Captain James A. Thadeus Sappington, Physician; b. GA, married Selena (Sarah) Adeline Elizabeth Porter b. TN (one census says NC, incorrectly) Seeking information on the descendants of the Sappington family who lived in Calhoun County in 1860; by 1870 they had removed to Etowah County, AL More info: Capt. James A. T. Sappington 50th Alabama Infantry Co A (Calhoun County AL) Wounded at the Battle of Shiloh Resigned 20 July 1862 Film number M374 roll 39 -- 1850 U.S. Federal Census, GA, Troup County, Dist. 701 p. 89, image 61, Ancestry.com 1860 U.S. Federal Census, AL, Calhoun County, J. T. Sappington, age 34, b. GA Physician Sarah A. 31 1828, b. TN Jenny L. 6 b. 1853 AL John 4 b.1855 GA Christopher 8/12 months b. AL 1870 U.S. Federal Census, AL, Etowah County, Township 12, Range 7. Elizabeth (Selena Adeline Elizabeth Porter) b. NC 1829 (40) Teacher Lorena 16 AL (Jennie Lenora) John T. 14 AL (John T. m. Mattie G. Craddock) Sip 10 AL male ( must be Christopher?) C Sappington 8, female AL Elizabeth 6 AL Alley 4 (male). Capt. J.A. T. Sappington died in Mississippi in 1878, two years prior to this census. Sarah Adeline Elizabeth Porter died in January of 1880. The children must have been taken in by others. By the 1880 U.S. Federal Census, Jennie Lenora has married Pleasant Barnes Means in Etowah, AL Elizabeth is 'Lizzie' 16 AL GA TN found in the Etowah, AL census living with Kellums as "other." (She married Jesse Means) John T. has married Mattie G. Craddock; they are enumerated in Mississippi (Sapington). Sip or Christopher is not to be found. Alley is not to be found. One year old Minnie is not found on the 1870 census in any household; but she is found in the 1880 census in Texas! 1880 U.S. Federal Census Texas, Grayson, Precinct 5. FHL Film 1255306 Natl. Archived Film T9-1306, p. 225-C Minie Sapington, Cousin Female, White, 12, AL GA TN She is enumerated with J.S. Gowdy, self, farmer 30 KY - - Sally Gowdy Keeping House, wife, Married, W 29 AL TN TN (most likely Minie's mother's sister) Mary Gowdy daughter, F, S, W, 6, TX KY AL Most likely scenario is that Minie was brought or taken by the Gowdy's to assist with Mary Gowdy. There are no other children which tells me the mother, Sally, has been ill. Sally was most likely a Porter before her marriage. The Porters would be found on the 1860 census for AL since she was born in Alabama. I will check this. If anyone has connections to this family , I would like to visit with you about them.