John BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 1750-1760
• DEATH: 1840-1850, DeKalb County, Georgia
• BURIAL: Macedonia Baptist Church at 3420 Panola Road, Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia. Gravemarker reads, "John Biffle 1744-1850."

Family 1: Sallie INGRAM

• MARRIAGE: 1770-1790

1. female (b. 1784-1790)
2. William BIFFLE
3. Goldman BIFFLE
4. female (b. 1794-1800)
5. female (b. 1794-1800)
6. female (b. 1800-1810)
7. female (b. 1804-1810)
8. Leander A. BIFFLE
9. Sallie BIFFLE

Notes

• Parents may have been Adam BIFFLE and Catherine HENCKLE.
• 1790 U.S. Census: Listed as John BUFLE, over 16 years of age. Living in Morgan District, 11th Company, Burke County, North Carolina with:
  1. female
  2. female
  3. male (age 0-16)
• 1800 U.S. Census: Listed as John BIFFLE, age 26-45. Living in Buncombe County, North Carolina with:
  1. female (age 26-45)
  2. female (age 26-45)
  3. female (age 10-16)
  4. male (age 0-10)
  5. male (age 0-10)
  6. female (age 0-10)
  7. female (age 26-45)
• 1810 U.S. Census: Listed as John BIFLE, over 45 years old. Living in Buncombe County, North Carolina with:
  1. female (age 26-45)
  2. male (age 16-26)
  3. female (age 16-26)
  4. male (age 10-16)
  5. female (age 10-16)
  6. female (age 0-10)
  7. female (age 0-10)
• 1820 U.S. Census: Listed as John BIFFLE, over 45 years old. Living in Hall County, Georgia with:
  1. female (over 45 years old)
  2. male (age 16-26)
  3. male (age 16-26)
  4. female (age 16-26)
  5. female (age 10-16)
  6. male (age 0-10)
  7. female (age 0-10)
• 1830 U.S. Census: Listed as John BIFFLE, age 70-80. Living in DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. female (age 50-60)
  2. male (age 15-20)
  3. female (age 10-15)
• 1840 U.S. Census: Listed as John BIFFLE, age 90-100 with:
  1. female (age 70-80)

Leander A. BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 28 November 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina
• DEATH: 18 December 1880, DeKalb County, Georgia
• BURIAL: Macedonia Baptist Church at 3420 Panola Road, Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia. Gravemarker reads, "Leander Biffle 1812-1880."

Family 1: Emelia WATKINS

• MARRIAGE: 25 September 1836 by Rev. Elijah Byrd at a camp meeting in Wesley Chapel, DeKalb County, Georgia.

1. Elizabeth Tolula BIFFLE
2. Nancy BIFFLE
3. Virginia Delia BIFFLE
4. Henrietta Vashti BIFFLE
5. Mary W. BIFFLE
6. Sarah Jane BIFFLE
7. Leander George Hamilton BIFFLE
8. John Henry BIFFLE
9. Drewey Goldman BIFFLE
10. Alice Ann Ophelia BIFFLE
11. Samuel Jacob BIFFLE
12. Millie Selena Victoria BIFFLE

Notes

                             ______________________________
 _John BIFFLE_______________|
|                           |______________________________
|--Leander A. BIFFLE________
|                            _William INGRAM_______________
|_Sallie INGRAM_____________|
                            |______________________________

• Raised 4 orphans:
  1. Sarah Watkins (1838-1847)
• Responsible for building Covington Highway from Decatur to Augusta and many other roads in DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1820 U.S. Census:
• 1830 U.S. Census:
• 1840 U.S. Census: Listed as Leander BIFFLE, age 20-30. Living in 683rd District, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. female (age 30-40)
  2. female (age 5-10)
  3. female (age 0-5)
• 1844: Appointed Commissioner of Roads for DeKalb County.
• 1846:Reappointed Commissioner of Roads for DeKalb County.
• 1850 U.S. Census: Listed as Leander BIFFLE, age 37 NC. Living in Cross Roads District, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Emelia BIFFLE (age 31) GA
  2. Elizabeth BIFFLE (age 12) GA
  3. Nancy BIFFLE (age 9) GA
  4. Virginia D. BIFFLE (age 8) GA
  5. Henrietta V. BIFFLE (age 6) GA
  6. Mary W. BIFFLE (age 4) GA
  7. Sarah G. BIFFLE (age 2) GA
  8. Leandera G. U. BIFFLE (age 2/12) GA
• 1860 U.S. Census: Probably not enumerated.
• 19 November 1867: Acted as Administrator for the estate of James Parker.
• 1870 U.S. Census: Listed as Leander A. BIFFLE, age 61 NC. Living in Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Milly BIFFLE (age 48) GA
  2. Nancy BIFFLE (age 31) GA
  3. Mary BIFFLE (age 20) GA
  4. George BIFFLE (age 18) GA
  5. John H. BIFFLE (age 16) GA
  6. Alice A. BIFFLE (age 13) GA
  7. Samuel J. BIFFLE (age 10) GA
  8. Mille S. BIFFLE (age 8) GA
• March 1875: Filed a claim against the United States Government for $1167.00 for property that was stolen from him by Union soldiers on their way North after their march to Savannah, Georgia.
• 1880 U.S. Census: Listed as L. A. BIFFLE (age 69) NC unknown unknown. Living in Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Millie BIFFLE (age 60) GA ? GA wife
  2. Nancy BIFFLE (age 40) GA NC GA daughter
  3. Alice BIFFLE (age 22) GA NC GA daughter
  4. Samuel J. BIFFLE (age 19) GA NC GA son
  5. Millie A. DRAKE (age 7) GA GA GA granddaughter
  6. Minerva FARMER (age 6) GA GA GA granddaughter

Alice Ann Ophelia BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 9 February 1857, DeKalb County, Georgia
• DEATH: After 1920
• BURIAL: ?

Family 1: Camilus L. FARMER

• MARRIAGE: 15 Feb 1872 by John C. Austin N. P., DeKalb County, Georgia, Book 1857-1872, page 385

1. Minerva FARMER

Notes

                             _John BIFFLE__________________
 _Leander A. BIFFLE_________|
|                           |_Sallie INGRAM________________
|--Alice Ann Ophelia BIFFLE_
|                            _Henry WADKINS________________
|_Emelia WATKINS____________|
                            |_Nancy EAKIN__________________

• 1860 U.S. Census: Probably not enumerated.
• 1870 U.S. Census: Listed under Leander A. BIFFLE as Alice A. BIFFLE, age 13 GA. Living in Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1880 U.S. Census: Listed under L. A. BIFFLE as Alice BIFFLE, age 22, daughter. Living in Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1900 U.S. Census: Listed under Nancy BIFFLE as Alice FARMER, age 46, born February 1855, sister. Widow. Married 8 years. 1 of 1 child is alive. Living in Redan 1398, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1910 U.S. Census: Listed under Nancy BIFFLE as Alice FARMER, age 53, sister. Living in DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1920 U.S. Census: Listed under Nancy BIFFLE as Alice FARMER, age 57, boarder, single. Living in Redan, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1920 U.S. Census: Listed under Nancy BIFFLE as Alice FARMER, age 56, sister, widow. Living in Evans 637, DeKalb County, Georgia.

Drewey Goldman BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 16 May 1855, DeKalb County, Georgia
• DEATH: in childhood
• BURIAL: ?

Notes

                             _John BIFFLE__________________
 _Leander A. BIFFLE_________|
|                           |_Sallie INGRAM________________
|--Drewey Goldman BIFFLE____
|                            _Henry WADKINS________________
|_Emelia WATKINS____________|
                            |_Nancy EAKIN__________________

• Died in childhood. Never married. No children.
• 1860 U.S. Census: Probably not enumerated.

Henrietta Vashti BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 26 December 1843, DeKalb County, Georgia
• DEATH: 8 November 1916
• BURIAL: Eastview Cemtery, DeKalb County, Georgia

Family 1: John William PARKER

• MARRIAGE: 1 April 1860, DeKalb County, Georgia, book B, page 91

1. John Henry PARKER
2. Brown M. PARKER
3. James Cicero PARKER
4. Millie Octovia PARKER
5. Sam PARKER
6. Katie Alice PARKER
7. ? PARKER, born and died before 1900.
8. ? PARKER, born and died before 1900.
9. ? PARKER, born and died before 1900.
10. ? PARKER, born and died before 1900.

Notes

                             _John BIFFLE__________________
 _Leander A. BIFFLE_________|
|                           |_Sallie INGRAM________________
|--Henrietta Vashti BIFFLE__
|                            _Henry WADKINS________________
|_Emelia WATKINS____________|
                            |_Nancy EAKIN__________________

• 1850 U.S. Census: Listed under Leander BIFFLE as Henrietta V. BIFFLE, age 6. Living in Cross Roads District, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1860 U.S. Census: (probably not enumerated)
• 1870 U.S. Census: Listed under John W. PARKER as Vashti PARKER, age 25 GA. Living in Stone Mountain, Evans District, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1880 U.S. Census: Listed as under John Wm PARKER as Vashti PARKER, age 30 GA, wife. Living in District 637 Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1900 U.S. Census: Listed under William PARKER as Henrietta PARKER, born December 1843, age 56 GA. Married 37 years. 6 of 10 children are alive. Living in 1398 Redan, DeKalb County.
• 12 March 1922: Not listed in, John William PARKER's, obituary. (husband)

John Henry BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 18 August 1854, DeKalb County, Georgia
• DEATH: 6 April 1939, DeKalb County, Georgia cert. #3042
• BURIAL: Redan Cemetery, Redan, DeKalb County, Georgia

Family 1: Cynthia Jane YOUNG

• MARRIAGE: 28 Feb 1878 by James M. SMITH J. P., DeKalb County, Georgia, Book 1876-1881, page 73
  

1. Leona Francis BIFFLE
2. Nora Millie BIFFLE
3. Willie Lee BIFFLE
4. Lula T. BIFFLE
5. John Summy BIFFLE
6. Jethro BIFFLE
7. Addie L. BIFFLE

Notes

                             _John BIFFLE__________________
 _Leander A. BIFFLE_________|
|                           |_Sallie INGRAM________________
|--John Henry BIFFLE________
|                            _Henry WADKINS________________
|_Emelia WATKINS____________|
                            |_Nancy EAKIN__________________

• 1860 U.S. Census: Probably not enumerated.
• 1870 U.S. Census: Listed under Leander A. BIFFLE as John H. BIFFLE, age 16 GA. Living in Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1880 U.S. Census: Listed as John BIFFLE, age 28. Living in Lithonia 683, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Synthia BIFFLE (age 18) GA GA GA wife
  2. Francis L. BIFFLE (age 1) GA GA GA daughter
• 1900 U.S. Census: Listed as John H. BIFFLE, age 47, born August 1852. Married 20 years. 6 of 7 children are alive. Living in Redan 1398, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Jane BIFFLE (age 35) GA GA GA wife, born February 1865.
  2. Nora BIFFLE (age 18) GA GA GA daughter, born July 1881.
  3. Willie BIFFLE (age 15) GA GA GA daughter, born June 1884.
  4. John BIFFLE (age 10) GA GA GA son, born November 1889.
  5. Jethro BIFFLE (age 8) GA GA GA son, born August 1891.
  6. Addie BIFFLE (age 2) GA GA GA daughter, born August 1897
• 1910 U.S. Census: Listed as John W. BIFFLE, age 58. Living in DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Cynthia BIFFLE (age 48) GA wife
  2. Willie BIFFLE (age 24) GA GA GA daughter
  3. John BIFFLE (age 19) GA GA GA son
  4. Jethro BIFFLE (age 16) GA GA GA son
  5. Addie L. BIFFLE (age 12) GA GA GA daughter
  6. Nora HOLLAND (age 28) GA GA GA daughter
  7. Curtis HOLLAND (age 5) GA GA GA grandson
• 1920 U.S. Census: Listed as John H. BIFFLE, age 66, GA Holland Dutch GA. Living in Evans 637, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Cynthia J. BIFFLE (age 58) GA GA GA wife
  2. Jett BIFFLE (age 26) GA GA GA son
  3. Addie L. BIFFLE (age 21) GA GA GA daughter
  4. Nora HOLLAND (age 38) GA GA GA daughter
  5. Curtice E. HOLLAND (age 15) GA GA GA grandson

Leander George Hamilton BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 14 Mar 1850, DeKalb County, Georgia
• DEATH: 30 October 1913, Georgia
• BURIAL: Snellville Cemtery, Georgia

Family 1: Mary Catherine DRAKE

• MARRIAGE: 20 November 1873 by E. H. CLARK M. G., DeKalb County, Book 1873-1877, page 50
  

1. Arthur Oliver BIFFLE
2. Hurbert William BIFFLE
3. Augustus Urbander "Gus" BIFFLE
4. Jessie Lee BIFFLE
5. Lorenzo George BIFFLE
6. John Bryant BIFFLE
7. Annie Mae BIFFLE
8. ? BIFFLE born and died before 1900.
9. ? BIFFLE born and died before 1900.
10. ? BIFFLE born and died before 1900.
11. ? BIFFLE born and died before 1900.

Notes

                             _John BIFFLE__________________
 _Leander A. BIFFLE_________|
|                           |_Sallie INGRAM________________
|--Leander George Hamilton BIFFLE
|                            _Henry WADKINS________________
|_Emelia WATKINS____________|
                            |_Nancy EAKIN__________________

• 1850 U.S. Census: Listed under Leander BIFFLE as Leandera G. U. BIFFLE, age 2/12. Living in Cross Roads District, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1870 U.S. Census: Listed under Leander A. BIFFLE as George BIFFLE, age 18 GA. Living in Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1880 U.S. Census: Listed as George K. BIFFLE, age 32. Living in Lithonia 683, DeKalb County, Georgia with:
  1. Mary C. BIFFLE (age 32) GA wife
  2. Arthur O. BIFFLE (age 4) GA son
  3. Herbert B. BIFFLE (age 1) GA son
  4. Lorenzo G. BIFFLE (age 2) GA son
• 1900 U.S. Census: Listed as George R. BIFFLE, age 53. Living in Goodwin 404, Gwinnett County, Georgia with:
  1. Mary BIFFLE (age 51) GA wife, born Feb 1849.
  2. Jessie BIFFLE (age 18) GA son, born Feb 1882.
  3. Lorenza BIFFLE (age 21) GA son, born July 1874.
  4. John B. BIFFLE (age 11) GA son, born August 1889.
  5. Annie M. BIFFLE (age 9) GA daughter, born December 1890.
  6. Daisey BIFFLE (age 14) GA niece, born March 1886.
• 1910 U.S. Census: Listed as G. J. BIFFLE, age 60 GA. Living in Gwinnett County, Georgia with:
  1. Mary C. BIFFLE (age 61) GA wife
  2. Arthur O. BIFFLE (age 34) GA son
  3. John ?. BIFFLE (age 20) GA son
  4. Annie M. BIFFLE (age 18) GA daughter

Mary W. BIFFLE

• BIRTH: 18 November 1846, DeKalb County, Georgia
• DEATH: After 1892
• BURIAL: Macedonia Baptist Church at 3420 Panola Road, Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia.

Family 1: Thomas W. FARMER

• MARRIAGE: 19 March 1872 by David M. SHIPPARD, DeKalb County, Georgia, Book 1857-1872, page 342.

1. Marvin L. FARMER

Notes

                             _John BIFFLE__________________
 _Leander A. BIFFLE_________|
|                           |_Sallie INGRAM________________
|--Mary W. BIFFLE___________
|                            _Henry WADKINS________________
|_Emelia WATKINS____________|
                            |_Nancy EAKIN__________________

• 1850 U.S. Census: Listed under Leander BIFFLE as Mary W. BIFFLE, age 4. Living in Cross Roads District, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1860 U.S. Census: Probably not enumerated.
• 1870 U.S. Census: Listed under Leander A. BIFFLE as Mary BIFFLE, age 20 GA. Living in Evans, DeKalb County, Georgia.
• 1880 U.S. Census: Listed under Tom W. FARMER as Mary FARMER, age 34 GA GA GA. Living in Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia.

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