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Samuel B. WINDHAM

Born: c. 1769 in VA
Died: Bet. 1850 and 1860, SCMS

Father:

Mother:

 

Married c. 1792 in South Carolina

Leah BLAKE

Born: Jan 12, 1775, SC
Died: Bet. 1862 and 1870, SCMS
Father: John William BLAKE

Mother: Phanuel Ann HORNSBY "Fanny"

 

Children:
 

1. Houston Windham (b. Dec 25, 1792; d. c. 1845; m1. ?; m2. Unicy PATTERSON (b. c. 1807)

Children:

  1. Patterson Windham (b. c. 1827 in AL)

  2. Jephtha Windham (b. Oct 8, 1829)

Notes:
  • Houston's name has been spelled various ways including: "Huston", "Hustus", "Houstress", and "Hughston".
  • Houston purchased land and lived in Butler Co, AL. He's listed as the head of household in the 1840 federal census in Butler Co, AL.
 

2. Samuel Windham (b. c. 1794)
 

Notes:
 

3. Thomas B. Windham "Tommie" (b. c. 1798 in SC; d. c. 1868, ACTX; m. Dicey SUTTON c. 1820 in AL)

Children:

  1. Charlotte Windham (b. c. 1822, AL; m. John C. WOMACK)

  2. Calvin J. Windham (b. 1824; m. Sarah R. WOMACK)

  3. Susanna Windham (b. c. 1831)

  4. Ursula L. Windham (b. c. 1837, AL; m. Henry HUNT)

  5. Mary Lyons Windham (b. c. 1841; m. James C. EVERITT)

  6. Hilary H. Windham (b. c. 1845; m. Missiline JONES)

Notes:

  • From Betty M. Pierce of Brownwood, TX:
    Thomas Windham was selected as the first Probate Judge for Angelina County in 1846 and he also served as Postmaster for Fort Turan from 1856 to 1866. In the census for Homer, ACTX, Thomas Windham, age 63 and born in South Carolina, is shown to have $3200 in land and a total worth of $15,000.
 

4. Page R. Windham (b. c. 1800 in SC; d. aft. 1880 in Madison Co, MS; m. Zelphia (or Zylphia) DAVIS (d. c. 1880) on Dec 22, 1822 in Wilcox Co, AL, John Jenkins J.P. presiding)

Children:

  1. Samuel B. Windham (b. c. 1824, AL)

  2. Martha A. Windham (b. c. 1826, AL; m. George W. BARNER)

  3. female Windham (b. c. 1826)

  4. John Stanley Windham (b. Sep 22, 1827; m. Martha E. MARLER)

  5. Page William Windham "Dock" (b. Aug 18, 1832, AL; m. Mary E. THOMAS)

  6. Thomas Windham (b. c. 1836, AL)

  7. Mary Elizabeth Windham (b. Aug 18, 1836, AL; m. William E. MANGUM)

  8. Leah C. Windham (b. c. 1839, AL; m. Andrew BROOKS)

  9. Andrew Jefferson Windham (b. c. 1842, AL; m. Mary Martha E. THOMAS)

  10. Houston B. Windham (b. c. 1844, AL; m. Mrs. Alice T. MCFADDIN)

  11. William James Windham (b. Jul 21, 1846, MS; m. Emma E. HOUSTON)

  12. Jeptha Patterson Windham (b. c. 1848, MS; m. Helen BAILEY)

Notes:

 

5. Mary Windham "Polly" (b. c. 1802 in GA; d. after 1889 in Newton Co, MS; m. Abraham MARTIN on Mar 10, 1822 in Wilcox Co, AL, John Jenkins J. P. presiding)

Children:

  1. Benjamin B. Martin (b. c. 1823 in Wilcox Co, AL)

  2. Abraham Martin Jr.

  3. Wartin Martin

  4. Elizabeth Martin (b. Feb 25, 1831; d. Mar 25, 1914; m. William PARKS c. 1848)

  5. Leah Martin

Notes:

  • Mary and Abraham's marriage is verified at the Wilcox County (AL) Marriage Records 1820 - 1826 mar webpage.

 

6. Harriett Mozelle Windham (b. c. 1803 in GA; d. Feb 1853 in Sabine Co. TX; m1. Frederick A. THOMAS on Sep 22, 1822 in Wilcox Co, AL; m2. Levi MCDANIEL, Sr. (b. 1808, d. 1896 in TX) c. 1836 in MS)

Child to Frederick:

  1. Leah Susan Thomas (b. Sep 1837)

Child to Levi: 

  1. Samuel William McDaniel (b. Oct 14, 1836 in Holly Springs, Newton Co, MS; d. Jan 30, 1922)

Notes:

  • Levi's parents were William MCDANIEL and Douvica COUCH "Dosha".

  • Harriet and Levi are buried at Mill Creek Cemetery cem, in Sabine, Co, TX.
 

7. Benjamin Baty Windham (b. c. 1805 in GA; d. c. 1855; m1. Charlotte SPROLES (b. c. 1805, NC) on Sep 22, 1825 in Wilcox Co, AL; m2. Sarah E. ? c. 1856 in Kemper Co, MS)

Children:

  1. Charlotte Windham

  2. Naomi Elizabeth Windham (b. Sep 23, 1826, Wilcox Co, AL; d. Jan 30, 1862, Kemper Co, MS; m. Thomas Millford PRUITT on Jan 8, 1843)

  3. Patterson Windham

  4. Leah Ann Windham (b. Mar 23, 1829, Wilcox Co, AL; d. Jun 9, 1908, Kemper Co, MS; m. Adam CALVERT)

  5. Mary Newberry Windham "Polly" (b. Jun 30, 1830, Wilcox Co, AL; d. Apr 2, 1919, Kemper Co, MS; m. John Emerson CHISOLM)

  6. Nancy Alice Windham (b. Sep 25, 1833, Laurel, Jones Co, MS; m1. ? TINSLEY; m2. Owen Lawrence ANDERSON (b. Apr 11, 1827, TN)

  7. Samuel S. Windham (b. c. 1836, MS)

Children to Sarah:

  1. Alexander Travis Windham "Trav" (b. Dec 17, 1856 in MS; d. Apr 1, 1932 in Pecos, Reeves Co, TX; m. Annie GOEDEKE on Jan 1, 1880, TaCTX)

  2. Louis Clark Windham (b. Feb 3, 1862 in Kemper Co, MS; d. Jan 23, 1931 in Mobile, Mobile Co, AL; m. Ada ROLLS "Addie ")

  3. Alice Windham (b. c. 1865, MS)

  4. Robert E. Windham (b. c. 1867, MS)

Notes:

  • Benjamin and Charlotte's marriage is verified at the Wilcox County (AL) Marriage Records 1820 - 1826 mar webpage.

  • Louis C. Windham is buried in Grand Bay, Mobile Co, AL.

  • Notes on Trav Windham:
    From John B. Windham's research on Travis Windham:
    ""Trav" Windham has been described as "one of the greatest cowmen Texas ever knew". It has been stated that the world's first rodeo occurred at Pecos City, Texas, in the early 1880's. A. T. "Trav" Windham was the "winner" of this, the first rodeo held in the United States. About five hundred people attended and were served "dinner on the ground" at this rodeo. "Trav" Windham worked for the Hash Knife Ranch which was located near Abilene, Texas, but later expanded their operations and in 1881 established a new ranch on the Pacos River north of Pacos City, Texas."
    Also see The History of the World's First Rodeo.
 

8. Phanuel Windham (b. Oct 10, 1807 in GA; d. Feb 28, 1889 in Falls Co, TX; m. Edmund WAITE (d. Feb 28, 1889) on Sep 22, 1824 in Wilcox Co, AL)

Children:

  1. Charlotte L. Waite (b. Apr 25, 1826 in Wilcox Co, AL; d. Nov 7, 1911 near Reagan, Falls Co, TX; m. Francis CHABANISS on Jul 20, 1843 in Wilcox Co, AL)

  2. Ellen R. Waite (b. c. 1829 in Wilcox Co, AL; m. William T. ROBERTSON)

  3. Sara M. Waite (b. c. 1830 in Wilcox Co, AL; m. Thomas A. RUSSUM)

  4. Dr. Samuel J. Waite (b. Apr 18, 1832 in Wilcox Co, AL; d. Sep 7, 1893 in Reagan, Falls Co, TX; m. Lana Ann ?)

  5. Amanda S. Waite (b. c. 1836 in Wilcox Co, AL; m. Lucian CURTIS)

  6. Ann Eliza Waite (b. c. 1838 in Wilcox Co, AL; d. 1904 in Reagan, Falls Co, TX; m. Oliver H. ROBERTSON)

  7. Francis E. Waite (b. c. 1840 in Wilcox Co, AL)

  8. William H. Waite  (b. c.1842 in Wilcox Co, AL)

Notes:

John Darby Windham

Frances "Fannie" Monteith

 

9. Dr. John Darby Windham Doctor of Medicine (b. Feb 13, 1816 in AL; d. Mar 30, 1898 in Tecumseh, CCTX; m1. Eliza SPRAULS; m2. Frances "Fannie" Monteith on Jul 8, 1841 in Nacogdoches Co, TX)

Children to Eliza:

  1. James Lodric Windham "Jim" (b. Dec 26, 1836, TX; m1. Rhoda E. JONES; m2. Delphia A. FANNIN)

Children to Fannnie:

  1. Samuel Robert Windham (b. Sep 10, 1842, TX; m. Amazon S. BAUGH)

  2. Jessie Ezekiel Windham (b. Mar 3, 1845, TX)

  3. Mary Ann Windham (b. Apr 18, 1849, TX)

  4. Calvin Windham (b. Jan 11, 1849; TX, m. Martha A. SMITH)

  5. Hilary "Tod" Windham (b. Apr 17, 1851, TX; m. Lenora CONNELL)

  6. Willis Windham (b. Jan 30, 1853)

  7. Eliza Jane Windham (b. Jun 24, 1854, TX; m. Capt. John W. JONES)

  8. Dicy J. Windham (b. May 18, 1856, TX; m. William E. GILLILAND)

  9. Tom Windham (b. Aug 8, 1859, TX; m. Laura L. JONES)

Notes:

 

10. Andrew Jefferson Windham (b. c. 1817 in AL territory; d. after 1880 in Brown Co, TX (?); m1. Eliza CASTLES (b. c. 1819 in Ireland) on Aug 8, 1838; m2. Sara J. Robertson (b. in GA) c. 1864, SCMS)

Children to Eliza:

  1. Leah Charlotte Windham (b. Aug 1, 1839, MS; m. William J. BELL)

  2. Mary Elizabeth Windham "Molly" (b. Feb 19, 1841, MS)

  3. Samuel Henry Windham (b. Dec 20, 1842, MS; m. Margaret E. GARDNER)

  4. Thomas Windham (b. Feb 27, 1847, MS)

  5. Sarah F. Windham (b. Feb 27, 1847, MS)

  6. Andrew Clinton Windham (b. Nov 16, 1848, MS; m. Nancy J. BYRD)

  7. Phanuel Windham (b. c. 1850, MS)

  8. Page Spencer Windham (b. Dec 25, 1852, MS; m. Mary E. JARVIS)

  9. Ellen Evelina Windham (b. May 13, 1855, MS; m. Richard CAPLES)

  10. Benjamin J. Windham "Berry" (b. Jan 13, 1857, MS)

Children to Sara:

  1. R. P. Windham (b. c. 1864, MS; m. Louisa G. COCHRAN)

  2. F. L. Windham (b. c. 1867, MS)

  3. S. A. Windham (b. c. 1868, MS)

  4. Charles Hix Windham (b. Dec 1869, TX; m. Sarah B. PERKINS)

  5. Arthur Jefferson Windham (b. Mar 1871, TX; m. Mattie L. BOLTON)

  6. S. H. Windham (b. c. 1873, TX)

  7. M.E. Windham (b. c. 1875, TX)

  8. M. L. Windham (b. c. 1877, TX)

  9. Otho Richard Windham (b. Nov 10, 1878, TX; m. Sarah E. LEWIS)

Notes:

  • Brown Co, TX census 1880:
    A. J. Windham, age 62, farmer,
    S. J. Windham, age 39, wife, Keeping house
    R. P. Windham, age 15, son, at home, born in MS
    F. L. Windham, age 13, son, at home, born in MS
    S. A. Windham, age 12, daughter, at home, born in MS
    A. J. Windham, age 10, son, at home, born in TX
    S. H. Windham, age 7, daughter, at home, born in TX
    M. E. Windham, age 5, daughter, at home, born in TX
    M. L. Windham, age 3, daughter, at home, born in TX
    O. R. Windham, age 1, son, born in TX

 

11. Charlotte Windham "Lottie" (b. c. 1820 in AL; d. Aft. 1880 in Navarro Co, TX; m. George W. BOYD (b. c. 1810, TN; d. aft. 1880, TX) c. 1841 in TN)

Children:

  1. James Boyd (b. c. 1842, TX)

  2. Adilbert Boyd (b. Dec 1846, MS)

Notes:

  • George was a blacksmith.

 
Notes:

  • Sam is supposedly buried in Homewood, SCMS.

  • In 1850, Sam and Leah were living with son, Andrew J. Windham.

  • Leah BLAKE's (b. Jan 12, 1775 in SC) parents were John William BLAKE (b. c. 1750; d. Jan 22, 1781 in Camden Dist. SC) and Phanuel HORNSBY "Fanny" (b. Mar 30, 1751 in Jamestown, James City Co, VA).  Leah had two brothers: Thomas Early BLAKE (b. Nov 2, 1776) and John William BLAKE Jr. (b. Jan 16, 1781).

  • Who Sam B. Windham's father was is one of the great Windham mysteries.  John B. Windham of Louisiana believes that Sam B. Windham's father was Eustace WINDHAM (b. c. 1725) who lived and died in Nottoway Parish, Southampton Co, VA.  Eustace is the proven son of Edward WINDHAM (b. c. 1695).  Edward is the son of Rueben WINDHAM (b. c. 1670, d. 1745 in Nottoway Parish, Isle of Wight Co, VA).  Though not proven, this theory seems the most likely, and John B. Windham is the top Windham researcher in our line. Hopefully DNA testing will help to shed some light on this.

  • Page sources:
    1. The Windham Connection book by John B. Windham of Metairie, LA.
    2. Julia Griffin of Abilene, TX.
    3. Descendants of Leonard Hornsby by Rex McLaurin webpage.

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