Could you ask him what the name of the Sandige brother was that stayed in VA and if he knows which county he stayed in? Thanks, Judy M. At 11:35 PM 9/8/1999 EDT, you wrote: >Hello, "cousins," > >Last weekend I met a Mr. Sandige who gave me the following information from >genealogy information that his great aunt wrote down. If anyone can relate >to this information or can tie it in with the Sandidge family, please let me >know so I can tell Mr. Sandige. Thanks, Rita > >"About 1650 two brothers living in and natives of Scotland decided to go to >the new country of the United States of America to seek their fortune. One >of the brothers stopped in VA near central part and settled there. The other >one ventured still further on as young fellas like to do, and settled in >central West Virginia. Each remained in his chosen place and eventually >married and raised a family. > >>From the WVA brother, Thomas, the present Sandige family came, as far as can >be assertained. The other one stayed in VA. Thomas married Frances Jones, >who had come with her father and mother from England. There was a brother, >too, of hers, Levi Jones, who married to Leatha Peters, also a cousin Morris >Harvey, the founder of Morris Harvey College, of Charleston, WVA. > >Union of Thomas and Francis was four sons, Edward Monroe, Joseph, Rufus, a >young son Henry who was killed in the Civil War at age sixteen. There was >one sister Ellen, a frail delicate girl of sixteen that died. > >Edward Monroe married Sarah Hashbarger whose parents were German. Her >mother's maiden name was Bare, also German. To this union was born daughter, >Rose, six brothers, Earl, Lud, Bud, William, Gug and Stuart in this order. > >Sarah Sandige died in 1914, Edward Monroe about 10 years later. Their final >resting place is Princeton, WVA in Old Larys Cemetery. Four brothers, Will, >Bud, Lud and Gug, sons of Edward and Sarah also lie buried there. Earl is >in the WVA central part. > >Frances Sandige was a small woman with an unusual personality, highly >intelligent and self educated. Well versed in Bible and a devoted Christian. > Her son Edward Monroe was also a self educated man. A teacher in schools of >WVA and Missouri. He spoke German and had a good knowledge of Greek and >Latin. > >Joseph Abner Sandige was born VA 1852. He died Hico in June 1925 aged 73 >years. His father Thomas was in General Lee's army. He had brother Henry >who died age 16 at battle of Lewisburg. The family came to Fayette Co. in >1860 and settled in Beckwith. He married Stella Nichols on March 12, 1872. >They moved to Beets P.O. on James River and Kanawha turnpike in 1883. Their >children were Laura, Fred (lived in KY), Harry(headed a gas drilling >company), Leonard (died single), Frank ( killed in mine accident), Wilbert >(killed in railroad accident) and Seth Sidney who married Eva Neal." > > >