Today’s focus is on another set of 4th great-grandparents, Benjamin and Sally (Mattocks) Lankford.  According to census records, Benjamin was born around 1819 in Tennessee and Sally in Kentucky around 1815.  They were married in Lawrence Co, Indiana on April 16, 1838 by Johnson Mattocks.  It is unknown if Johnson was a relative of Sally.  The parents of both Benjamin and Sally are unknown at this time.

Benjamin and Sally had several children:

• William (1840-1893)
• Martha Jane (1841-1925)
• Harrison (1843-1899)
• Josephine (1844-1890) married George Winkler (my 3rd great-grandparents)
• Sophia (1847-1847)
• Lucinda (1849-?)
• Benjamin (1854-?)
• James (1855-?)
• Burrel (1859-?)

The 1840 and 1850 census have them living in Lawrence Co, Indiana.  In 1850, there is a William Lankford, age 35, living in their household.  He could possibly be Benjamin’s older brother since it was noted he was born in Tennessee.  Between 1850 and 1856, the family moved to Steen Township (Wheatland) in Knox County. They lived there through 1860, but were living in Washington, IN at the time of the 1870 census.  It is likely they moved some time after 1867 when Lucinda married Richard Alford.  Benjamin Jr can be found living with his brother Harrison in 1880, but their parents, as well as James and Burrel, are not to be found.  It is suspected that Benjamin and Sally died sometime between 1870 and 1880.