I find Spottswood most often referred to by his initials S. D. or, as Dandridge. He did appear in some census records as Spottswood. He was born Apr. 15, 1841 in Amherst Co., VA and married Martha Jane Whiteside there on Nov. 5, 1863. Martha was born Nov. 18, 1841, probably in Amherst Co., and died there on Dec. 10, 1891. Both are buried at Oronoco, Amherst Co. in the Church of the Brethren Cemetery.
There were at least 11 children born to their union, three of which married into the Jordan Coffey* family. All of their children were born in Amherst Co.
The first child I have for them is Pency, born Jan. 12, 1865, died Mar. 31, 1893 in Amherst Co. She married Edward Jackson Henson on Jul. 11, 1886 and had at least five children in the seven years before she died. She is also buried at Oronoco.
Nancy was next, born c1867. No further information.
Ginetta, born c1868, married C. M. Bradley on Oct. 29, 1896 in Amherst Co. No further information.
Charles Dandridge, the fourth child and first son, was born Oct. 10, 1869 and died Jan. 31, 1954 in Amherst Co. He married Lutie Virginia Coffey on Oct. 16, 1895 in Amherst Co. I know of one child; Gracie M., born Jul. 1898. Lutie was the daughter of John Jack Coffey, Jr. and, his wife Patricia F. "Patra" Tyler. John Jack, Sr. was a son of Jordan and Elizabeth Rippetoe Coffey of "Coffeytown" in Amherst Co.
Mary Jane was born Feb. 20, 1871 and died Nov. 18, 1914. She married Edmund F. "Ned" Coffey on Jun. 16, 1894 in Amherst Co. Ned was a son of James and Sophia Coffey Coffey. James was a son of William "Billy" Coffey and his wife Sally Crawford. Billy was also a son of Jordan and Elizabeth. Sophia was a daughter of Schylar Coffey**, another son of Jordan and his wife Betsey Hamilton.
Lucy Catherine was born in Sep., 1872 and married Leslie Austin Robertson, a son of James A. and Mary D. Robertson on Jun. 1, 1898 in Amherst Co. They had at least one child, a daughter Mary E., born May, 1899 in Nelson Co., VA.
Willis, the second son, was born May, 1874 and married Bessie M. Inge on May 25, 1903 in Buena Vista, VA. No further information.
The next two children, also sons, were Henry, born Jul., 1876 and Eddie, born c1878. No further information.
Ruth Davis was child number 10, born Sep., 1879. "Ruthie" married William Luther Green on Jan. 13, 1904 in Rockbridge Co., VA. No further information.
Bertha Lillian was the last child and was the third to marry a Coffey. She was born c1886 and married Irvin C. Coffey, born Sep., 1878 in Amherst Co. He was the son of William Henry "Cripple Henry" Coffey and his wife, Virginia F. "Jenny" Lawman. William Henry was a son of John Jack, Sr. and his wife Betsey Duff.
I continue to work on this family as time allows. Drop an e-mail or add a comment to amend any of this information.
Update: Something didn't look right so I went back over census records for this family:
1870 children: Pensie, age 6; Nancy, age 4; and Harry, 8 mos.
1880 children: Pencie, age 14; Nancy, age 13; Genetta, age 12; Charles, age 11; Marie (Mary), age 10; Lucie, age 8; Willis, age 7; Henry, age 4; Eddie, age 2; and Ruth, 8 mos.
1900 children: Lucie, age 17; Willis, age 26 and Henry, age 24.
So, Lucy in 1880 married in 1898. Who is the 17 yr-old Lucie in 1900? Ruth married in 1904. Why isn't she in the family home in 1900?
Harry, age 8 mos., in 1870 apparently did not survive to 1880 and, Eddie, age 2, apparently did not survive until 1900.
There was a child, Bertha, born in Oct., 1885. That would have put six years between her birth and that of Ruth in 1879 and leaves room for the second Lucie who, according to 1900 census was born in Sep., 1882.
*DNA testing has shown that Jordan was not a Coffey but was a child of (probably) Jane Coffey, and an unknown Taliaferro (Toliver) male. Jane was a daughter of William and Elizabeth Osborne Coffey.
**Schylar, Nelson and Henry F. may not have been natural sons of Jordan. Some believe they were more or less orphans taken in by Jordan and Betsey. They are the only children of Jordan for which no specific listing of their parents has been found.
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