FIFTH GENERATION

42. Major Samuel TEMPLE was born on 5 Mar 1816. He died on 10 Oct 1897.
It would appear from a couple letters exchanged between Major S. Temple and Judge O.P. Temple that Major was something of an assistant, legal aide, political operative and business partner to OliverPerry Temple.
They had business dealings in sugar, brown sugar, salt contracts for the Civil War, cotton and cheap land for tobacco.
At one point, he was Superintendent of the Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
Its clear Major Temple borrowed money from Judge O.P. Temple. In his letter of 1 May 1844, he explains his plan to remary won't impact their "business arrangement" no his expectation to repay O. P. Temple.
Other letters record the killing of his first Buffalo (Ellsworth, Kansas, 11 Apr 1871).

He was married to Margaret BIDDLE (daughter of John BIDDLE and Jane UNK) on 1 Nov 1836 in Greeneville, TN.⁽⁵⁾ Margaret BIDDLE was born on 10 Jul 1819. She died on 21 Mar 1881. ⁽¹³⁾ Major Samuel TEMPLE and Margaret BIDDLE had the following children:

74 i. Mary Jane TEMPLE was born on 31 Aug 1837. She died on 20 Jun 1842.
75 ii. James Madison TEMPLE was born on 5 Mar 1839. He died on 1 Apr 1854.
76 iii. Angeline TEMPLE was born on 19 Aug 1840.
77 iv. Thomas N. TEMPLE was born on 15 Jan 1842. He died on 5 Jul 1842.
+78 v. Ellen TEMPLE.
79 vi. John TEMPLE was born on 5 Feb 1845.
80 vii. Nancy C. TEMPLE was born on 7 Apr 1847.
81 viii. William C. TEMPLE was born on 4 Mar 1849.
+82 ix. Oliver Perry TEMPLE.
+83 x. David S. TEMPLE.
+84 xi. Major Jennings TEMPLE.
85 xii. Robert S. TEMPLE was born on 10 Apr 1857. He died on 30 May 1858.
+86 xiii. Charles H. TEMPLE.
87 xiv. Margaret (Maggie) L. TEMPLE was born on 11 Apr 1865.

He was married to Rachel Celia WARFIELD on 22 Jun 1883 in Alexandria, Va. ⁽⁵⁾ Rachel Celia WARFIELD ⁽⁵⁾ died on 23 Apr 1896.