Beatrice Woodel Sandifer Bible Record, Natchitoches, LA submitted by: Robert Edwards ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** Bible record from my grandmother's Bible. She was Beatrice Leona WOODEL who married Henry Jefferson SANDIFER. They raised their family in Natchitoches Parish, around Robeline until World War II when they relocated to Doyline and finally Shreveport. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF CADDO BEATRICE WOODEL SANDIFER BIBLE BE IT KNOWN, That on this 20th day of the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-first; BEFORE ME, Joseph Henry Mangogna, a Notary Public, duly commissioned and qualified, in and for the Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana, therein residing, and in the presence of the witnesses hereinafter named and undersigned: PERSONALLY CAME AND APPEARED, Robert Allan Edwards, a person of the full age of majority and a resident of and domiciled in the State of Arkansas, County of Saline, whose post office address is Benton, Arkansas, who being by me first duly sworn deposed and stated as follows: 1. That he is a married man, married to Jo Ann Mangogna; that he is over forty-eight(48) years of age, was born in the State of Louisiana of the marriage of Robert Ashford Edwards and Thelma Lee Sandifer Cruse, and that he now resides in the county and state aforesaid. 2. That he is the great-grandson of John Silas Woodel and Rosa Lee VanVeckhoven who were married in Sabine Parish on August 28, 1901; who gave issue to nine children, the first child being Beatrice Leona Woodel who married Henry Jefferson Sandifer on November 17, 1918, and of that marriage gave issue to three children, the first being Thelma Lee Sandifer who married Void Allen Cruse of Olla, Louisiana, on the 8th day of November in the year 1940, and that Void Allen Cruse was killed in action during World War II on July 26, 1944; and that Thelma Lee Sandifer Cruse did marry Robert Ashford Edwards on January 28, 1947, to whom was born Robert Allan Edwards on October 10, 1948: 3. That Beatrice Woodel Sandifer is his grandmother and Henry Jefferson Sandifer is his grandfather and that the affiant appears before me, the aforesaid Notary Public with a Holy Bible that was given to Beatrice Sandifer by Henry Sandifer on May 4, 1965 and that this same information is recorded by the hand of Henry Sandifer in the front of the aforesaid Bible on a page provided for recording such presentation information. 4. That his grandmother, Beatrice Sandifer recorded with her own hand in the aforementioned Bible, or had recorded by the hand of others, the many names and dates concerning her own family. That on a blank page in the front of the Bible is recorded by the hand of her mother, Rosa Lee Van Veckhoven Woodel, the names and dates of birth of the children of John and Rosa Woodel; and that on a page located between the Old Testament and New Testament, marked Births, is recorded by the hand of Beatrice Sandifer the date of birth of herself, Henry Sandifer, their three children, and the place of birth of their three children; 5. That his grandmother, Beatrice Sandifer, had recorde d on the blank pages at the back of the aforesaid Bible, at the hand of each of her children the vital statistical information about each of their respective spouses, their respective children, and their grandchildren; 6. That the record given below is a faithful, verbatim copy of the dates of birth, marriages, and deaths as given on the leaves provided for such in the front of the Bible and between the Old Testament and New Testament, and on pages in the back of the Bible: RECORDED BY ROSA LEE Van VECKHOVEN WOODEL John & Rosa Woodel Children Beatrice Leona Woodel 1902 Aug 19 Ruby Lola Woodel was Born 19 5 Mar. 26 Leroy Andrew Woodel was 19-07 Mar. 9 Oscar Levie Woodel 1909 Nov. 24 George Francis Woodel 19.12 Jan. 20 Edna Ima Woodel was Born 19.14 Oct . 6 Bessie Lee Woodel was Born 19.17 Aug 14 Johnnie Edward Woodel was B 19.20 Mar. 31 Myrtie Bell Woodel was B 19.22 Aug. 30 BIRTHS Henry J. Sandifer was Born Jan 13. 1896. Beatrice Sandifer was Born Aug 19 1902 Thelma Lee Sandifer was Born Aug 23 1919 Ruby Estell [sic] Sandifer was Born Feb 4 1924 Daisy Cornelia Sandifer was Born Jan 23 1929 Thelma Born Robeline La Ruby at Marthavill [sic] La Daisy at Robeline La MARRIAGES Henry & Beatrice Sandifer Was married Nov 17 1918 Recorded by the hand of Others Thelma to Void Allen Cruse Nov. 8, 1940 Ruby to James Titus Neal Oct. 12. 1940 Daisy to Alexander Culberson Wilson Jr. Dec. 4, 1948 Thelma to Robert A. Edwards Jan. 28, 1947 DEATHS (Recorded by Others) Ruby Elizabeth Neal Aug 22, 1961 Henry J. Sandifer Feb. 25, 1975 James T. Neal April 13, 1985 Beatrice Woodel Sep't. 12, 1986 On a Blank Page at the Back Cover, by the hand of Thelma Lee Sandifer Edwards: Thelma Sandifer Edwards Children Lois Elaine Edwards Born: Oct. 31, 1947 (Caddo Parish, Shreveport) Married. July 3, 1965 (Henry Elvin Braud) (Divorced) Robert Allan Edwards Oct. 10, 1948 (Barksdale Base Hospital Bossier Parish) Married Aug. 7, 1969 - Ingleside Lois & Anthony Joseph Liberto [date obliterated] Cassandra Antoinette Liberto Dec. 11, 1970 - Fri at 5:50 P.M. Willis-Knighton Caddo Parish - Shreveport, La 71109 by the hand of Robert Allan Edwards Alecia Ann Edwards - May 24, 1972 - 6:43 a.m. Columbus AFB Hospital, Columbus, MS 39701 by the hand of Lois Elaine Edwards Toni Jo Liberto - Sept. 20, 1974 Willis-Knighton Hospital- Caddo Par. by the hand of Robert Allan Edwards Benjamin Joseph Edwards January 2, 1977 4:13 p.m. Sunday Willis-Knighton Hospital - Shreveport, LA On Facing Blank Pages at the Back Cover, by the hand of Ruby Estelle Sandifer Neal: (Left facing page) Neal's James Titus Neal Oct. 20, 1918 Ruby Estelle Sandifer Neal Feb. 4, 1924, Marthaville, La. James Ellis Neal Sep't. 9, 1941 Robeline, La. Douglas Ray Neal Nov. 21, 1942 Natchitoches, La. Barbara Ann Neal McClain Feb 17, 1944 Shreveport, La. Ronald Lee Neal Sept. 24, 1946 Shreveport, La. Ruby Elizabeth Neal Aug. 19, 1961 - Aug. 22, 1961 Shreveport, La. ==================== Recorded by the hand of Others at various times in different colored inks: Richard Len Neal Jan. 30, 1971 (Ronnie) (Right facing page) James & Ruby's GrandChildren John Douglas Neal (Douglas) April 11, 1964 Shreveport, La. Patrick Edward Neal } Alain Maurice Neal } Jimmy's May 27, 1964 Naples, Italy Angelia [sic] Renee McClain (Barbara) Sep't. 24, 1964 Shreveport, La. Mary Catherine Neal (Doug) Aug. 26, 1965 James Vincent Neal (Jimmy) Jan. 30, 1967 Bossier City, La. Victoria Elizabeth Neal (Jimmy) July 26, 1968 James Edward McClain (Barbara) July 28, 1968 Ronald Lee Neal, Jr. (Ronnie) Aug. 22, 1968 Jennifer Marie Neal (Doug) Jan 1, 1969 Michael Dwain McClain (Barbara) Sept 26, 1969 Fri. 7:40 P.M. On a Blank Page at the Back Cover by the hand of Daisy Cornelia Sandifer Wilson: Alexander Culberson Wilson, Jr. June 3, 1928 Marshal, Tex. Daisy Cornelia S. Wilson Jan. 23, 1929 Robeline, La. Alexander Culberson Wilson, III (Triple) Sept. 7, 1949 Schumpert Sanitarium Shreveport, La. Nancy Louise King Wilson June 5, 1949 Glouschester[sic], Mass. Alexander Culberson Wilson IV Oct. 27, 1970 - San Diego, Calif. (Todd) Tracy Ann Wilson Feb. 9, 1972 San Diego, Calif. Tina Renee Wilson Sept 25, 1975 Biloxi, Miss. 7. That it is the belief of the affiant that the records in the aforesaid Bible were kept as a sacred duty by his grandmother, said Beatrice Sandifer, that they were recorded from reliable first-hand knowledge. THIS DONE AND PASSED, in triplicate original, in my presence on the day, month, and year herein above written, in the presence of _____________________________, and ____________________________, competent witnesses, of lawful age and domiciled in the State and Parish aforesaid, who hereunto sign their names with the said appeared and me, Notary, after reading of the whole. _____________________________ ___________________________ Robert A. Edwards _____________________________ ____________________________ Joseph Henry Mangogna Notary Public My Commission Is For Life