When Benjamin Thurmond Sandridge was born in 1795, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States, his father, Stephen Sandridge, was 41 and his mother, Sarah Henderson, was 42. He married Mary Elizabeth Martin about 1818, in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He died about 1850, in Franklin, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 56.
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On June 1, 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: habitational name from any of the places so named in Devon, Hertfordshire, and Wiltshire. The first two were named with Old English sand ‘sand’ + hrycg ‘ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Benjamin T. Sandidge (Sandridge) was born about 1795 to Stephen Sandidge and Sarah Henderson in Albemarle County, Virginia. Sometime, close to the year of 1715, he and his young family packed up their …
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