Today’s family sketch covers the life of Lucinda Bandy, the seventh daughter and the eleventh and last child born to Andrew Bandy and Rebecca Wooldridge of Botetourt County, Virginia and Lawrence County, Ohio.

Lucinda Bandy was born 4 March 1842, Symmes Township, Lawrence, Ohio and died on 8 May 1920, Peoria County, Illinois.

Lucinda married Hiram Reed Wolgamott, 9 August 1921, Peoria County, Illinois.

Hiram was born 28 January 1840, Indiana and died 16 August 1921, Peoria County, Illinois. He served as a 2nd lieutenant in Company I, 32 Illinois Infantry, entering service in Washington DC on 20 May 1865 and mustering out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 15 September 1865.

Hiram and Lucinda were the parents of nine children (All events in Peoria County, Illinois unless otherwise noted):

1. Hulbert M. Wolgamott, born 4 July 1866; died 13 March 1914, Illinois. Hulbert never married. No children.
2. Hattie May Wolgamott, born 5 November 1867; died 6 February 1925; married Thomas L. Sprague, 6 June 1889. Thomas was born 23 October 1864; died 12 May 1927. They were the parents of six children.
3. Grace Anna Wolgamott, born 31 October 1869; died 21 November 1876. No children.
4. Katherine M. Wolgamott, born 21 September 1873; died 1951; married Earl Lester Fahnestock, 4 June 1904. Earl was born 30 January 1881, Illinois; died October 1966, Illinois. They were the parents of two children.
5. Mary J. Wolgamott, born February 1875; died 11 November 1876. No children.
6. Judson Leonard Wolgamott, born 10 May 1876; died 11 October 1918, Owen County, Indiana; married (1) Elizabeth Emaline Sams, 25 May 1899. Elizabeth was born September 1879, Illinois; died 1 March 1942, Tazewell County, Illinois. (2) Rhoda Nation, 4 March 1905, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois. Rhoda was born 30 December 1886, Owen County, Indiana; died 27 May 1963, Madison County, Indiana. Judson had one daughter with Elizabeth and had five more children with Rhoda.
7. Sherman Logan Wolgamott, born 5 June 1879; died 4 May 1941, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington; married Mena Elizabeth Bachman, c1908. They were the parents of two children.
8. Daisy D. Wolgamott, born 16 October 1882; died 17 November 1891. No children.
9. Robert Blaine Wolgamott, born August 1883; died 1932; married Jessie Greenwood, 1 October 1913, Knox County, Illinois. Jessie was born 1885, Illinois; died 1978. They were the parents of one son.

We have finally reached the end of this series on the descendants of Andrew and Rebecca (Wooldridge) Bandy. There are hundreds of descendants today.

The final post about this family will appear tomorrow when I explain the convoluted research needed to figure out the family of William and Sarah (Howard) Bandy, whose sketch was shared a few days ago.

Today’s Bandy family update includes two of Andrew and Rebecca (Wooldridge) Bandy’s children because daughter Rebecca needs to be remembered even though she appears to have died young.

Rebecca Bandy was the ninth child and sixth daughter of Andrew and Rebecca Bandy. She was born c1838, Lawrence County, Ohio and appears by name in only the 1850 census when she was 12 years old.

Yes, she could have married between 1850 and 1860, but there is no record of that in Lawrence or surrounding counties in Ohio where the marriage records are intact. Numerous attempts at finding Rebecca after 1850 have been futile and it appears she died young.

William H. Bandy was the ninth child and fourth son of Andrew and Rebecca Bandy. He was born c 1839 and died 6 February 1890, Elliott County, Kentucky.

William married Sarah Elizabeth Howard, 18 May 1866, Gallia County, Ohio. In 1900, Sarah reported on the census that she had given birth to 13 children, but only ten living in 1900. That would match the deaths of James and Sylvester dying in childhood and Lucy dying after giving birth to her first child in 1895.

Piecing together this family was actually quite complicated and required a number of different searches. Next week, I’ll explain how identifying these people wasn’t terribly straight forward.

William and Sarah (Howard) Bandy were the parents of thirteen children:

1. Mary Alice Bandy, born 22 February 1864, Ohio; died 20 December 1946, Boyd County, Kentucky; married William Henry Pruitt, c 1885. William was born 22 April 1862, Morgan County, Kentucky; died 1 October 1929, Elliott County, Kentucky. They were the parents of eight children.
2. James A. Bandy, born c1866, Ohio; died between 1880-1900. No further record.
3. Darinda J. Bandy, born February 1867, Ohio; died 24 February 1934, Elliott County, Kentucky; married Elijah C. Evans, c1888. Elijah was born 9 March 1859, Elliott County, Kentucky; died 18 April 1946, Montgomery County, Ohio. Darinda went by Rinda and some online trees mistakenly call her Miranda. They were the parents of five children.
4. George H. Bandy, born 25 July 1868, Elliott County, Kentucky; died 26 February 1921, Boyd County, Kentucky; married Elizabeth Fraley, 14 February 1901, Rowan County, Kentucky. They were the parents of five children, with four living in 1910.
5. John E. Bandy, born 16 August, with years varying between 1859-1875. Because of birth dates of siblings, born c1870 is likely the most accurate. He died 26 March 1940, at the Lima State Hospital Hospital, Bath, Allen, Ohio; married Kansas Atkins, per his death certificate. He died of senile psychoses and congestive heart failureHowever, John is only found in the 1880 census, as a child, and in 1930, living with his sister, Stella Partlow and her husband, in Jackson, Jackson, Ohio. enumerated as single. Unfortunately, he died five days before the 1940 census day of April 1, so he is not found there. It appears he might have been divorced and it is unknown whether or not he had children.
6. Lucy C. Bandy, born c1872, Elliott County, Kentucky; died c1895, Pike County, Ohio; married Joshua T. Branham, c1894. They were the parents of one son, Ned Gearhart Branham, born 24 August 1895, Pike County, Kentucky. However, in 1900, he was living with the family of Solomon England as an adopted son. Joshua Branham married (2) Sarah Slone, 16 November 1900, Pike County, Kentucky (3) Belle Chapman, 9 February 1924, Lawrence County, Ohio. In 1910, Ned was living with his divorced aunt, Alpha Branham and cousin Louisa, still in Pike County, Kentucky.
7. Sylvester G. Bandy, born 16 August 1874, Elliott County, Kentucky; died between 1870-1880. No further record.
8. Abigail Bandy, born 18 November, with her birth year varying between 1875-1878, Elliott County, Kentucky; died 15 June 1966, Kanawha County, West Virginia; married Luther V. Kelly, before 1917. They were the parents of two children.
9. Wallace Albert Bandy, born December 1880, Elliott County, Kentucky; died 14 May 1941, Marion, Williamson, Illinois; married Dora B. Johnson, 11 September 1904, Barboursville, Cabell, West Virginia. They had no children.
10. Henderson Bandy, born May 1882, Elliott County, Kentucky; died 13 September 1961, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; married Minnie Belle Fraley, c1902. Minnie Belle was born 12 April 1880; died 28 May 1949, Elliott County, Kentucky. Henderson had a troubled life and spent many years in prison. More about him in the follow up post detailing the research into the family of his parents. This couple divorced soon, but they had one daughter.
11. Ada Ollie Bandy, birth year uncertain but perhaps c1883; living in 1919, when she is mentioned in the prison record of her brother, Henderson, and is found in the 1919 city directory of Columbus, Franklin, Ohio; married Unknown Skinner. No further record.
12. Helen Frances Bandy, born 16 January 1885, Elliott County, Kentucky; died 19 December 1981, West Virginia; married Homer Clyde Jones, 24 December 1906, Boomer, Fayette, West Virginia. Homer was born 3 July 1887, West Virginia; died 1 December 1967, West Virginia. They were the parents of five children.
13. Stella Bandy, born August 1886, Elliott County, Kentucky; died reportedly in 1953; married Joseph Partlow, 1907, Kanawha County, Ohio. Joseph was born 1878, Ohio; died 30 November 1915, Fayette County, West Virginia. They were the parents of three children.

This concludes what seems to be a straight forward family sketch. However, next week, the follow up post will explain the methodology plus some still elusive details about the family.

There is one more child of Andrew Bandy and Rebecca Wooldridge who first needs to be introduced. Then, I’ll jump back to this family and adds the details to my search methods.

Andrew Jackson Bandy was the eighth child and third son of Andrew Bandy and Rebecca Wooldridge.

Andrew was born c1835, Symmes Township. Lawrence Ohio and was called A.J. when young, but went by Jackson as an adult. He married Mary J. Queen, c1868. Mary was born c1850, Ohio and died between 1890 when youngest child Emma was born and the 1900 census when Jackson was enumerated in Beaver, Pike, Ohio.

One comment before this family sketch begins – per the 1850 census, A.J. was 14 years old and listed in the correct chronological order among his siblings, so born c1835. By 1870, his age was only 28, so born 1842, and the same in 1880. In 1900, he had gotten even younger, with his birth reported as March 1850.

Either he didn’t know how old he was, or didn’t want others to know how much older he was than his wife or whoever reported his age in the censuses didn’t really know when he was born and they guessed!

There are also two gravestone markers at Givens Chapel Cemetery, Pike County, Ohio for Jackson and Mary. His is dated 1849-1903 and hers 1851-1903. However, Jackson was widowed by 1900 and I’m not sure the markers were placed in 1903.

The Bandy family several times with children born in Gallia County, Vinton County and Washington County, Ohio and Jackson lived in Pike County in 1900. These counties are all in the bottom southeastern corner of Ohio and the family likely moved for Jackson’s jobs as he worked as a farm laborer.

Andrew Jackson and Mary Jane (Queen) Bandy were the parents of eight children:

1. Rebecca Martha Bandy, born 7 May 1870, Gallia County, Ohio; died 1959, Ohio. married (1) Ansel Wendle Sherritt, 21 February 1892, Gallia County, Ohio. They apparently divorced, or Martha left, between 1910 and 1920 as he died in 1947, but said he was widowed in the 1940 census when he lived in Gallia County, Ohio. (2) Austin N. Kelley, 15 May 1933, Marion County, Indiana. They were the parents of seven children, with six living in 1910.
2. Grant Ulysses Bandy, born 7 August 1874, Gallia County, Ohio; died 26 April 1935, Urbana, Champaign, Illinois; married Mahala Margaret Denny, 9 December 1897, Pike County, Ohio. Mahala was previously married to Frank Reisinger, as there are also three Reisinger stepsons at home in 1900. Frank died on 17 October 1896, Pike County, Ohio. They were the parents of six children.
3. Jane Bandy, born c1875, Ohio; died after 1880. No further record.
4. Lewis Bandy, born 28 February 1877, Vinton County, Ohio; died 21 May 1969, Montgomery County, Ohio; married Stella Lucas, 22 February 1901, Pike county, Ohio. They were the parents of six children.
5. Cynthia Bandy, born 2 April 1881, Gallia County, Ohio; married Daniel Sherritt, 12 December 1901, Jackson County, Ohio. No further record of Cynthia or Daniel Sherritt after their marriage.
6. Lucinda Bandy, born June 1882, Ohio; died after 1900, when she was at home with her father in Pike County, Ohio. No further record.
7. Edgar Edward Bandy, born 22 August 1889, Washington County, Ohio; died 8 November 1918 of influenza in the pandemic; married Bertha McMann, 10 November 1909, Pike County, Ohio. However, in 1910, 16 year old Bertha Bandy, listed a married, was living with her father, Hezekiah McMann in Pike County, Ohio. Edgar apparently had no children.
8. Emma Bandy, born 22 September 1890, Ohio; died 22 July 1909, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. Emma was handicapped and buried in the State of Ohio Feeble Minded Cemetery in Columbus. No children.

There are a couple of children for whom I know little – Jane and Lucinda, but, for the most part, this family sketch is complete.