Sandidge
John Harvey Sandidge
John Harvey Sandidge was born December 12, 1869 in Tennessee. He was the oldest of three boys. Will Sandidge lived in McKinney for years and years. He ran a pop-corn and peanut machine there on the west side of the square. The other brother Charlie made his home with them, and was a bachelor. Charlie left Collin County and purchased a large acreage at Hail Center and later oil was discovered in the area and his land had producing wells. Will married Mary Russell, a relative of Charlie and George Russell of McKinney. The parents died when the boys were small and the three brothers were reared by their grandmother, Mary Sandidge Dobbs. Her son, Dr. Jess Dobbs was a well known Altoga community physician.
John Harvey Sandidge bought land three miles north of Altoga from the Heards in McKinney. When he was 20 ears old. He and Charlie lived together. Four years later he married Josephine Emylee Munger, who was born June 20, 1873 in Mississippi, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Munger. She had three brothers, Berry, Pomroy, and Jim. Berry was a barber for many years at Van Alstyne. His daughter Mary Munger Knott was the mother of Clifford Knott. Pomroy was a railroad foreman. Hiram Munger ran a cotton gin in Van Alstyne. He was three-fourth Cherokee Indian and was eligible for free land in Oklahoma but would never claim the land. He served in the Confederate Army and lost the fingers of his left hand, was captured and held prisoner for two years. In later years he would never listen to a brass band because during a battle the band would play to drown out the screams of dying men and horses.
At the time of J. P. and Josephine's marriage on March 8,1893, she was living with her sister and her husband, the Henry Johnsons of Stony Point Community. There were the parents to three children, George, Mrs. Otis Johnson, and Mrs. Ross Fagala of Princeton. J. P. was Sunday School Superintendent for years at the Valdasta Nazarene Church and Josephine taught a class. She also played the pump organ.
J. P. and Josephine lived for 60 years on the land he bought as a youth, and both lie in Stony Point Cemetery, a beautiful place on a hill overlooking the land both lived and tended so long. Both were a leader in the religious life of the community, serving where there was need.
John Harvey Sandidge was born December 12, 1869 in Tennessee. He was the oldest of three boys. Will Sandidge lived in McKinney for years and years. He ran a pop-corn and peanut machine there on the west side of the square. The other brother Charlie made his home with them, and was a bachelor. Charlie left Collin County and purchased a large acreage at Hail Center and later oil was discovered in the area and his land had producing wells. Will married Mary Russell, a relative of Charlie and George Russell of McKinney. The parents died when the boys were small and the three brothers were reared by their grandmother, Mary Sandidge Dobbs. Her son, Dr. Jess Dobbs was a well known Altoga community physician.
John Harvey Sandidge bought land three miles north of Altoga from the Heards in McKinney. When he was 20 ears old. He and Charlie lived together. Four years later he married Josephine Emylee Munger, who was born June 20, 1873 in Mississippi, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Munger. She had three brothers, Berry, Pomroy, and Jim. Berry was a barber for many years at Van Alstyne. His daughter Mary Munger Knott was the mother of Clifford Knott. Pomroy was a railroad foreman. Hiram Munger ran a cotton gin in Van Alstyne. He was three-fourth Cherokee Indian and was eligible for free land in Oklahoma but would never claim the land. He served in the Confederate Army and lost the fingers of his left hand, was captured and held prisoner for two years. In later years he would never listen to a brass band because during a battle the band would play to drown out the screams of dying men and horses.
At the time of J. P. and Josephine's marriage on March 8,1893, she was living with her sister and her husband, the Henry Johnsons of Stony Point Community. There were the parents to three children, George, Mrs. Otis Johnson, and Mrs. Ross Fagala of Princeton. J. P. was Sunday School Superintendent for years at the Valdasta Nazarene Church and Josephine taught a class. She also played the pump organ.
J. P. and Josephine lived for 60 years on the land he bought as a youth, and both lie in Stony Point Cemetery, a beautiful place on a hill overlooking the land both lived and tended so long. Both were a leader in the religious life of the community, serving where there was need.
