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Samuel B. Windham > Page R. Windham Sr. > John S. Windham

John Stanley WINDHAM

Born: 22 Sep 1827, WilcCtyAL
Died: 4 Mar 1905, Homewood, ScotCtyMS
Father:
Page R. WINDHAM Sr.

Mother: Zylphia DAVIS

John Stanley Windham

Married:
7 Dec 1849,
SmitCtyMS

Martha Elizabeth MARLER

Born: 28 Jan 1832, GA (or AL)
Died: 19 Feb 1908, Homewood, ScotCtyMS
Father: George Capers MARLER

Mother: Matilda DRISKELL

 

Children:
 
 

1. William Franklin WINDHAM "Frank" (b. 24 Dec 1850, Pulaski, ScotCtyMS; d. 11 Sep 1901, CoviCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 16218687, MS)

Children:

  1. John Houston WINDHAM (b. 1871, MS)
  • m. Alice Lenora BARNES
  2. Julie Ann WINDHAM (b. 1873, MS)
 
  3. Charles Patterson WINDHAM (b. 1876, MS)
  • m. Addie V. HARVEY
  4. Thomas Pope WINDHAM (b. 1878, MS)
  • m. Hattie Mae BAILEY
  5. William Franklin WINDHAM Jr. (b. 1880, MS)
  • m. Christiana March RODGERS "Tanna"
  6. Mary Charlotte WINDHAM "Lottie" (b.1884, MS)
  • m. Albert Taylor COOPER
  7. Claude Clarence WINDHAM (b. 1887, MS)
  • m. Neva MCMURPHY
  8. Kirby E. WINDHAM (b. 1893, MS)
  • m. Willie Mae GARRETT

 

Notes:

  • For more in formation on this family, click William's name above.

 

2. Ann Eliza WINDHAM (b. 14 Nov 1853, ScotCtyMS; d. 28 Nov 1922, SharCtyMS)

  • m. John Henry Clay SIMMONS

Notes:

  • They had 4 sons and 3 daughters.

 

3. Zylphia Stanley WINDHAM (b. 23 May 1854, ScotCtyMS; d. 18 Dec 1873, ScotCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 148562455, MS)

Child:

  1. George Otho BOYLES (b. 24 Feb 1880; d. 15 Apr 1955; Find-A-Grave 47302327, MS)

 

Notes:

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4. Martha Matilda WINDHAM (b. 21 Mar 1857, ScotCtyMS; d. 23 May 1862, ScotCtyMS, age 5)
 

Notes:

  • Died young.

 

5. John Capers WINDHAM "Cape" (b. 12 Apr 1859, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 23 Dec 1922, ScotCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 16219224, MS)

Children:

  1. Luther Marvin WINDHAM (b. 12 Sep 1885, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 28 June 1968, Austin, TravCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 132449314, TX)
  2. Johnnie Mack WINDHAM (b. 17 Jan 1888, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 7 Mar 1967, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 18720659, MS)
  3. Jimmy WINDHAM (b. 5 Sep 1989; d. 20 Dec 1909)
 

 

Notes:

  • From 1900 US Census for Beat 2, ScotCtyMS:
    Married 16 Years
     
    Name Rel. Race Sex Birth Date Age Mar.Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Occ.
    Capus Windham Self W M Apr 1861 39 M MS AL GA Farmer
    Anna Windham Wife W F Dec 1862 37 M MS GA MS  
    Luther Windham Son W M Sep 1886 13 S MS MS MS Farm Laborer
    John Windham Son W M June 1889 10 S MS MS MS Farm Laborer
    Cape Windham Son W M Sep 1898 1 S MS MS MS  

 

6. Thomas Calvin WINDHAM "Tom" (b. 9 Sep 1861, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 11 Jan 1929, Jackson, HindCtyMS)

  • m. Mary HARVEY "Annie" on 6 Oct 1880, ScotCtyMS

Children:

  1. Charley WINDHAM (b. 1881, MS)
  • m. Jessie E. SOREY
  2. John WINDHAM (b. 1882, MS)
 
  3. Mary Lillian WINDHAM "Lillie" (b. 1885, MS)
  • m. George Clinton NOBLIN
  4. Ida Elizabeth WINDHAM (b. 1887, MS)
  • m. Wade Eli HARVEY
  5. Belle L. WINDHAM (b. 1889, MS)
  • m. Vilas Henry LOTT
  6. Mamie WINDHAM  (b. 1895, MS)
  • m. William Lanious LOTT

 

Notes:

  • For more information on Thomas C. Windham, click his name above.

 

7. Mary Phanuel WINDHAM "Fannie" (b. 11 May 1864, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 10 Mar 1947, Weslaco, HidaCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 196104749, MS)

Children:

  1. Jefferson Davis MCWHORTER (b. 19 Apr 1887, Forest, ScotCtyMS; d. 1 Mar 1964, Monroe, OuacParLA; Find-A-Grave 27330669, LA)
  2. Eran MCWHORTER (b. 28 Oct 1888, MS; d. 7 Aug 1984; Find-A-Grave 111781959, MS)
  • m. Roderick E. CURRIE (b. 25 July 1894, MS; d. 30 Mar 1967; Find-A-Grave 111781867, MS) on 31 Oct 1914, SmitCtyMS
       Parents: Erasmus N. CURRIE / Leah C. MANGUM
  3. Sickey Nelson MCWHORTER "S. N." (b. 19 Apr 1892, ScotCtyMS; d. 28 Jan 1974, Weslaco, HidaCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 197057635, TX)
 
  4. William Edward MCWHORTER (b. 10 Mar 1898, MS; d. 16 Apr 1993, HidaCtyTX)
  • m. Irene TULLOS (b. 13 Jan 1905; d. 12 Oct 1985, HidaCtyTX)
       Parents: Andrew J. TULLOS / Beulah J. CURRIE
  5. Geneva Hattie MCWHORTER (b. 9 Sep 1900, MS; d. 28 Mar 1996, age 95; Find-A-Grave 49453389, MS)
  • m. Rev. George Selner DERRICK (b. 27 Dec 1899; d. 18 Aug 1999, age 100; Find-A-Grave 49453360, MS)
       Parents: George Thomas DERRICK / Ann Ida HALLMAN
  6. Lenora Minnie MCWHORTER (b. 10 Aug 1902, MS; d. 12 Feb 1989)
  • m. Homer FIKES (b. 27 Feb 1902, MS; d. Apr 1969)
       Parents: Jacob Wesley FIKES / Sena SUMRALL

 

Notes:

  • Sickey N. McWhorter was a Judicial Judge in Texas.

  • See 1910 (Beat 4, SmitCtyMS) and 1920 (Trenton, SmitCtyMS) US Census records for verification.

 

8. Katherine Charlotte WINDHAM (b. 17 Oct 1866, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 21 Feb 1939, ScotCtyMS)

  • m. Francis Marion Peterson HERRON "Pete" (b. 26 Dec 1954; d. 8 Jan 1935; Find-A-Grave 75385154, MS) on 18 Dec 1873, ScotCtyMS
       Parents: Henry HERRON / Nancy HOLYFIELD

Children:

  1. Marion Edgar HERRON (b. 4 Mar 1891, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 24 May 1982; Find-A-Grave 194761261, MS)
  • m. Zula M. BARNES
  2. Elizabeth Stella HERRON "Lizzie" (b. 21 Jan 1894, MS; d. 6 Nov 1969; Find-A-Grave 148566341, MS)
  3. Henry Ellis HERRON (b. 26 Aug 1896, MS; d. 12 Apr 1970; Find-A-Grave 75385261, MS)
 
  4. Emma Mae HERRON (b. c. 1901, MS)
  • m. Mr. MOOREHEAD
  5. John W. HERRON (b. 26 Mar 1903, MS; d. 28 Apr 1995)
 
  6. Lottie Bell HERRON (b. 7 May 1908, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 9 Sep 1990)
  • m. Mr. BUFKIN

 

Notes:

  • They had 3 sons and 3 daughters.

 

9. Sarah Elizabeth WINDHAM "Lizzie" (b. 30 Mar 1869, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 23 Jan 1930, SimpCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 21631164, MS)

Children:

  1. James Edison BARNES (b. 21 Feb 1898, ScotCtyMS; d. 17 Sep 1965; Find-A-Grave 83688111, MS)
  2. Bessie Etta BARNES (b. 5 June 1900, MS; d. 16 June 1943, age 43; Find-A-Grave 50072543, MS)
  • m. Ernest Albert SULLIVAN (b. 8 Nov 1890, MS; d. 17 Dec 1959; Find-A-Grave 50072421, MS)
       Parents: Rufus N. SULLIVAN
  3. Jessie Franklin BARNES (b. 30 Mar 1902, Mount Olive, CoviCtyMS; d. 26 Jan 1845, age 42; Find-A-Grave 116186490, MS)
  4. Hallie V. BARNES (b. 1908, Mount Olive, CoviCtyMS)
  • m. Willie Jefferson FARMER (b. 9 Aug 1901, MS; d. May 1978; Find-A-Grave 83969733, MS)
       Parents: Jefferson Jackson FARMER "Jeff" / Ada Alphalona COLEMAN
  5. Dewey Bothey BARNES (b. 1 Nov 1904, ScotCtyMS; d. 22 Dec 1970; Find-A-Grave 83688109, MS)
  6. Hattie Mae BARNES (b. 26 May 1910; d. 14 Aug 1998; Find-A-Grave 83772650, MS)
  • m. Andrew Burvin BROADWAY (b. 23 July 1898, SmitCtyMS; d. 1 July 1975; Find-A-Grave 83772649, MS) in 1927
       Parents: John C. BROADWAY / Sarah CORLEY

 

Notes:

 

10. Page R. WINDHAM (b. 21 Jan, 1872, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 13 May 1950, ScotCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 122169126, MS)

Children:

  1. Bertha WINDHAM (b. 9 Feb 1896, MS)
 
  2. Ollie C. WINDHAM (daughter, b. Nov 1898, MS)
 
  3. Stella A. WINDHAM (b. c. 1901, MS; d. 1923, age 21; Find-A-Grave 158450484, MS)
 
  4. Velma M. WINDHAM (b. c. 1906, MS; d. 25 Dec 1993; Find-A-Grave 26994620, MS)
  • m. Warrie Owen HEATH (b. 5 June 1880; d. 4 Feb 1963; Find-A-Grave 26994632, MS)
       Parents: Aaron HEATH / Anna OWENS; 1st wife: Laura Edna GEORGE
  5. Donnie Wydell WINDHAM (b. 12 Oct 1908, MS; d. 22 Nov 2004, MS; Find-A-Grave 27467002, MS)
  • m. Bunyan Asberry HEGWOOD (b. 4 Aug 1909; d. 13 June 1963; Find-A-Grave 27466937, MS)
       Parents: Perry Albert HEGWOOD / Sarah Alifair WIGGINS
  6. Avis Merle WINDHAM (b. 2 Sep 1911, MS; d. Dec 1951, MS; Find-A-Grave 50369679, MS)
  7. Willie Hazle WINDHAM (b. 4 Oct 1913, MS; d. 21 Dec 2003)
  • m. Mr. HOWARD
  8. Lilla Page WINDHAM (b. 24 Feb 1917, Burns, SmitCtyMS; d. 17 Apr 2014, Jackson, HindCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 128241127, MS)
  9. Doris Edwina WINDHAM (b. 4 Dec 1919, SmitCtyMS; d. 18 Sep 2007, HindCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 145249945, MS)
  • m. Young Thomas GASKIN "Y. T." (b. 9 June 1915, SmitCtyMS; d. 12 Jan 2004, MS; Find-A-Grave 114350866, MS)
       Parents: William Manuel GASKIN / Ina Maude IDOM

 

Notes:

  • Supposedly, Page had no middle name, only the initial "R".  Page and Lilla had at least eight daughters.

  • It is easy, research-wise, to confuse this Page R. Windham with Page Rubin Windham Sr. of Arkansas. Both died in 1950.
     

  • From 1910 US Census for Beat 4, District 0115, ScotCtyMS:
    Family 194
    They had been married 15 years and Lilla had 5 children, all still living at census time.
     

  • Name Rel. Race Sex Age Mar.Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace Occ.
    Page R. Windham Head W M 38 M MS AL GA Farmer
    Lilla N. Windham Wife W F 30 M MS GA GA None
    Birthee B Windham Dau. W F 14 S MS MS MS Farm Laborer
    Ollie C. Windham Dau. W F 11 S MS MS MS Farm Laborer
    Stella A. Windham Dau. W F 9 S MS MS MS Farm Laborer
    Velma M. Windham Dau. W F 3 S MS MS MS  
    Donnie W. Windham Dau. W F 1 S MS MS MS  
 

11. Samuel Driskell WINDHAM (b. 28 Sep 1874, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 28 Jan 1957, ScotCtyMS)

  • m. Martha Pernecie HARVEY "Mattie" (b. 4 Mar 1875, ScotCtyMS) on 5 Jan 1898, ScotCtyMS
       Parents: Thomas J. HARVEY / Stacy LOURY

Children:

  1. Gertrude Cleo WINDHAM (b. 10 Oct 1898, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 17 Sep 1969, Forest, ScotCtyMS)
  • m1. Fred Clarence WOOD on 30 Sep 1923, CrosCtyAR
     
  • m2. Henry Felix DOBBS on 17 Sep 1969
  2. Myrtle Elizabeth WINDHAM (b. 30 Apr 1900, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 8 May 1934)
  • m. Julius Curtis MOREHEAD on 29 Nov 1923, Homewood, ScotCtyMS
  3. John Elmer WINDHAM (b. 12 Mar 1902, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 27 May 1980, Jackson, HindCtyMS)
  4. Eula May WINDHAM (b. Mar 30 1903, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 11 Apr 1983, Jackson, HindCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 81123813, MS)
  5. Emel Harvey WINDHAM (b. 7 Jan 1905, Homewood, ScotCtyMS, MS; d. 16 Oct 1973, Forest, ScotCtyMS)
  • m. Bertha Mae YONCE on 2 Dec 1932
  6. Reuel Oden WINDHAM World War II Veteran (b. 17 Dec 1906, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 2 Apr 1977, Jackson, HindCtyMS; Find-A-Grave 193337710, MS)
  7. Dora Ozelle WINDHAM (b. 30 Nov 1908, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 29 Aug 1991; Find-A-Grave 162023212, MS)
Winson Wendell WINDHAM 8. Winson Wendell WINDHAM (b. 3 Mar 1911, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 13 Nov 2003, Forest, ScotCtyMS, age 92; Find-A-Grave 30421442, MS)
  9. Roger Thomas WINDHAM (b. 11 Aug 1913, Homewood, ScotCtyMS; d. 30 Nov 2002, MS; Find-A-Grave 193345159, MS)
  • m. Thelma Alese VAUGHN on 12 Sep 1937, ScotCtyMS
  10. Lilly WINDHAM (b. 10 Jan 1916; d. 15 Jan 1916, Homewood, ScotCtyMS)
 

 

Notes:

  • Dee Tadlock played on the 1929 State Championship basketball team for Homewood High School.
     
  • From 1910 US Census for District 0099, Beat 2, ScotCtyMS:
    Dwelling 306, Family 306,  Married 12 years
     

  • Name Rel. Race Sex Age Mar.Stat Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace
    Sam D.Windham Head W M 38 M MS AL AL
    Mattie Windham (7 children, 7 living) Wife W F 34 M MS MS AL
    Cleo Windham Son W M 11 S MS MS MS
    Myrtle Windham Dau W F 9 S MS MS MS
    Elmer Windham Son W M 8 S MS MS MS
    Eula Windham Dau W F 6 S MS MS MS
    Enel Windham Son W M 5 S MS MS MS
    Ruel Windham Son W M 3 S MS MS MS
    Ozelle Windham Dau W F   S MS MS MS

     

  • From 1930 US Census for District 0003 Co, ScotCtyMS:

    Family 244

    Name Rel Sex Race Est.DOB Age Mar.Stat Occ. Birth Place Father BPlace Mother BPlace
    Samuel D. Windham Head W M c. 1877 53 Wd Farmer MS USA USA
    Ruel U. Windham Son W M c. 1908 22 S Farm Laborer MS MS MS
    Winson W.Windham Son W M c. 1911 19 S   MS MS MS
    Roger T. Windham Son W M c. 1914 16 S   MS MS MS
    Cleo W. Wood Dau W F   31 M-25   MS MS MS
    Sammie L. Wood G-Son W M   2 S   MS MS MS

 
Notes:
  • John S. Windham is buried at the Homewood Methodist Church Cemetery, Homewood, ScotCtyMS, though proof of a marker is not evident.

  • Mary's parents were George C. Marler (b. July 1810; d. Mar 22, 1889) and Matilda Driskell (b. July 1808 in GA; d. Dec 1878, ScotCtyMS)

  • During the Civil War, John Stanley Windham lived in Mississippi.  He served with the Singleton Guards, Company G, 6th Battalion, 46th Mississippi Infantry. He was a farmer, freemason and Methodist.
     

  • From 1850 Census for ScotCtyMS:
    Family 64, Dwelling 64
    Name Age Gender Race Occ. Land Value Birth Place
    John Wyndham 22 M W Farmer   MS
    Martha Wyndham 16 F W     AL

     

  • From 1870 US Census for Beat 2, ScotCtyMS:
    Dwelling 233, Family 233
    Name Est.DOB Age Gender Race Occ. Land Value Pers. Est.Value Birth Place
    J. S. Windham 1830 40 M W Farmer 625 390 AL
    M. Windham 1835 35 F W Keeping House     GA
    Z. Windham 1857 13 F W Student     MS
    C. Windham 1860 10 M W Student     MS
    T. Windham 1862 8 M W       MS
    F. Windham 1864 6 F W       MS
    C. Windham 1866 4 F W       MS
    S. Windham 1868 2 F W       MS
    McIiner 1840 30 M W School Teacher     VA

     

  • Page Sources:
    1. The Windham Connection by John B. Windham.

    2. Windham pages under Descendants of William and Elvey McLeaird on Ancestry.com.

    3. Windham pages under Colonial Virginia DNA on Ancestry.com.

     

  • ModLog:

    Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes
    20 Apr 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.
         

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