Sanders Genealogy

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Descendants of John Sanders

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN¹ SANDERS. He married MIRIAM SYMONS, daughter of THOMAS SIMONS and ANN KETON.

Child of JOHN SANDERS and MIRIAM SYMONS is:

2. i. RICHARD² SANDERS, b. October 28, 1755, North Carolina; d. 1836, Orange County, Indiana.

Generation No. 2

2. RICHARD² SANDERS (JOHN¹) was born October 28, 1755 in North Carolina, and died 1836 in Orange County, Indiana. He married (1) ELIZABETH BREEZE. He married (2) HANNAH MORGAN HENBY.

Notes for RICHARD SANDERS: Not sure if Richard's date of birth is 1740 or 1755.

A note found in Grandma Emma Goodwin's keepsakes, possibly from correspondence with Ora A. Oldfield of Centralia, Illinois in the early 1950's (I have a copy of an envelope) states that Richard was born in England in 1740. He came from there through Pennsylvania to North Carolina. Her note further states that Richard served seven years in the Revolutionary War and became a personal friend of one of his commanders, General George Washington. He married Elizabeth Breeze while living in North Carolina. Richard and Elizabeth moved to Indiana in the early 1800's. It is said that they were members of the Christian Church and attended the first log church in Valeen, Indiana. Richard died while living on his son's farm at the ripe old age of 96.

LDS and Family Tree Maker each list Richard as born October 28, 1755 in North Carolina to John and Miriam (Symons) Sanders. Jean Laltrello also lists Richard's first wife as Hannah Morgan Henby, widow with children. Second wife was Elizabeth Breeze born January 1, 1785 and died March 26, 1856. Elizabeth is buried in the Little Grove Christian Church Cemetary, Walnut Hill, Illinois.

Here's the confusion. It would seem improbable that Richard could have been born in 1740, moved to Indiana at about sixty years of age and fathered four children after that age with the last one coming when he was eighty. I am searching for confirmation.

Children of RICHARD SANDERS and ELIZABETH BREEZE are:

3. i. JOHN³ SANDERS, b. May 3, 1803, North Carolina; d. July 3, 1876.

ii. AARON SANDERS, b. 1814; m. NANCY HALLOWELL, September 12, 1833.

iii. ELMORE SANDERS, b. 1814.

iv. WILLIAM SANDERS, b. 1820.

Generation No. 3

3. JOHN³ SANDERS (RICHARD², JOHN¹) was born May 3, 1803 in North Carolina, and died July 3, 1876. He married SARAH COPPLE October 8, 1829 in Orange County, Indiana.

Children of JOHN SANDERS and SARAH COPPLE are:

4. i. AARON⁴ SANDERS.

ii. CHARLES SANDERS.

iii. ELI SANDERS.

iv. ELIZABETH SANDERS, m. ANDREW PEARSON.

5. v. ISAAC NEWTON SANDERS, b. November 25, 1840; d. December 21, 1898.

vi. SAMUEL SANDERS.

vii. WILLIAM SANDERS.

6. viii. THOMAS ELWOOD SANDERS, b. November 5, 1831; d. 1910, Oak Grove Cemetary.

7. ix. JOHN SANDERS, b. February 22, 1835, Indiana; d. June 18, 1911, Walnut Hill, Illinois.

Generation No. 4

4. AARON⁴ SANDERS (JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹).

Child of AARON SANDERS is:

i. ROBERT D.⁵ SANDERS.

5. ISAAC NEWTON⁴ SANDERS (JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹) was born November 25, 1840, and died December 21, 1898. He married ASENATH "SENA" FERGUSON.

Notes for ISAAC NEWTON SANDERS: Noted in the 1890 Special Census - Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, & Widows

Page #1, District 2, Enumeration District 73, Union County, North Powder and Antelope Precincts, Oregon, June 1890, Edgar M. Sanders, Enumerator:

Isaac N. Sanders, Sargent, 66th Indiana Infantry, Union Army. Enlisted 8/12/1862, 6/3/1865, Gunshot wound in the left shoulder.

From Debbie Lee, Milton Freewater, OR 2/1999: Moved to North Powder area of Union County, Oregon in 1886 from New Albany, Indiana. Mutnomah County Clerk. Union County Judge. Owned a ranch in North Powder. Lived in Portland on 14th and Pine east of the Willamette River. Hunted deer in Laurelhurst Park.

Notes for ASENATH "SENA" FERGUSON: 2/1999, Debbie Lee, Milton Freewater, OR: Buried in Lone Fir Cemetary, Portland, Oregon.

Children of ISAAC SANDERS and ASENATH FERGUSON are:

8. i. ASENATH PEARL⁵ SANDERS, d. Salem, OR?.

ii. EDWARD SANDERS.

9. iii. ISAAC NEWTON SANDERS.

10. iv. ORIE "ORA" ANES SANDERS, b. February 17, 1868, Indiana.

v. SARA SANDERS.

11. vi. JOSEPH SANDERS, b. February 17, 1868, Indiana.

vii. RALPH SANDERS.

Notes for RALPH SANDERS: died as an infant

6. THOMAS ELWOOD⁴ SANDERS (JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹) was born November 5, 1831, and died 1910 in Oak Grove Cemetary. He married AMERICA MAXEDON September 26, 1852, daughter of ROBERT MAXEDON and MARY PEARSON.

Children of THOMAS SANDERS and AMERICA MAXEDON are:

i. MARY E.⁵ SANDERS.

ii. ANNA SANDERS.

iii. SARA E. SANDERS.

iv. ROBERT SANDERS.

v. JOHN SANDERS.

vi. NANCY SANDERS.

vii. RACHEL SANDERS.

viii. JANE SANDERS.

ix. FRANKLIN SANDERS.

7. JOHN⁴ SANDERS (JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹) was born February 22, 1835 in Indiana, and died June 18, 1911 in Walnut Hill, Illinois. He married ELIZABETH COOK December 28, 1854.

Notes for JOHN SANDERS: From: Sanders Family History, by James Walker Jr. Provided by Jean Laltrello. Recored in about 1911

John Sanders (brother of Thomas Elwood Sanders) was born on January 22, 1835. He lived near Dix, Illinois and is now 76 (in 1911). One authority gives his birth as February 18, 1834. He is a prosperous farmer. He married Elizabeth Cook. She is now 74 years old. Two years younger than her husband. She was born in 1836. They had twelve children. They are as follows: Thomas, now 55, William "Bill" R. now 53; John A. - 50 or 51, Absolom - 47; Sena - dead, lived in the spring to age 45; Samuel R. - 44 on January 1; Charles F. - 44 November 15; Ira A. - 40 on January 2; Edgar - 38 next April; Lora Elizabeth, dead; and Rosetta and Margetta, twins are dead.

John Sanders was a gallant soldier in the Union Army and fought with credit in the Civil War for "Old Glory" and the "nation". Tis that he was an officer of some rank. He is a positive character and good repute, sociable and well respected. He belonged to the Chirstian Church. The children, to the knowledge of the writer, were and are well educated, intelligent, industrious, sociable, and splendid character. He was tall, about 6' in height. He had a long, white beard and white hair. Writer was with him when he was 76 years old. He was from Illinois on a visit to Thomas Sanders.

Added in the margin of the history - died of kidney trouble. This writing was done 1911 for his family. John Sanders is now dead. Died 1911 age, 76 or 77. Suggested to be buried in the cemetary of the Little Grove Chirstian Church, Walnut Hill, Illinois.

Children of JOHN SANDERS and ELIZABETH COOK are:

i. THOMAS⁵ SANDERS, b. February 24, 1856; d. April 18, 1918; m. (1) NANCY E. CRUZEN, February 21, 1875; m. (2) MARGARET WATKINS GARREN, July 5, 1885.

12. ii. WILLIAM R. SANDERS, b. November 24, 1857, Oak Grove, llinois; d. March 26, 1926, North Powder, Oregon.

iii. JOHN A. SANDERS, b. November 26, 1859; d. May 14, 1918; m. REBECCA WATKINS.

iv. ABSOLOM SANDERS, b. November 13, 1861; d. March 12, 1913; m. MARY FOUTCH, December 1, 1885.

v. SENA SANDERS, b. March 21, 1864; d. January 4, 1909; m. DAVID COPPLE, March 16, 1880.

vi. SAMUEL R. SANDERS, b. July 16, 1866, Missouri; d. September 17, 1949; m. ELIZABETH TATE.

Notes for SAMUEL R. SANDERS: 1900 census lists him as living in Paradise precinct of Wallowa County, Oregon. Also lists his birthplace as Missouri. Wife was listed as "Ella", also born in Missouri.

vii. CHARLES F. SANDERS, b. November 15, 1868, Illinois; d. March 20, 1936; m. EFFIE CAMERON, November 7, 1895.

Notes for CHARLES F. SANDERS: 1900 census lists him as a boarder living in the West Elgin precinct, union county, Oregon. - Living with a Frank Shelton. Same census lists his birth year as 1870.

viii. IRA A. SANDERS, b. January 2, 1871; d. December 6, 1947; m. MINNIE BALES, August 31, 1892.

ix. EDGAR M. SANDERS, b. April 7, 1873; m. FLORA LOU SATTERFIELD, June 18, 1895.

Notes for EDGAR M. SANDERS: 1900 census lists him as living in North Powder, Union County, Oregon.

Notes for FLORA LOU SATTERFIELD: 1900 census lists her as Flora S. sanders. Born Novemeber 1875 in Missouri

x. LORA ELIZABETH SATAH SANDERS, b. August 2, 1875; d. August 1, 1876.

xi. MARYETTIE SANDERS, b. November 2, 1877; d. January 1878.

xii. ROSETTIE SANDERS, b. November 2, 1877; d. January 1878.

Generation No. 5

8. ASENATH PEARL⁵ SANDERS (ISAAC NEWTON⁴, JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹) died in Salem, OR?. She married SWOFFORD.

Children of ASENATH SANDERS and SWOFFORD are:

i. RUTH⁶ SWOFFORD, b. May 12, 1910.

ii. WILBUR SWOFFORD, b. May 22, 1907.

9. ISAAC NEWTON⁵ SANDERS (ISAAC NEWTON⁴, JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹).

Notes for ISAAC NEWTON SANDERS: a doctor in Halfway, Oregon in the early 1900's.

Child of ISAAC NEWTON SANDERS is:

i. ISAAC NEWTON⁶ SANDERS, b. February 5, 1908.

10. ORIE "ORA" ANES⁵ SANDERS (ISAAC NEWTON⁴, JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹) was born February 17, 1868 in Indiana. She married OLIVER WENDAL HOLMES.

Child of ORIE SANDERS and OLIVER HOLMES is:

i. AMANDA "AMA" ASENATH⁶ HOLMES, b. June 3, 1889; m. JOE MUNCEY.

Notes for AMANDA "AMA" ASENATH HOLMES:

info provided by Debbie Lee, Milton Freewater, OR, 2/1999.

11. JOSEPH⁵ SANDERS (ISAAC NEWTON⁴, JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹) was born February 17, 1868 in Indiana. He married MAYME SCHWARTZ.

Children of JOSEPH SANDERS and MAYME SCHWARTZ are:

i. IRENE⁶ SANDERS.

ii. JOSEPHINE SANDERS.

iii. EVA RUTH SANDERS, b. March 3, 1904.

12. WILLIAM R.⁵ SANDERS (JOHN⁴, JOHN³, RICHARD², JOHN¹) was born November 24, 1857 in Oak Grove, llinois, and died March 26, 1926 in North Powder, Oregon. He married MARY A. MOORE November 1877 in Oak Grove, llinois.

Notes for WILLIAM R. SANDERS: 1900 census, Union county, North Powder precinct - Farmer. Both parents born in Indiana.

Notes for MARY A. MOORE: 1900 census, Union County, North Powder precinct lists birthplace of parents as: Father - Tennesee; Mother - North Carolina. Mother of 9 children, 7 living in 1900.

Children of WILLIAM SANDERS and MARY MOORE are:

i. CLOMA CALVIN⁶ SANDERS, b. June 14, 1882, Mt. Vernon, llinois; d. June 17, 1946, Halfway, Oregon; m. MARY SCHNEIDER, December 25, 1906, Cornucopia, Oregon.

Notes for CLOMA CALVIN SANDERS: 1900 census was a farm laborer (age 17) for John W. Ferguson, North Powder precinct, Baker, county..

Notes for MARY SCHNEIDER:

Obituary listed in the Baker Democrat-Harold, Baker, Oregon, Monday, June 7, 1954. Buried in Pine Haven Cemetary, Halfway, Oregon. She was an active member of the Christian Church and the Rebekahs Lodge.

ii. ISSAC N SANDERS, b. December 1883, Illinois; m. MRS. SANDERS.

Notes for ISSAC N SANDERS: 1900 census, Union county, North Powder precinct lists him as being a 16-year old farm laborer.

iii. ASENATH PEARL SANDERS, b. August 15, 1885, Walnut Hill, Illinois; d. 1978, North Powder, Oregon; m. RUFUS FRANK DALTON, March 8, 1908, Baker, Oregon.

iv. ORA ANES SANDERS, b. June 29, 1888, North Powder, Oregon; m. FITZ HUGH LEE, July 1, 1906, Baker, Oregon.

v. JOHN HERBERT SANDERS, b. February 19, 1890, North Powder, OR; d. August 14, 1925, North Powder, OR; m. BLANCHE J. JONES, 1913, Portland, Oregon.

Notes for JOHN HERBERT SANDERS: Headstone reads John J. Sanders.

vi. CHRISSIE ELISABATHE SANDERS, b. April 19, 1892, North Powder, Oregon; d. August 23, 1892, North Powder, Oregon.

vii. EARL ROBERT SANDERS, b. April 22, 1895, North Powder, Oregon; d. Union; m. OPAL BERRY, 1924.

viii. CORA MAY SANDERS, b. February 16, 1900, Union, Oregon; d. October 15, 1991, Huntington, Oregon; m. HOMER LEO BIRCHMIER, November 9, 1917, Huntington, Oregon.

Notes for CORA MAY SANDERS: Buried in North Powder cemetary

Notes for HOMER LEO BIRCHMIER: Buried in North Powder cemetary.

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Last updated June 15, 1999