Descendants of Israel Standifer

 This genealogy was submitted in part by Ward H. Oliver.  Thanks, Ward!  
Updated April 2, 2002 by contributions from Jeff Standifer.  Thanks, Jeff!
Changes in blue.

  Generation No. 1

1.  ISRAEL5 STANDIFER  (BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born Abt. 1797 in Oglethorpe Co, GA, and died in AL.  He married MARY RILEY Abt. 1831.  She was born Abt. 1805 in GA, and died Aft. 1880 in AL.

Notes for ISRAEL STANDIFER:

CENSUS: 1850 Shelby Co, AL; #234
Israel Standfor, W, M, age 53, farmer, b. GA
Mary, F, age 45, b. GA
William, M, Laborer, b. GA
Frances, F, age 15, b. AL
Joel, M, age 14, b. AL
Margaret, F, age 7, b. AL
Hubbard L., M, age 4, b. AL
Benjamin, M, age 8/12, b. AL
Cynthia, F, age 11, b. AL

Children of ISRAEL STANDIFER and MARY RILEY are:

2.            i.     WILLIAM RILEY6 STANDIFER, b. May 05, 1833, Shelby Co., AL; d. June 11, 1893, Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama.

              ii.     FRANCES ELIZABETH STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1835, GA; m. THOMAS S. RED, December 21, 1858, Shelby Co., AL.

3.          iii.     JOEL D. STANDIFER, b. December 25, 1838, AL; d. March 28, 1904, Irondale, Jefferson Co, AL.

             iv.     CYNTHIA STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1839, AL.

             v.     MARGARET A. STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1843, AL; m. HENRY T. STORY, January 03, 1860, Shelby Co., AL.

             vi.     HUBBARD S. STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1846, AL.

4.         vii.     JOHN BENJAMIN STANDIFER, b. January 1850, Shelby Co, AL.

Generation No. 2

2.  WILLIAM RILEY6 STANDIFER (ISRAEL5, BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born May 05, 1833 in Shelby Co., AL, and died June 11, 1893 in Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama.  He married ELIZA ANN HATFIELD December 23, 1853 in Eufaula, Barbour County, AL, daughter of JOHN JOSEPH TARPLEY HATFIELD and CHARLOTTE ROLLINS.  She was born December 24, 1834 in Sumpter Co., SC.

Notes for WILLIAM RILEY STANDIFER:

From: W. C. Standifer's old letter (#19): "Served as a private of the Sixth Regt AL Co. "F" Confederate States of America, and was paroled by authority of the United States Government on June 7, 1865.  He first served in the Infantry, but being disabled to march on foot account of disability caused by a hernia, he was transferred to the Calvary where he drove a four mule wagon for approximately one year and was then placed in charge of General Clant's Ambulance which he drove for the last year of the war."  

He was an ambulance driver for General James Holt Clanton.

Children of WILLIAM STANDIFER and ELIZA HATFIELD are:

              i.     JANE7 STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1855, Clayton, Barbour Co., AL.

5.           ii.     JOHN ISAAC STANDIFER, b. April 20, 1860, Clayton, Barbour Co., AL.

             iii.     NANCY STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1864, Clayton, Barbour Co., AL.

             iv.     MARGARET STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1866, Clayton, Barbour Co., AL.

6.           v.     WILLIAM CHAPPELL STANDIFER, b. December 19, 1873, Eufaula, Alabama; d. 1943, Alabama.

3.  JOEL D.6 STANDIFER (ISRAEL5, BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born December 25, 1838 in AL, and died March 28, 1904 in Irondale, Jefferson Co, AL.  He married MARTHA JANE HAMILTON August 10, 1856 in Shelby Co., AL.  She was born January 14, 1841 in Shelby Co, AL, and died 1916 in Mt. Hebron, Leeds, Jefferson Co, AL.

Notes for JOEL D. STANDIFER:

CENSUS: 1860 Shelby Co, AL; # 448

CENSUS: 1870 Baker/Chilton Co, AL; # 112  

Joel is listed as "Jack" on the 1900 Census, 20 Precinct, p. 112; Jefferson Co., AL:
520/522: Jack Standifer, head, w, m, Dec 1838, age 61, m-43, AL, TN, SC
Martha, wife, w, f, Jan 1841, age 59, m-43, 6children/3living, AL, AL, AL
Belinda E., dau, w, f, May 1868, age 32, S, AL, AL, AL
Christopher, William, boarder, w, m, Jan 1885, age 15, S, AL, AL, AL
Christopher, J. M., boarder, w, m, Aug 1889, age 10, AL, AL, AL

Notes for MARTHA JANE HAMILTON:

Martha's maiden name is from the bible record of Marie Standifer Morgan, d/o Israel Thomas Standifer


Martha J. Hamilton Standifer
Photo taken 1905 at age 64
*Contributed by Jim Thompson

Children of JOEL STANDIFER and MARTHA HAMILTON are:

7.            i.     WILLIAM I.7 STANDIFER, b. May 06, 1859, Chilton Co, Shelby  Co, AL; d. June 17, 1889, Shelby Co, AL; m. FRANCES WIDEMAN, January 04, 1883.

  Notes for WILLIAM I. STANDIFER:
  BIRTH: IGI; AL

            ii.       HENRY W. STANDIFER, b. August 26, 1860, Shelby  Co, AL; d. March 27, 1863, Chilton Co, AL.

8.          iii.     ISRAEL THOMAS STANDIFER, b. December 09, 1865, Shelby  Co, AL; d. April 08, 1949, Leeds, 
  Jefferson Co, AL.  

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             iv.     BELINDA EVEYLENA STANDIFER, b. May 02, 1868, AL; d. October 16, 1935, Leeds, Jefferson 
  Co, AL.

             v.     MARY ELIZABETH STANDIFER, b. August 04, 1871, Birmingham, AL; d. June 19, 1933, 
  Cameron, LeFlore Co, OK; m. W
ILLIE LEE MCCOMBS, January 09, 1893, Jefferson Co, AL.  
 He was born September 22, 1869 in Kansas City, MO and died June 2, 1963 in Oklahoma City, OK

4.  JOHN BENJAMIN6 STANDIFER (ISRAEL5, BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born April 1851 in Shelby Co, AL.  He married ZENOBIA BEASLEY December 24, 1876 in Barbour Co, AL.  She was born December 1859, AL

Notes for JOHN BENJAMIN STANDIFER:
MARRIAGE: IGI; AL  

1900 Census, Newton Precinct, p. 160, Dale Co., AL:
196/212: Benj. Standifer, head, w, m, Apr 1851, age 49, m-23, AL, TN, SC
Zenobia, wife, w, f, Dec 1859, age 40, m-23, 7children/6living, AL, AL, AL
John L., son, w, m, Oct 1879, age 20, S, AL, AL, AL
Ballie, dau, w, f, Dec 1881, age 20, S, AL, AL, AL
Eddie, son, w, m, June 1885, age 14, S, AL, AL, AL
Charley, son, w, m, July 1887, age 12, S, AL, AL, AL
Jewell, dau, w, f, Jan 1894, age 6, AL, AL, AL

Child of JOHN STANDIFER and ZENOBIA BEASLEY is:

8.            i.     CHARLIE BENJAMIN7 STANDIFER, b. July 02, 1887, Dale Co, AL.  

               ii.     JOHN L. STANDIFER, b. October, 1879, AL

               iii.    BALLIE STANDIFER, b. December 1881, AL

               iv.    EDDIE STANDIFER, b. June 1885, AL

               v.     JEWELL STANDIFER, b. Jan 1894, AL

Generation No. 3

5.  JOHN ISAAC7 STANDIFER (WILLIAM RILEY6, ISRAEL5, BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born April 20, 1860 in Clayton, Barbour Co., AL.  He died January 6, 1918 in Tuscaloosa, AL.  He married EUDELLA SESSIONS abt 1880.  She was born November 1860 in AL.

1900 Census, 4 Precinct, Montevallo, p. 86, Shelby Co., AL:
163/174: John I. Standifer, head, w, m, Dec 1860, age 39, m-19, GA, GA, GA
    
Eudella, wife, w, f, Nov 1860, age 39, m-19, 7children/7living, AL, AL, AL
Willie I., son, w, m, Nov 1882, age 17, S, AL, AL, AL
Henry E., son, w, m, Oct 1885, age 14, S, AL, AL, AL
Jamie J., son, w, m, May 1887, age 13, S, AL, AL, AL
Ella M., dau, w, f, Jan 1889, age 11, S, AL, AL, AL
Dora J., dau, w, f, Mar 1894, age 6, S, AL, AL, AL
Edgar T., son, w, m, Mar 1896, age 4, S, AL, AL, AL
Porter L., son, w, m, Feb 1898, age 2, AL, AL, AL

Child of JOHN STANDIFER and EUDELLA SESSIONS is:

              i.     PORTER LEE8 STANDIFER, b. December 19, 1898, Chilton Co., AL; d. August 31, 1951 Tuscaloosa, AL; m. MATTIE S. CHURCH.

Notes for PORTER LEE STANDIFER:

MARRIAGE: Standefer, Harry; Standefer, Standifer, Standiford; A Family History and Genealogy; c1989; p. 80

             ii.   WILLIE I. STANDIFER, b. November 1882, AL

            iii.    HENRY E. STANDIFER, b. October 1885, AL

            iv.    JAMIE J. STANDIFER, b. May 1887, AL

             v.    ELLA M. STANDIFER, b. January 1889, AL

            vi.    DORA J. STANDIFER, b. March 1894, AL

             v.    EDGAR T. STANDIFER, b. March 1896, AL

6.  WILLIAM CHAPPELL7 STANDIFER (WILLIAM RILEY6 STANDIFER, ISRAEL5, BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born December 19, 1873 in Eufaula, Alabama, and died 1943 in Alabama.  He married LEONARA CORNELIA HUGHES June 03, 1894 in Barbour County, AL, daughter of JOHN HUGHES and NANCY JAMES.  She was born June 03, 1875 in Eufaula, Alabama.    

Click here to view letter by William Chappell to his daughter, "Britt".  

Click here for William's Biography.

1900 Census, 5 Precinct, Eufaula, p. 149B, Barbour Co., AL:
293/292: William C. Standifer, head, w, m, Dec 1873, age 26, m-6, AL, AL, SC 
Nora, wife, w, f, June 1875, age 24, m-6, 2children/2living, AL, AL, AL
Lillie, dau, w, f, June 1895, age 4, AL, AL, AL
Lucy, dau, w, f, Feb 1897, age 3, S, AL, AL, AL

Children of WILLIAM STANDIFER and LEONARA HUGHES are:

              i.     BESSIE LOUISE8 STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1900; m. JOSEPH H. HALL; b. Brooklyn, New York.

  Notes for BESSIE LOUISE STANDIFER: Per William Chappell Standifer's biography: Bessie is one  
   of the outstanding women of the literary world and a practicing attorney in New York.

              ii.     LUTHER S. STANDIFER, b. July 03, 1897; d. April 26, 1931; m. LOUISE STEELE.

  Notes for LUTHER S. STANDIFER: Manager of Rich's Shoe Department in Atlanta when killed by 
   an automobile enroute to Atlanta.  He leaves a daughter Leonora, a son, Luther, the former a gifted 
   reader and elocutionist.  (From W. C. Standifer's biography].

             iii.     JOHN R. STANDIFER, b. October 25, 1904, Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama; d. June 1994, Eufaula, 
   Alabama; m. W
ILLIE MAE JAMES.

   Notes for John R. Standifer:

   W. C. Standifer's biography states that John married Louise Palmer.

             iv.     GUY WORRELL STANDIFER, b. May 10, 1902, Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama; d. May 09, 1926.
 
   Notes for Guy Standifer:

   Guy drowned at Newport News, VA while serving in the US Navy.

             v.     CORNELIA MAY STANDIFER, b. December 02, 1907, Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama; d. 
  December 26, 1991, Mobile, AL; m. (1) R
OBERT VERNON BATES, Abt. 1925, AL; m. (2) 
  E
UGENE VERNON KLENCK, Abt. 1940.

             vi.     ANNIE BRIT STANDIFER, b. Abt. 1910; m. JOHN CAIN.

            vii.     NORA M. STANDIFER STANDIFER, b. July 27, 1911, Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama; d. June 24, 
  1912, Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama.

           viii.     WILLIAM CHAPEL STANDIFER, JR., b. January 12, 1913, Eufaula, Alabama; d. October 1971; m. 
  M
ARY NIX.

             ix.     EDNA STANDIFER, b. April 04, 1914, Eufaula, Barbour Co., Alabama; d. April 25, 1915, Eufaula, 
  Alabama.

7 WILLIAM I.7 STANDIFER, b. May 6, 1859, Children Co., AL; d. June 17, 1889, Shelby, Co., AL. He married FRANCES "MARTHA" WIDEMAN January 4, 1883, daughter of JAMES C. WIDEMAN.  She was born June 1853 in AL and died after 1900.

Notes for William I. Standifer:

BIRTH: IGI, AL

1900 Census, 20 Precinct, p. 112B, Jefferson Co., AL:
524/5__: Martha Standifer, head, w, f, June 1853, age 47, WID, 3children/2living, AL, AL, AL
William A., son, w, m, Dec 1883, age 16, S, AL, AL, AL
Sarah B., dau, w, f, June 1885, age 14, S, AL, AL, AL
WIDEMAN, James C., father, w, m, Nov 1830, age 69, WID, AL, GA, GA

Children of WILLIAM STANDIFER AND FRANCES WIDEMAN are:

                   i.  WILLIAM A. STANDIFER, b. Dec 1883, AL

                   ii.  SARAH B. STANDIFER, b. June 1885, AL

8.  ISRAEL THOMAS7 STANDIFER (JOEL D.6, ISRAEL5, BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born December 09, 1865 in Chilton Co, AL, and died April 08, 1949 in Leeds, Jefferson Co, AL.  

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8.  CHARLIE BENJAMIN7 STANDIFER (JOHN BENJAMIN6, ISRAEL5, BENJAMIN4 STANDIFER, ISRAEL3 STANDIFORD, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born July 02, 1887 in Dale Co, AL.  He married MATTIE ANNA KENT June 13, 1909 in Dale Co, AL. 

Notes for CHARLIE BENJAMIN STANDIFER:

BIRTH-MARRIAGE: IGI; AL

Children of CHARLIE STANDIFER and MATTIE KENT are:

              i.     HARRIS L.8 STANDIFER, b. AL.

             ii.     JOHN THOMAS STANDIFER, b. September 04, 1912, Dale Co, AL.

  Notes for JOHN THOMAS STANDIFER: BIRTH: IGI; AL


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