Ancestry of Oprah Winfrey - Fourth Generation

8. Sanford Elias WINFREY was born about November 1871 in Mississippi.

9. Ella STAPLES was born about July 1874 in Mississippi.

Sanford WINFREY and Ella STAPLES were married and had the following children:

i. Vindee WINFREY was born 7 January 1898 in Mississippi and died 24 October 1953 in Memphis, Tennessee. He is buried in the Memphis National Cemetery, Memphis. He married Maggie.
ii. Alonzo WINFREY was born 6 May 1899 in Mississippi and married Ida Golden HEARON on 21 December 1919 in Kilmichael, Mississippi. He died on 27 August 1979 in Kilmichael.
4. iii. Elmore E. WINFREY
iv. Victor WINFREY was born about 1903 in Mississippi.
v. Pennie Mae WINFREY was born about 1904 in Mississippi.
vi. Purnell Grover WINFREY was born about 1905 in Mississippi.
vii. Rosa L. WINFREY was born about 1909 in Mississippi.

10. Thomas WOODS was born about June 1874 in Mississippi.

11. Hattie ROSS was born about April 1877 in Mississippi.

Thomas WOODS and Hattie ROSS were married and had the following children:

i. Benny WOODS was born about September 1899.
5. ii. Beatrice WOODS
iii. Walter WOODS was born about 1905.
iv. Katie Lee WOODS was born about 1907.
v. Teresa WOODS was born about 1909.
vi. Thomas H. WOODS was born about 1910.
vii. Elma WOODS was born about 1915.
viii. Velma WOODS was born about 1915.
ix. Willie WOODS was born about 1916.
x. Evalena WOODS was born about 1918.

12. Harry LEE was born about Feb 1872 in Mississippi.

13. Unknown wife

6. i. Earlist LEE

Harry is found listed in the 1900 census for Claiborne County, Mississippi as head of household with his 7-year-old son, Earless Lee. Harry is listed as a widower.

14. Nelson (or Milton) PRESLEY was born about March 1872 in Mississippi and died about 1909.

15. Amanda WINTERS was born on 13 January 1874 in Mississippi and died on 1 October 1944 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi. She is buried with her second husband, Charley Bullock, in Buffalo Cemetery, Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi.

Nelson PRESLEY and Amanda WINTERS married on 22 March 1893 in Kosciusko, Attala County, Mississippi and had the following children:

i. Oscar PRESLEY was born about June 1895 in Mississippi. He married Mabel Hasley.
ii. Harvey PRESLEY was born about November 1896 in Mississippi. He married Katie Bullock.
iii. Georgia PRESLEY was born about May 1898 in Mississippi and most likely died prior to 1910.
7. iv. Hattie Mae PRESLEY
v. Emora PRESLEY was born about 1904 in Mississippi and married James H. Hasley.
vi. Isaac PRESLEY was born about 1906 in Mississippi.
vii. Ida PRESLEY was born on 2 May 1907 in Mississippi and died on 21 September 1975. She married McKinley Carr.
viii. Katie Willie PRESLEY was born about 1909 in Mississippi.