Elijah Martin Stanfield was born about 1841, in Wayne County, Tennessee, the son of James W. Stanfield and Elizabeth (last name unknown).
Elijah married Sarah Jeffries Turnbull on January 21, 1861, in Wayne County. Sarah Turnbull was born in 1844 in Mississippi.
Elijah died in Hardin County, Tennessee.
Children of Elijah Stanfield and Sarah Turnbull
1. Mary J. Stanfield, b. abt 1863
2. Courtney E. Stanfield, b. abt 1864
3. Lucinda Abigail Stanfield, b. abt 1867
4. Robert J. Stanfield, b. abt 1868
5. John W. Stanfield, b. abt 1871
6. Elijah Alexander Stanfield, b. 1874, Wayne Co, TN
7. Cord A. Stanfield, b. abt 1878