2009-2010 Commemorative Sandridge Family Calendar�Sandridge Chapel
In 1901, James & Sarah Carter Doss Sandridge donated land to the Kirbytown, Al., Community to build a Church. The original structure was built in 1918 described as an 18X18 log cabin, later it was rebuilt. The Church alternated Sundays between the Methodist & Baptist Congregations. Additionally, it served as the Sandridge Masonic Lodge #225 (see top right picture of church) after moving from Meltonsville, Al.
Our earliest Homecomings began and revolved The Church.
Alabama, Marshall County, State Map�Kirbytown, Hillians Store 1886-1890
Sandridge Family Calendar�August 2009 thru July 2010
This Commemorative, Sandridge Family Calendar is based on the annual Kirbytown Reunion, held the second Sunday of August in what once known as the community of Kirbytown Alabama. This annual Community Reunion is now well over fifty plus years in it’s gathering.
There are many family members that assisted in making this calendar possible both past and present. However, I would like to extend a special thanks to John Elisha Sandridge, my grandfather who was the family historian, who collected and preserved family documentations, alone with Church and School ledgers in the community and who also kept the lives of the family members alive with his story telling. After his death in 1989 his daughter, Willie Mae Sandridge-Walker became the custodian of such information and continued to add to it. A special thanks to Ms. Gwendolyn Gillard and her efforts with creating a family web-site; Tribalpages.com. you can log on by entering Kirbytown1. Hopefully, while you are enjoying the (August 2009 – July 2010) Calendar you will learn more about the Sandridge Family and if you fail to find any information or you will easily provide the information using the web-site or using the family information form provided at the end of the Calendar.
The site presently has approximately 338 family names with the month of August having the most birthdays posted (33) while December posted the fewest (16). There are a total of 157 pictures included in the calendar with the months of January and July showing a total of 18 pictures each. December had the least number of pictures with 6.
We are constantly looking for additional family pictures & information of elders and of Reunions of the early beginnings. Proceeds from the sale of the calendar will go the maintenance and upkeep of the Kirbytown Community Cemetery. Much Love and Thanks, Family.
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Malisha, 1st child born to James and Sarah Carter Doss-Sandridge on Aug. 4, 1869. Holding baby Della Perkins. D.O.D. Nov. 29, 1913, at the age of 44.
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2 1850 William Still started Underground Railroad | 3 Michael Austins. | 4 1896 W.S. Grant patented curtain rod support. | 5 1962 Nelson Mandela imprisoned. 1 | 6 Ricky Martin . | 7 1893 Black longshoremen struck for better wages & working conditions in TX. | 8 Jeffery Seitz |
9 KIRBYTOWN FAMILY REUNION 1936 Jesse Owens won 4th Olympic gold medal in Berlin | 10 Gwen Grayson | 11 Rosemary Williams | 12 1890 Systematic exclusion of Blacks from political life began (Miss.) | 13 1892 1st. Issue of Afro-American newspaper | 14 1862 U.S. President Lincoln addressed Black audience at White House | 15 Armani Sandridge |
16 1970 Federal warrant issued for Angela Davis | 17 Arionna Grayson | 18 1963 James Meridith graduated from University of Mississippi | 19 1844 M.C. Harvey patented lantern. | 20 Lawrence Poe . | 21 James H. Sandridge | 22 Cedric Williams |
23 1796 A.M.E. Church incorporated. | 24 1950 Edith Sampson, 1st. Black appointed to U.N. | 25 1862– 5,000 slaves armed by Secretary of War. | 26 1943– Wm. L. Dawson elected Black Democratic Party vice Pres. candidate | 27 Carlos Walker . | 28 1963 March on Washington | 29 1977 Lou Brock set stolen base record. |
30 1983 Guion Bluford became 1st Black astronaut in space. | 31 1836 Henry Blair patented cotton planting machine | Teresa Sandridge | Deric Williams | | | |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR
AUGUST 2009
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Patriach, James Sandridge, born in Tenn.,1844, month & date unknown. His father, Nimrod was a slave from Virginia. His mother, Elizabeth(Sarah) Smith-Sandridge was white, she raised James to young adulthood. She grew sickly and her brothers John & Boonie Smith brought James back from Tenn.,to Kirbytown, Ala., where he remained, raised a family and died ? (no known picture)
Row 1 | Stevonna Sandridge | Emma Ruth Griffin | Christel Lucas | Pamela Sandridge |
Row 2 | Lois Lucas | Imogene Lucas | Sharon Malone | Patricia Sandridge |
Row 3 | Wayne Snodgrass | Juanita Sandridge | Raymond Grayson | James Thomas |
Patriarch, James Sandridge, born in 1844, Tennessee. The exact month & day unknown. James’s father, Nimrod was born and died as a slave. His slave owners, Dr. & Mrs. Catherine (Sarah) Smith-Sandridge arrived from Virginia to Tennessee and Nimrod arrived with them as many other slaves during that time; Nimrod was also Mrs. Sandridge favorite slave. The Sandridge’s owned a small farm in Dechard Tn., and later owned two grist mills one in Dechard and another in Jasper, Tn. At some point into the marriage, Dr. Sandridge died, leaving Mrs. Sandridge with the farm and grist mills. Nimrod still a slave assisted Mrs. Sandridge with both farm and mills. A relationship continued to developed between Mrs. Sandridge & Nimrod, out of which James was born. The exact date of the deaths of any of the fore mention is not known. Mrs. Sandridge health began to fail and after the Civil War was over, James’s uncles (white) arrived in Dechard Tenn., from Kirbytown, Al., where they owned a farm and brought James back to Kirbytown, where he worked the farm as a hired hand. James most likely new his would be wife, Sarah Carter Doss-Sandridge but did not wed until after emancipation. They raised a family of ten children on the family farm, purchased land (excess of 300 acres) until death they did part, James died on May 19, 1910 at the age of 66.
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Stevonna Sandridge | | 1 Emma Ruth Griffin | 2 1969 Civil disorder in Hartford, Connecticut | 3 1886 Alain Locke, 1st. Black Rhodes Scholar, born | 4 1974 Black Caucus had 1st. Meeting with President Ford | 5 Christel Lucas |
6 Pamela Sandridge | 7 1859 John Merrick, co founder North Carolina Mutual Life Ins. Co. born | 8 1875 Black voters refused Federal protection, Mississippi | 9 1739 Slave revolt in Stono, S.C. Twenty-five whites killed. | 10 1974 Guinea Bissou free from Portuguese rule | 11 Lois Magnolia Lucas | 12 1787 1st. Black Masonic Lodge organized |
13 Imogene Agnes Lucas | 14 Sharon Denise Malone | 15 1963 Four girls killed in Birmingham, Ala. Church bombing. | 16 1849 Slavery abolished in French possessions. | 17 1983 Vanessa Williams became first Black Miss America | 18 1865 Equal rights Mass meeting, Richmond, Virginia | 19 1947 Jackie Robinson named Rookie of the Year |
20 Patricia Ann Sandridge . | 21 1872 John Conyers entered Annapolis | 22 950 Ralphe J. Bunche awarded Noble Peace Price | 23 1863 Mary Church Terrell born | 24 Wayne Joseph Snodgrass | 25 Juanita Sandridge | 26 1918 368th Black Infantry Regiment praised. |
27 1912 W.C. Handy published “Memphis Blues” | 28 1829 David Waler’s Appeal discovered in several area of U.S. | 29 James Michael Thomas | 30 1864 13 Blacks won Congressional Medal of Honor | | TaShira Austin | Raymond Michael Thomas |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER 2009
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�October 2009�William Penn, 5th child and second son, born on Oct. 11, 1877. Often described as the scholar of the family, attending Alabama A & M. Date of death, Nov.4, 1955 at the age of 78.
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�OCTOBER 2009
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Adrian Grayson | Neonta (NeNe) Williams | Melinda Franklin | | 1 | 2 Tony Poe | 3 1949- WERD, pioneer Black owned radio station began operation |
4 1864- N.O Tribune, Black daily, began publication | 5 1897- J.H. Evans patented convertible settee-bed. | 6 Stanley Walker | 7 Alfanza Williams, Jr. | 8 Clarance Grayson | 9 1869- Morgan State College opened. | 10 1966 Black Panther Party emerges in Oakland, CA |
11 1964– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize | 12 1975- “I’m the first black baseball manager only because I was born black.” Frank Robinson | 13 1970- Angela Davis captured by FBI agents in NY motel. | 14 Tashara Williams | 15 1972- Jackie Robinson honored at Cincinnati Stadium | 16 1859- John Brown led attack on Harper’s Ferry | 17 Dawn Poe |
18 1977- Reggie Jackson, New York, hit 3 home runs in World Seriers. | 19 1943- “Othelllo” opened with Paul Robeson in title role. | 20 1946- W.E.B. DuBois” Speech, “Behold The Lord | 21 Kendal Austin | 22 1952- Frank E. Peterson, Jr. commissioned as Marine Aviation Officer | 23 1947- NAACP petitioned U.N on racial injustices. | 24 1972-Death of Jackie Robinson |
25 1945- Jackie Robinson signed by Branch Rickey | 26 1921- Solomon P. Hood named Minister to Liberia. | 27 1954- Benjamin O. Davis became 1st. black General in U.S. Air Force | 28 1972- Jackie Robinson biography published. | 29 1974- Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman. | 30 1954- Aboliton of Black unit in armed forces. 1979 Richard Arrington 1st. Black mayor of Birmingham, Al. | 31 1945- Booker T. Washington engered Hall of Fame for Great Americans |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�NOVEMBER 2009
Row 1 | Ester Poe | Linda Poe | Cameron Lucas | Donald Poe, Jr. |
Row 2 | JoAnn Johnson | Michelle Summers | Herbert (Butch) Sandridge, Jr. | |
Row 3 | Jason Ramon Lucas | Brad Sandridge | Deonna Sandridge | |
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1 1945– 1st issue of Ebony Magazine Published. 1787– 1st free school in New York City for blacks | 2 1903– St Luke Penny Savings Bank opened by Maggie Lena Walker. | 3 1974– Harold Ford elected U.S. Congressman, Tennessee | 4 1988 Bill & Camille Cosby gave unprecedented gift of $20 million to Spelman College (largest by Blacks) | 5 1968– Shirley Chisholm became 1st Black woman to serve in Congress. 1974– Bk. Caucus #’s 17 | 6 1901 James Weldon Johnson & partner compose “Lift Every Voice & Sing | 7 1955 Supreme Court banned segregation in recreational facilities |
8 1966 Edward W. Brooke elected to U.S. Senate from Massachusetts. | 9 1868 Howard University Medical School opened | 10 1960– Andrew Hatcher named Associate Press Secretary to U.S. President Kennedy. | 11 1975 Angola declared Independent | 12 1775-Blacks denied the right to enlist. 1941-Madame Lillian Evanti founded National Negro Opera Company | 13 1839– 1st anti-slavery political party (Liberty Party) organized. | 14 1915-Booker T.Washington died. 1977– Trial began for 1963 Birmingham church bombing case. |
15 218 B.C.-Hannibal, full blooded Black, crossed Alps. | 16 1892-Behanzin defended his native land, Dahomey, against France. | 17 1636– Henrique Dias won battle against Dutch. 1759– Paul Cuffe born | 18 1787– Sojourner Truth, born. | 19 1953– Roy Campanella named MVP in National baseball league. | 20 1962– Discrimination banned in Federally Aided Housing. | 21 1865-Shaw University, North Carolina, founded. |
22 1948– Levi Jackson elected captain, Yale football team | 23 1980– National Black Independent Party formed | 24 Jaaron Goggins | 25 1955– ICC banned Segregation in interstate tavel. | 26 1883– Death of Sojourner Truth. | 27 1974– Black Caucus: Burke, Dellums, Hawkins,Metcalfe, Young, Clay, Collins, Fauntroy | 28 Deonna Sandridge |
29 Deborah Sandridge | 30 1897- J.A. Sweating patented cigarette roller. | | Arthur Kirby | | | |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY REUNION
NOVEMBER 2009
Sandridge Family Calender�December 2009�Dechard, 3rd child and 3rd daughter born Dec. 14, 1873. Married a Joe Davis . Died Jun. 6, 1941, at the age of 68. No picture.
Row 1 | Terry Sandridge | Shakeetta Moorer | Andre' McGruder |
Row 2 | Kristopher Sandridge | Charlotte Lucas | Anthony Poe, Sr. |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�DECEMBER 2009
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| | 1 1955– Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, AL. | 2 1859– John Brown executed for insurrection. | 3 1847– Fredrick Douglass published 1st issue of “North Star”. | 4 1969– Chicago police murdered Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton & Mark Clark in their beds. | 5 1784– Phyllis Wheatley, Black poet, died |
6 1890– Sgt. Thomas Shaw earned Congressional Medal of Honor. | 7 1896– Antonio Maceo died a martyr for Liberty of Cuba | 8 1896– J.T. White patented lemon squeezer. | 9 1946– Committee on Civil Rights organized by Executive Order | 10 1846– Norbert Rillieux patented sugar making equipment. 1964– M.L.K, Jr. awarded NobelPeace Prize | 11 1872– P.B.S. Pinchback became acting governor of Louisiana | 12 1870– Joseph H. Rainey elected U.S. House of Representatives |
13 1973– David Dinkins named deputy mayor of N.Y.C. | 14 1973– Fourteen Black college presidents asked U.S. President Richard Nixon for funds. | 15 1791– Bill of Rights took effect | 16 1976– Andrew Young appointed Ambassador to U.N. | 17 1663– Death of Angolan Queen Nzingha. | 18 1865– Thirteenth Amendment adopted 1912– Gen. Benjamin O. Davis born in D.C. | 19 1875– Carter G. Woodson, historian, born. |
20 1933– J. Jackson published “Am I A Soldier of the Cross”. | 21 1920– W.H. Sammons patented hair straightening comb. | 22 1941– Atlanta urban League won battle for “Mrs.” for Black women. | 23 1975– Stanley Scoot appointed to AID African Staff. | 24 1814– Black Troops held position, Battle of New Orleans. | 25 1760– Jupiter Hammon, Black slave published “Salvation of Christ”. | 26 1848– Ellen & Willieam Craft escaped from slavery in GA. 1908-Jack Johnson 1st. heavyweight. hea |
27 1887– Stewart & Johnson patented metal bending machine. | 28 1816– The American Colonization Society | 29 1746 –Lucy Terry, Black poet, wrote 1st poem | 30 1800– Blacks represente 20% of U.S. population | 31 1952– Ends 1st full year in 71 years without a lynching. | | |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR
Row 1 | June Poe | Reginald Poe | Tevin Gillard | Areleatha Sandridge |
Row 2 | Janette Durr | Willie M. Walker | Willie W, Walker | Lovie Grayson |
Row 3 | Veronica Sandridge | Shaquille Sandridge | Williams Haynes | Brittany Rice |
Row 4 | LaShawn Gillard | Brandon Macklin | Donnie Sandridge | Veronica West |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�JANUARY 2010
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| | | | | 1 1863– Lincoln Issued Emanipation Proclamation | 2 1965– MLK, Jr. called for protest whenAlabama Blacks not allowed to vote |
3 1624– William Tucker, 1st Black child born in U.S. | 4 1971– Congressional Black Caucus formed. | 5 1943– George Washington Carver died. | 6 1773– Massachusetts slaves petitioned for freedom. | 7 1890– William B. Purvis patented fountain pen | 8 1811– Charles Deslondes led slave revolt in New Orleans. | 9 1866– Fisk University founded |
10 1866– Georgia Equal Rights Association organized | 11 1985– Reuben V. Anderson, 1st Black appointed to Mississippi Supreme Court | 12 1948– U.S. Supreme Court ruled Blacks have right to study law at state institutions. | 13 1966– Robert C. Weaver nominated Secretary of HUD | 14 1868– Black delegates majority at South Carolina State Assembly | 15 1929– Martin Luther King, Jr. born. | 16 1978– NASA named Black astronauts: Guion Bluford, Ron McNair, Frederick Gregory. |
17 1917– Virgin Islands purchased by U.S. | 18 1938– Captian B. Collins patented portable electric light. | 19 1788– Blacks organized Baptist Church in Savannah, Georgia. | 20 1977- Patricia Roberts Harris became 1st Black woman to hold Cabinet position | 21 1773-Phyllis Wheatley freed. | 22 1793– Benjamin Banneker helped plan Washington, D.C. | 23 1977– 1st ABC TV showing of “Roots”. |
24 1918– Lewis H. Latimer, inventor, honored. | 25 1966– Constance B. Motley appointed federal judge. | 26 1961– Carl T. Rowan, journalist given White House job. | 27 Stanley Sandridge | 28 1944– Matthew Henson received medal as co-discoverer of North Pole. | 29 1926– Violette Nealy Anderson, 1st Black woman to argue (Supreme Court) | 30 Stephanie Hayes |
31 1865– Congress passed 13th amendment | | | | | | |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Jimmy Jasper, 6th child and 3rd son, born on Feb. 7, 1880, died on June 25, 1974 at the age of 94, top picture.�John Elisha, 10th child and 5th son born on Feb. 7, 1889, died on June t, 1989, age 99 ½.
February 2010
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| 1 Virginia Poe | 2 1807 Congress legally banned foreign slave trade.. | 3 1920- Negro Baseball League founded. | 4 2007 Tony Dungy became 1st. Black head coach to win Supper bowl | 5 Jesse (J.C.) Sandridge | 6 Dwan (Dee Dee) Jackson |
Lajiinueese Washington | 1951 Private Edward O. Cleaborn, Memphis soldier awarded Distinguished Service Crosss | 9 Rashad Freeman | 10 1989 Ronald H. Brown elected chairman of Democratic National Committee | 11 LaVoyne Sandridge | 12 1793 Congress passed Fugitive Slave Act. 1909 NAACP founded in NY. | 13 Paris Snodgrass |
14 Kolton Sandridge | 15 1957- Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized | 16 1874- Fredrick Douglas elected President of Freedom’s Bank & Trust Company | 17 Jordan Seitz | 18 1688 1st formal protest against slavery– Quakers | 19 1790 George Bridgewater, musician, made London debut | 20 1895 Death of Fredrick Douglass. |
21 1965 Malcolm X assassinated. | 22 1967 Adam Clayton Powell stripped of seniority | 23 Marian Summers | 24 1811 Daniel A. Payne educator, born. | 25 1870 Hiram Revels elected 1st Black in U.S. Senate | 26 LaDonna Grayson | 27 1988 Debi Thomas became 1st Black to win medal at Winter Olympics |
28 Ernest Poe, Jr. | Shequinta Sales | Monica Summers | Esmanda Sparks | | Belinda Grayson | |
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SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Mary (Nancy) Elizabeth, 7th child and 4th daughter born on March 7, 1882. Died on March 3, 1961 at the age of 79.
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR
MARCH 2010
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| 1 1780– Pennsylvania became 1st state to abolish slavery. | 2 Irvin Jones | 3 Akinni Snodgrass | 4 1875– Blanche Bruce elected U.S. Senator, Mississippi | 5 Beria Macklin | 6 Sandra Caperton |
7 1539– Estenica explored southwestern part of U.S. | 8 Bradley Macklin | 9 1961– Clifton Wharton sworn ambassador to Norway. | 10 Harriet Tubman born 1822 & died 1913 | 11 1959- “Raisin in the Sun” opened on Broadway. | 12 1770– Army paycheck issued William Kitchen, a slave | 13 1773– Jean Baptist Pointe Du Sable founded Chicago 1865– Bill authorize slaves into Confederate Army. |
14 1889– Menelik became ruler of Abyssinia. 1794– Ely Whitney patented cotton gin. | 15 1947– John Lee, became 1st Black officer in Navy. | 16 1827– 1st Black newspaper published | 17 Dorothy Grayson | 18 1947– Louis Lautier, 1st Black congressional newsman. | 19 1794– Jay’s Treaty went in to effect | 20 1976- Rubin “Hurricane” Carter released from prison. |
21 Danielle Jackson | 22 1968– State troopers sent to put down student rebellion on Cheyney State College campus | 23 Robin Von Trotha | 24 2002– Halle Berry became 1st Black woman to win Best Actress Award | 25 1931- “Scottsboro boys” falsely accused of rape. | 26 1911– Willieam H. Lewis became U.S. Assistant Attorney General. | 27 1501– Black seaman, soldiers, a explores brought to America. |
28 1914– Sol Butler set track record. | 29 1815– Napoleon banned slave trade | 30 1870- Fifteenth Amendment ratified. | 31 1797– Olaudah Equiano died without seeing Africa again. | | | |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Manning G. the 8th child and 4th son born on April 17, 1884. Died on Oct. 8, 1971 at the age of 87. No picture.�Eddie C. the 11th child and 6th son born on April 22, 1892. Died on April 10, 1974 at the age of 82.
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�APRIL 2010
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LaDerika Jackson | Michael Malone | James Yarbrough | Houston Poe | 1 Carol Howard | 2 Larry C. Poe | 3 Olivia Snodgrass |
4 Brenton Macklin | 5 1856– Booker T. Washington born a slave in Virginia | 6 Antonio Goggins . | 7 1712– Slave revolt in New York City; 9 whites killed. | 8 James Lucas | 9 1866– Civil Rights Bill passed over presidential veto. | 10 Zayden Davis |
11 Danielle Jackson | 12 1787– Free African Society organized. 1861– Confederate attack on Fort Sumter opened Civil War. | 13 1964– Sidney Poitier won Academy Award for “Best Actor.” 1854– Lucy C. Laney, educator born. | 14 Benjamin Waddle | 15 1960– Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organized, Shaw University. | 16 1862– Slavery abolished in D.C. | 17 1785– Francis Williams 1st Black college graduate, published poem book in Latin. |
18 1818– Indians & Black defeated in Battle of Sewanee | 19 Terry Sandridge, Jr. | 20 1866– Fisk University, Nashville, TN. opened. | 21 1565– Black explores with Menendez at St. Augustine, Florida | 22 1970– Student protest at Yale supported Panthers. | 23 1872– Charlotte E. Ray admitted to Bar. | 24 1950– Black student entered University of North Carolina. |
25 1941– Fair employment Practices Commission established. | 26 Kaila Austin | 27 1961– Sierra Leone granted independence. | 28 1839- Cinque led Amistad ship mutiny. 1847– George B. Vashon admitted to New York State Bar. | 29 1899– Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, born. | 30 1828– Shaka Zulu killed. 1983- “Memphis Blues” honored at Smithsonian (29-30). | |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Fannie Mae Pearl, born May 7, 1886, 9th child and 5th daughter, died during infancy date unknown, no picture.
Matriach, Sarah Carter Doss-Sandridge was born May 12, 1847 in Kirbytown, Alabama (no picture). Sarah was the daughter of Molly Carter Doss, a slave. Molly arrived in Kirbytown as a slave forced walked alone with a small group of other slaves from Louisiana through Mississippi some been sold along the route; all the while Molly been pregnant with Sarah. Molly and Sarah was sold to the Carter Family and later to the Doss Family prior to emancipation. Sarah married James Sandridge on March 3, 1869 shortly after the Civil War, in Kirbytown. As described by her son and my Grandfather, John Eisha Sandridge, his mother worked on the farm and hired out as a teamster. Teamster, meaning that she hauled cut logs with a team of mules and oxens over the mountain to the lumber mill. Papa, as we would refer to John Elisha often shared the story of his mother coming home after hauling logs wearing men’s boots, overhauls and a long skirt that would be frozen up to her knees; removing the dress and hanging it up near the coal burning stove to dry before the next morning’s work. Sarah was not able to read or write, however as told by Papa, any word that you could pronounce to Sarah she would be able to spell-out. Against many odds both she and her husband James Sandridge managed to raise 10 children and accumulate over 300 hundred acres in Marshall County, Alabama. Sarah lived 8 years after the death of James, she died on October 29,1918 at the age of 66.
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR
MAY 2010
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| | | | | | 1 1867– Howard University opened in WDC |
2 1920– First game of National Negro Baseball League | 3 1947- Supreme court stuck down restrictive convents. | 4 LaCretia Renee Grayson | 5 1798– Date of Thaddeus Kosciusko’s Will for education of Blacks | 6 Carolyn McWilliams | 7 1963– Birmingham protest began. | 8 1925– the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, trailblazing black labor union/ A Philip Randolph. |
9 1862– Slaves in Georgia, Flordia, & South Carolina freed. | 10 1994– Nelson Rolhlahla Mandela inaugurated 1st elected president of South Africa | 11 1865– Blacks demanded equal rights & ballots in Norfolk, Virginia. | 12 1871- “Set-in” Protest staged in Louisville, Kentucky | 13 1862– Robert Smalls & 12 Blacks captured “Planter,” cotton steamer converted into Confederate battleship. | 14 1888– Abolition of slavery in Brazil. | 15 1791– Civil Rights granted to free mulattoes in French colonies. |
16 Robert Edward Sandridge Jr. | 17 Wilma Joann Lucas | 18 1896– Plessy vs. Ferguson. 1955– Mary McLeod Bethune died. | 19 1976– Gwendoly Brooks inducted into National Institute of Arts & Letters | 20 1984– The Cosby Show premiered on NBC. | 21 Maliah Rice | 22 Olivia Kanika Snodgrass |
23 1871– L. Bell patented locomotive smoke stack. | 24 1854– Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, founded | 25 1951– Willie Mays entered Major League Baseball. | 26 1965- Voting Rights Bill passed. | 27 1870– Michael Howard arrived at West Point Academy from Mississippi. | 28 1851– Sojourner Truth attended Women’s Rights Convention. | 29 1950– American Bowling Congress eliminated racial designations |
30 David Baker, Jr. | 31 Clay Christin Poe | | Ernest Belvin Poe III | Monique Donna Poe | | |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Ada Lou, the 2nd born child and 2nd daughter born June 14, 1871. She and William wrote many letters to each other while he was away attended Alabama A & M. Sickly most of her life, never married. She died on March 29, 1927 at the age of 56.
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR
JUNE 2010
| | 1 1875– James A. Healey ordained Catholic Bishop. | 2 1943– 99th Pursuit Squadron’s 1st combat mission. | 3 1994– Granville T. Woods patented steam boiler furnace | 4 1665– 1st Baptist Church in U.S. founded. 1972– Angela Davis acquitted | 5 1907– Jockey Jimmy Lee made racing history. 1987– Mae Jemison 1st Black woman astronaut. |
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| | 1 1875– James A. Healey ordained Catholic Bishop. | 2 1943– 99th Pursuit Squadron’s 1st combat mission. | 3 1994– Granville T. Woods patented steam boiler furnace | 4 1665– 1st Baptist Church in U.S. founded. 1972– Angela Davis acquitted | 5 1907– Jockey Jimmy Lee made racing history. 1987– Mae Jemison 1st Black woman astronaut. |
6 1863– Battle of Milken’s Bend, Black solder took former master prisoner. | 7 1892– G.T. Sampson patented clothes dryer | 8 1953– Supreme Court outlawed discrimination in D.C. restaurants. | 9 1989– Call for Reparations by Congressman John Conyers. | 10 1794– Richard Allen started Independent Methodist Movement 1940– Marcus Garvey died. 1946– Jack Johnson died. | 11 1911– Marcus Garvey founded Universal Negro Improvement Association 1963– Black students admitted to UA after George Wallace stood in doorway. | 12 1963– Medgar Evers killed in Jackson, Mississippi. |
13 1868– Oscar J. Dunn, ex-slave, installed as Lt. Gov. of LA. | 14 1952– Dr. Harold D. West named pres.of Meharry College, Nashville. | 15 1877– Henry O. Flipper graduated from West Point. | 16 1976– 13 yr. old Hector Peterson 1st to die in Soweto uprising. | 17 1972– Frank Willis discovered Watergate break-in. | 18 1863– Wm. H. Carney earned highest army medal. | 19 1865– Texas Blacks notified or Emancipation Proclamation |
20 1967– Muhammad Ali convicted for refusing induction into armed services. | 21 1821– A.M..E. Zion Church organized, N.Y.C. | 22 1938– Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling. | 23 1863– 80 Black recruits reported to PA. army camp | 24 1877– Clinto Freaves, army soldier, cited for valor. | 25 1876– Isaiah Dorman, Black, 1st to die in Indian U.S. battle | 26 1959– Prince Edward County VA Abandoned public school system.. |
27 1935– A. Philip Randolph named president of 1st Black labor union. | 28 1770– Philadelphia school for Black opened by Quakers. 1971– Draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali overturned | 29 1870– J.W. Smith wrote “The Colored Cadet-Hardships at West Point”. | 30 1906– John Hope became 1st. Black president of Morehouse College. | | | |
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| | 1 1875– James A. Healey ordained Catholic Bishop. | 2 1943– 99th Pursuit Squadron’s 1st combat mission. | 3 1994– Granville T. Woods patented steam boiler furnace | 4 1665– 1st Baptist Church in U.S. founded. 1972– Angela Davis acquitted | 5 1907– Jockey Jimmy Lee made racing history. 1987– Mae Jemison 1st Black woman astronaut. |
6 1863– Battle of Milken’s Bend, Black solder took former master prisoner. | 7 1892– G.T. Sampson patented clothes dryer | 8 1953– Supreme Court outlawed discrimination in D.C. restaurants. | 9 1989– Call for Reparations by Congressman John Conyers. | 10 1794– Richard Allen started Independent Methodist Movement 1940– Marcus Garvey died. 1946– Jack Johnson died. | 11 1911– Marcus Garvey founded Universal Negro Improvement Association 1963– Black students admitted to UA after George Wallace stood in doorway. | 12 1963– Medgar Evers killed in Jackson, Mississippi. |
13 1868– Oscar J. Dunn, ex-slave, installed as Lt. Gov. of LA. | 14 1952– Dr. Harold D. West named pres.of Meharry College, Nashville. | 15 1877– Henry O. Flipper graduated from West Point. | 16 1976– 13 yr. old Hector Peterson 1st to die in Soweto uprising. | 17 1972– Frank Willis discovered Watergate break-in. | 18 1863– Wm. H. Carney earned highest army medal. | 19 1865– Texas Blacks notified or Emancipation Proclamation |
20 1967– Muhammad Ali convicted for refusing induction into armed services. | 21 1821– A.M..E. Zion Church organized, N.Y.C. | 22 1938– Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling. | 23 1863– 80 Black recruits reported to PA. army camp | 24 1877– Clinto Freaves, army soldier, cited for valor. | 25 1876– Isaiah Dorman, Black, 1st to die in Indian U.S. battle | 26 1959– Prince Edward County VA Abandoned public school system.. |
27 1935– A. Philip Randolph named president of 1st Black labor union. | 28 1770– Philadelphia school for Black opened by Quakers. 1971– Draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali overturned | 29 1870– J.W. Smith wrote “The Colored Cadet-Hardships at West Point”. | 30 1906– John Hope became 1st. Black president of Morehouse College. | | | |
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Ryleigh Simmons | Nettie Looney | 1 1875– James A. Healey ordained Catholic Bishop. | 2 1943– 99th Pursuit Squadron’s 1st combat mission. | 3 Charmaine Smith | 4 Equilla Durr | 5 Thelma Sandridge |
6 1863– Battle of Milken’s Bend, Black solder took former master prisoner. | 7 Smantha Bridges | 8 1953– Supreme Court outlawed discrimination in D.C. restaurants. | 9 1989– Call for Reparations by Congressman John Conyers. | 10 1794– Richard Allen started Independent Methodist Movement | 11 Patricia Sandridge | 12 1963– Medgar Evers killed in Jackson, Mississippi. |
13 1868– Oscar J. Dunn, ex-slave, installed as Lt. Gov. of LA. | 14 Bernard Macklin | 15 1877– Henry O. Flipper graduated from West Point. | 16 1976– 13 yr. old Hector Peterson 1st to die in Soweto uprising. | 17 1972– Frank Willis discovered Watergate break-in. | 18 1863– Wm. H. Carney earned highest army medal. | 19 Deanna Poe |
20 1967– Muhammad Ali convicted for refusing induction into armed services. | 21 Larrisa Murphy | 22 1938– Joe Louis defeated Max Schmeling. | 23 1863– 80 Black recruits reported to PA. army camp | 24 1877– Clinto Freaves, army soldier, cited for valor. | 25 1876– Isaiah Dorman, Black, 1st to die in Indian U.S. battle | 26 1959– Prince Edward County VA Abandoned public school system.. |
27 Deborah Poe | 28 Janessa Grayson | 29 1870– J.W. Smith wrote “The Colored Cadet-Hardships at West Point”. | 30 1906– John Hope became 1st. Black president of Morehouse College. | Cornelious Thomas II | Jean Sandridge | Alexis Sandridge |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�Francis, the 4th child and 1st son born on July 22, 1875. Forced to leave his beloved family in young adulthood while defending his life, secretly lived in Texas, raised a family, never to return to Kirbytown, Al., while alive. Died on January 12, 1941 at the age of 66.
Row 1 | Kevin Sandridge | Esmond Sparks | Gregory Poe | Vanessa Joseph |
Row 2 | Billy Sandridge | Kelvin Sandridge | Lawrence Walker | Loreal Sandridge |
Row 3 | Harold McClellan | Syrus Snodgrass | Derrick Jackson | Mallory Summers |
Row 4 | Leslie Grayson | Dwain Jackson | Sandra Smith | Charles Walker |
SANDRIDGE FAMILY CALENDAR�JULY 2010
Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| | | | 1 1870- James W. Smith entered West Point. | 2 1964– Civil rights Bills signed by President Johnson. | 3 1962– Jackie Robinson named to Baseball Hall of Fame. |
4 1881– Booker T. Washington began work at Tuskegee | 5 1975– Arthur Ashe won men’s single championship. | 6 1854– Republican party organized to oppose slavery. 1971– Louis Armstrong died. | 7 1948– Cleveland Indians signed Leroy (Satchel) Paige. | 8 1924– DeHart Hubbard won Olympic victory | 9 1893– Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed 1st open heart operation | 10 1875– Mary McLeod Bethune born |
11 1776– Olaudh Equiano bought his freedom. 1905– Niagara Movement forerunner of NAACP, organized | 12 1936– Cornelius Johnson set world high jump record. | 13 1787– Slavery banned in Northwest Territory. | 14 1951– George Washington Carver National Monument dedicated in MO. O. | 15 1779– Pompey Lamb, noted Black spy aided war effort. | 16 1944– Charles R. Dew awarded Spingarn Medal. | 17 1862– The arming of Blacks approved by Congress. |
18 1863– 54th Colored Regiment launched attack on Ft. Wagner, S.C. | 19 1867– Congressional Reconstruction received legal basis. | 20 1849– Women’s rights Convention aided anti-slavery cause. | 21 1896– National Association f Colored Women organized led by Mary Church Terrell. | 22 1822– Denmark Vesey hanged. 1963– Floyd Patterson lost boxing match to Sonny Liston. | 23 Henry Gillard | 24 1924– United Negro College Fund founded. 1954– Charles Bush named Black page in Supreme Court. |
25 1941– U.S. government admitted to TuskegeeSyphilis Experiment | 26 1847– Liberia declared independent republic | 27 1948– Legal basis established for desegregation of armed forces | 28 1869– Fourteenth Amendment adopted | 29 1895– 1st. National Conference of Colored Women Convention. | 30 Larry Poe | 31 1921– Urban League Executive Whitney Young, Jr. born. |