Eliza (Jones) Standridge (1835 - 1870)

Born 1835 in Conway, Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Martin W Standridge — married Jan 1854 in Newton, Arkansas, United States

Wife of Alexander Elisha Standridge — married 11 Oct 1865 in Johnson, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 1870 at about age 35 in Richland Township, Newton, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Eliza Jones was born in 1835, to John Jones and Alafair Meek, in Conway, Arkansas. She married Martin W. Standridge in 1854, and had children Elizabeth, John and Mary Alafair. Husband Martin dies and she marries Alexander Standridge, and has daughters Emily Tennessee and Tabitha. She dies about 1870, in Newton, Arkansas.

Research Notes

Eliza is the known daughter of John and Alafair Meek Jones. She is documented on father John Jones Old Settler Roll.

Birthdate Estimation

Eliza lists her birth year as 1838 on her 1870 Census. She is listed on father John's 1840 Census age group (5-9 years) which gives her an accurate birthdate of 1835, and her birthdate is verified on John Jones 1850 Census.

John Jones 1850 Census

1850 Census listed an Elizah, male, born 1835, who is actually daughter Eliza. This is a census taker mistake. This fact this is a confirmed mistake is based on John Jones 1840 Census, that lists only 2 males correct age group (under 5). These 2 sons are documented as John born 1837, and son Lewis born 1839. Proof there was not a son named Elizah/ Elijah, and this was Eliza his daughter.

Eliza is the widow of Martin W. Standridge who dies in the Civil War, in 1863. She married Alexander Standridge on 11 Oct 1865, in Johnson, Arkansas She had children Emily Tennessee and Tabitha.

Sources

• 1840 U.S. Federal Census (White, Conway, Arkansas) (John Jones)
• U.S. Records Related to the Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee by Guion Miller, 1908 -1910 (Old Settler Roll, Saline District, John Jones)
• 1850 U.S. Federal Census (Richland, Newton, Arkansas) (John Jones) *Research note
• 1860 U.S. Federal Census (Richland, Newton, Arkansas) (Martin Standridge)
• 1865 Arkansas County Marriages Index, 1837 - 1957 (11 Oct 1865, in Johnson, Arkansas) (Alexander Standridge)
• Arkansas Compiled Marriages, 1851 -1900 (Alexander Standridge)
• 1866 U.S. Civil War Pension Index, General Index to Pension Files, 1861 - 1934 (24 May 1866) (Window's pension, Eliza Standridge widow of Martin W. Standridge)
• 1870 U.S. Federal Census (Richland, Newton, Arkansas) (Alexander Standridge)
• 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.

Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.