Sunday, September 30, 2007

Eugenia Arnold Standridge

This is Eugenia Arnold Standridge. She was born in 1864-66
in Tennessee and married Lemuel Owen Standridge in 1881.
Her marriage license in August 1881 said she was seventeen.
She decided to leave Lemuel Owen Standridge in 1885, but
he would not let her take their two sons, Oscar Love
Standridge and Buchanan "Buck". She left without her two
sons and in April of 1886 she had a son named James
Franklin Standridge. He went by the name Wight because
Eugenia Standridge married John Fitch Wight and
moved to South Dakota. Recently, Frank Wight's Grandson
found my genealogy site and his ancestors. He shared
this picture of Eugenia. Eugenia told Frank's brother,
John Wight, that he was born at the train station in Dover,
AR...but there was not one there. She meant Russellville
or made up the tale. This brother John Fitch Wight was
born December 13, 1889 and Eugenia was traveling
between Tennessee and South Dakota. I want Fleta
to help me find Eugenia's parents. She had a brother
named Elijah Henderson Arnold born in 1872. I can
not find them.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh a mission....something to live for 'let's find a dead person'....you girls beat all...helen