; George W., born March 17, 1873, died October 22, 1894; and Alvin, born June 22, 1877, died November 19, 1900. Fraternally Mr. Triplett is a member of Clay Lodge, No. 368, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically he is active in Republican ranks and served as the first Republican trustee of Van Buren township. 59. James Athel Frederick. Born 20 Jun 1893. He married Alma Jamison. They had the following children:
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