John Wesley Standridge 
John Wesley was born in 1816 in Franklin Co. GA.1 John Wesley's father was Alexander* Standridge and his mother was Mary* Elizabeth ??. His paternal grandfather was James Sr* Standridge. He had a brother and four sisters, named Lemuel Owen, Mary*, Martin, Samuel James and Rhoda. He was the youngest of the six children. He died at the age of 49 in 1865 in Newton Co, AR.1 General Notes
ID: I00082
Name: John Standridge 1
Sex: M
Birth: 1816 in Franklin County, Georgia 1
Death: 1865 in Newton County, Arkansas 1
Note:
From C. L. Boyd:
Along toward the end of the Civil War, Bushwhackers raided John
Standridge's place and killed him, along with tow of his sons, Lemuel and
Wash. According to information included in John Jrs pension file, this
event occured in late January or early Feb. 1865. Alonzo Standridge siad
that the reason they were killed was because John had five or six hundred
dollars hid and woul dnot tell where it was hidden. Alonzo also said it
happened about daybreak. John and the two boys ran out to see what was
disturbing the chickens. Nancy told that her mother (Betsey) picked up
Wash and carried him back into the house after he was shot through the
neck. All three Standridge men are buried in Richland Cemetery in the
same grave on a feather bed. The women dug the grave and carried the
feather bed from the house to lay them on. This grave is on the left
inside the gate of the cemetery and is now marked by a stone put up by
Dallas Standridge. The twins, Bessie and Dessie, show DAllas where the
grave was located.
Father: Alexander Standridge b: ABT. 1776 in Probably Pendleton Dist. S.
C.
Mother: Elizabeth
Marriage 1 Mary Elizabeth b: ABT. 1816 in Georgia
Children
Martha Standridge b: ABT. 1833 in Arkansas
Jeremiah Standridge b: 25 DEC 1834 in Newton County, Arkansas
Samuel Standridge b: ABT. 1835
Elizabeth Standridge b: JUL 1838 in Arkansas
John Standridge b: ABT. 1839 in Newton County, Arkansas
Benjamin Standridge b: ABT. 1844
Richard Standridge b: 17 JUN 1844 in Quincy, Newton County, Arkansas
Lemuel Standridge b: ABT. 1847
Washington Standridge b: ABT. 1848
Alexander Standridge b: 15 APR 1852
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ID: I00082
Name: John Standridge 1
Sex: M
Birth: 1816 in Franklin County, Georgia 1
Death: 1865 in Newton County, Arkansas 1
Note:
From C. L. Boyd:
Along toward the end of the Civil War, Bushwhackers raided John
Standridge's place and killed him, along with tow of his sons, Lemuel and
Wash. According to information included in John Jrs pension file, this
event occured in late January or early Feb. 1865. Alonzo Standridge siad
that the reason they were killed was because John had five or six hundred
dollars hid and woul dnot tell where it was hidden. Alonzo also said it
happened about daybreak. John and the two boys ran out to see what was
disturbing the chickens. Nancy told that her mother (Betsey) picked up
Wash and carried him back into the house after he was shot through the
neck. All three Standridge men are buried in Richland Cemetery in the
same grave on a feather bed. The women dug the grave and carried the
feather bed from the house to lay them on. This grave is on the left
inside the gate of the cemetery and is now marked by a stone put up by
Dallas Standridge. The twins, Bessie and Dessie, show DAllas where the
grave was located.
Father: Alexander Standridge b: ABT. 1776 in Probably Pendleton Dist. S.
C.
Mother: Elizabeth
Marriage 1 Mary Elizabeth b: ABT. 1816 in Georgia
Children
Martha Standridge b: ABT. 1833 in Arkansas
Jeremiah Standridge b: 25 DEC 1834 in Newton County, Arkansas
Samuel Standridge b: ABT. 1835
Elizabeth Standridge b: JUL 1838 in Arkansas
John Standridge b: ABT. 1839 in Newton County, Arkansas
Benjamin Standridge b: ABT. 1844
Richard Standridge b: 17 JUN 1844 in Quincy, Newton County, Arkansas
Lemuel Standridge b: ABT. 1847
Washington Standridge b: ABT. 1848
Alexander Standridge b: 15 APR 1852
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