Richard, Searched my records readily available and have no children listed to Isaac Yates and Mary Wood Sandidge. I have a few other records to check so, if I find anything, I get it to you ASAP. Have no records on Benjamin Martin nor Thomas Coleman. I have a few Colemans in my files but all are from Virginia. No record of Illinois background. I will defer your last request to Martin. He has beaucoup info on Benjamin Thurmond and his children. 99% of the info I have on Benjamin Thurmond came from him. He is the expert on the "Mississippi Gang". Your cousin, Jim At 19:02 11/07/97 -0800, Bob Sled wrote: >Dear Group, > >I am trying to find some connections as noted in the subject line. First >and foremost I would like to know if anyone has information of the >following family: > >Mary Wood Sandidge (30 Sep 1829 - ) & Isaac Porterfield Yates >(1818 - ) married 10/4/1835, Adair Co, KY. > >I would like to find info on children and any subsequent marriages. > >Secondly, I have the following family: > >Benjamin Martin (b. 9/1838KY) parents born in KY, married to a Martha ? >(b. 2/1854KY) parents born in KY. Married about 1878 in KY. They have the >following children: Albert, Marshall, Nannie, Ellis. This is from 1900 >Sangamon Co, IL census. It shows that they had 8 children but only 4 are >living in 1900. > >I am wondering if there is any chance that this might be a descendant of a >Sandidge/Martin marriage. > >Thirdly, I have the following family: > >Thomas Coleman (b. 7/1844IL) mother born KY, father unknown, married to >Lucy E. ? (b. 3/1850MO) parents from VA. Married about 1869 in IL. The >following children were living with them: Lloyd T., and John F.. This is >from 1900 Sangamon Co, IL census. They had five children but only two are >living in 1900. >. >Is there any chance that this could be a Sandidge relation. Given the >Coleman name? > > >And, lastly, I would like to ask if anyone has more info on the following: > >Benjamin Thurmond Sandridg b: 1795 in Albemarle Co, VA d: 1850 >Franklin County, TN m: 1818 >+Mary Elizabeth Martin b: 1799 in Wilkes Co, NC >Robert E. Sandidge (son) > >Does anyone have any info on a marriage of Robert Sandidge? And, is it >possible that he is the Robert Sandidge that went to Illinois? > >The interesting fact about the above questions is that the Martin family >was living close to the Coleman family. And several Sandidge families were >located within a short distance away. All of this in Island Grove Twp of >Sangamon Co, IL. (To make it even better, a Yates family married into the >Sandidge family and resided nearby.) > >Thanks for any help you give to me. > >Richard Sergeant > Genealogy ..... 1. Begins as an interest. 2. Becomes a hobby. 3. Continues as an avocation. 4. Takes over as an obsession. 5. In the last stages becomes an incurable disease.