According to descendants, Elizabeth had 12 children by Samuel.
From relative, Ken :
"Samuel Lindley had given a Power of Attorney to his representative int he claim of
Elizabeth's heirs' (her children) interests in her father JohnSaunders W hitley's estate. The Power of Attorney dated in 1848, wasfiled in the C oles County Circuit Clerk's office. Samuel Lindleystated in the docum ent that he had married Elizabeth Lindley, andthat he was the natural g uardian and father of her children.Elizabeth had died in the Spring o f 1838 in Montgomery Co., Texas.Samuel and Elizabeth had 12 children. A fter Elizabeth's death,Samuel had another child by his third wife, but n one with his fourthwife--fourteen children in all."
