Sam is reported to have married, first, Ann Elizabeth (Elizah) Carroll Woods, a widow with three children, in 1881. Elizah was reported to be born in 1841. This marriage is highly unlikely to the writer because Sam wasn't born until 1863, making him about 22 years younger than Elizah. Her first husband's last name is reported to have been Woods, and their children were Ella, Emma, and Lula.
Eliza Carroll is buried in Madrid Cemetary, Madrid, Houston County, AL.
Samuel then is reported to have married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thornton. This marriage seems likely because Lizzie was born 18 May 1863 in Echols County, GA; died 6 April 1927 in Sparks, Cook County, GA.
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1885 Leon County, FL, Census: listed with wife, Eliza, son Jessie 3, daughter Annie I. 1, stepdaughter Elsie M. Purvis 7, step daughter Lula M. Wood 11. Samuel is listed as 23 years old, born in FL, father born in FL, and mother born in GA.
Death certificate #33 7528, Cook Co., Sparks Dist., states parents as Noel Gandy and Elizabeth Collins.
Leon County, FL, Marriage Book WA, pg. 96.
Lakeview Baptist Church Cemetary, Cook County, GA.
Information provided to R.L. Gandy by Jane Gandy Oglesby.
Family stories of Lizzie Thornton visiting, with Sam, in Coosa County, Alabama.
Pearl Jeannette Gandy, via various telephone discussions in the 1990s.
R.L. Gandy, Thomas County, GA
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