The Uncle Lem Standridge in this article in the Russellville Courier is Lemuel Owen Standridge. He is the father of Howard Standridge, Granny’s Dad. He marrried Margaret Bair and had a houseful of children, including a set of triplets who all survived. Granny told that during the Civil War, he came across two dead soldiers and he and his daughter buried them. They were Union and later were dug up and moved to a proper location. Peggy Bair Standridge’s mother married a Blevins and came to AR. With the Blevins family. Lem’s sister Rhoda married Squire Blackie Blevins and it was probably his father she married. The Bair/Bear family were pure Irish. Her grandmother was a Houston from Ireland. Lem’s mother was Elizabeth Owen, but her mother was a Howard. That’s why Huston Howard is used as first names in this family.
We should never give up looking for family stories as there is always more if we keep searching. Uncle lived another decade after he had these broken ribs. This horse accident did not kill him. He is buried in Sissom cemetery. His stone says—To him we trust a place is given among the saints in heaven!
The other names are of interest too. John Hensley is the man that homesteaded at Rasberry Knob. Right where some folks eat catfish today. Will Huff was married to John Green Chisum’s second wife, Sarah Elizabeth Frances Goswick. Will drowned trying to cross the Arkansas River by horse, no River bridge then. His Widow married John Henry Prince second, they had only one son Will Tom. He died in 1907. Thirdly, she married John Green. Sarah Elizabeth Frances was a strong woman. She lived until1954.
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