Individual Details

Samuel's son, Charles Fisher MIDKIFF while living in Oklahomatold his f a m ily that his father was a blacksmith on the Anchor andHope Plantation n e a r Fort Chiswell in Virginia. At some point duringthat time, Samuel l e f t home to find work, and his wife, Rebecca,strayed from the marriage, r e s ulting in Samuel's filing for divorcein Wytheville, VA in 1878. Both h e r a nd Rebecca remarried. He in1878 a few weeks after the divorce to S a r ah E. HURLEY. She to RobertSHAFER in 1880, he having been the co-re s p ondent in the divorceproceedings. Neither parent assumed responsibili t y f or the children.In Robert SHAFER's deposition at the time of the di v o rce, he reportedthat he and Rebecca committed adultery "numerous time s " w hile Samuelwas away working as a blacksmith. Samuel was killed in a m i n e cave-in at the Crawford Mine nearHillsville, VA, around March 16, 1 8 9 3--a newspaper article dated thatdate reported of his death. Samu e l w as 33 when he married Sarah E. HURLEY in 1878, so he wasborn about 1 8 4 6. The baptism was done in the Raleigh, NC Temple. -- MERGED NOTE ------------ Samuel's son, Charles Fisher MIDKIFF while living in Oklahomatold his f a m ily that his father was a blacksmith on the Anchor andHope Plantation n e a r Fort Chiswell in Virginia. At some point duringthat time, Samuel l e f t home to find work, and his wife, Rebecca,strayed from the marriage, r e s ulting in Samuel's filing for divorcein Wytheville, VA in 1878. Both h e r a nd Rebecca remarried. He in1878 a few weeks after the divorce to S a r ah E. HURLEY. She to RobertSHAFER in 1880, he having been the co-re s p ondent in the divorceproceedings. Neither parent assumed responsibili t y f or the children.In Robert SHAFER's deposition at the time of the di v o rce, he reportedthat he and Rebecca committed adultery "numerous time s " w hile Samuelwas away working as a blacksmith. Samuel was killed in a m i n e cave-in at the Crawford Mine nearHillsville, VA, around March 16, 1 8 9 3--a newspaper article dated thatdate reported of his death. Samu e l w as 33 when he married Sarah E. HURLEY in 1878, so he wasborn about 1 8 4 6. The baptism was done in the Raleigh, NC Temple.

Birth	Abt 1846	Surry, North Carolina, United States
Marriage	6 Feb 1864	Surry, North Carolina, United States - Rebecca Jane Porters
Marriage	28 Oct 1878	Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States - Sarah E. Hurley
Death	16 Mar 1893	Wythe, Virginia, United States

Spouse	Rebecca Jane Porters (1849 - 1878)
Child	Charles Fisher Midkiff (1868 - 1963)
Child	Mary Ann Midkiff (1873 - 1904)
Child	Walter Preston Midkiff (1878 - )

Spouse

Sarah E. Hurley (1847 - )

Father	Joseph Midkiff (1812 - 1875)
Mother	Nancy E. Griffith (1826 - 1880)
Sibling	John Midkiff ( - )
Sibling	Samuel G. Midkiff (1846 - 1893)
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth Midkiff (1848 - )
Sibling	Mary Elizabeth Midkiff (1848 - )
Sibling	James Midkiff (1850 - 1904)
Sibling	James Midkiff (1850 - 1904)
Sibling	William Midkiff (1854 - )
Sibling	Sarah Midkiff (1857 - )
Sibling	Sarah Midkiff (1857 - )
Sibling	Lucinda Midkiff (1862 - )
Sibling	Lucinda Midkiff (1862 - )
Sibling	Joseph Benjamin Midkiff (1867 - 1940)