The name Sanders is of English or Scottish descent. It is
derived from the medieval given name of Sander, which is a form
of the name Alexander. It means "helper of mankind".
1. _____ SAUNDERS died before1820.
_____ married Elizabeth. She was born 1760-70 and died before 7 May 1832, when her estate was settled in Washington Co., GA.
issue:
2. a. Burwell m. Nancy _____.
3. b. Daniel
c. son b. 1810-15
d. dau b. 1810-15
2. BURWELL SANDERS son of Elizabeth Saunders, born 1780-90 in North Carolina and died before 1860.
Burwell married Nancy _____. She was born circa 1800 in GA. Her parents were born in Georgia. Nancy was living in the Poor House in Morgan Co., GA in 1860. Nancy and an Elizabeth
Sanders, age 27, were living next door to Nancy's son Jeremiah
in 1870. In 1880, Nancy and Lucinda were living with James
Sanders.
issue: (Taken from list of children schooled by the poor fund in 1832. They may be Burwell and/or Daniel Sanders' children. 1820 census shows 2 sons under 5 and no daughters for Burwell)
a. E. b. 1815 (may be a sister or brother)
b. Sarah b. 1817, m. 11 Oct 1838 in Washington Co., GA to William Meeks
4. c. Jeremiah b. 1815-18 GA, m1. Martha Smith, m2. Cynthia Jane Calahan
5. d. James b. 1817-20 GA, m. Eliza Hansen.
6. e. Lucinda b. 1824 GA, m. 11 Mar 1847 in Washington Co., GA to William K. Register
f. M. b. 1826
g. son b. 1830-35 (same as e.?)
h. dau b. 1830-35 (same as f.?)
i. son b. 1835-40
j. dau b. 1835-40
4. JEREMIAH SANDERS (Burwell1) son of Burwell Sanders and Nancy _____, born about 1815 in GA and died in Pike Co., Alabama. In 1860 and 1870 he was living in Troy, Alabama. Living in the household in the 1860 census was a Thomas Sanders, born 1834 in Georgia. Jeremiah served in Co. H, 3rd Btn. AL Reserves in the War Between the States, where he served in the defense of Mobile Bay in Ala. He was given a medical discharge. There is a Jeremiah Sanders serving in the 44th Ga Vol. Inf., but he is not thought to be our Jeremiah because of his age.
Jeremiah married 5 Feb 1844 in Washington Co., Georgia to
Martha Smith. She was born about 1815 in Georgia and apparently
died sometime between the 1860 and 1870 census.
A Mary Sanders died intestate in Washington Co., GA. On 27 Mar1843, Lorel Smith was named administrator of her estate. It is not known if these people were related to Jeremiah Sanders or Martha Smith.
issue:
a. David b. 1845 GA
7. b. Charles I. b. 1846 GA, d. 1921, m. Francis Wealthy Reese
c. Martha F. b. 1849 AL
d. Lee b. 1850 AL, m. 1872 Martha L. Hickman
e. Ambrose b. 1853 AL
f. Hardeman b. 1855 AL
g. Charles b. 1857 AL
h. Walter b. 1861 AL
i. Sarah b. 1862 AL
Jeremiah married second Cynthia (or Synthia) Jane Calahan on 8 Sep 1865 in Pike Co., AL. She was born about 1839 in Alabama.
no issue
7. CHARLES I. SANDERS (Jeremiah2, Burwell1) son of Jeremiah Sanders and Martha Smith, born 9 Dec 1845 in Georgia, died 23 Jan 1921, and is buried in the Mt. Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery south of Elba in Coffee Co., Alabama (The church was Mt. Pleasant in 1989, but DePratt lists it as Old Bethlehem Baptist Church in 1976.) The census lists Charles' birth date as Dec 1846, instead of 1845 as shown on his tombstone.
Charles was a member of Co. G 63rd Ala. Inf. in the War
Between the States, and was present at the 1907 reunion held in
Elba, AL (per an article published 1953 in the Elba Clipper.)
Charles enlisted on September 7, 1864. His enlistment papers
say that he was 16 years old, (though this does not match either
of the above birthdates.) His description card lists him as
being 5'8" tall, with blue eyes and light hair. He fought at
Fort Gaines and Spanish Fort, before being sent to Blakely where
he was captured and sent to Ship Island, MS as a Prisoner of War
on April 15, 1865. (He was paroled the following May in
Meridian, MS). It is probable that he could not write. His
parole papers were signed with his mark.
In the 1880 census he is listed as a carpenter living on
Fairview St. in Troy, Alabama. In 1900 he was a merchant and
living on Clayton St. in Elba, Alabama. In 1910 he had moved to
Geneva Co. In 1920 he was living in Coffee Co. with his
daughter Ludie and her husband John Davis.
Charles married 13 Jan 1867 in Pike Co., Alabama to Francis "Fannie" Wealthy Reese, daughter of William Reese and Elizabeth Hussey. She was born 14 Jun 1849 in Alabama, died 22 Jun 1911, and is buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
issue:
9. a. Frances "Fanny" Belle. b. 1867 AL, m. William Lee Culver
10. b. Mattie A. b. 1869 AL, d. 22 Sep 1955, m1. _____ Brooks, m2. James Ebenezer Odom
11. c. Jeremiah Markus b. 1873 AL, d. 1946, m. Josephine P. Davis
12. d. David T. b. 1877 AL, d. 1966 FL, m. Ludy King
13. e. Ludie b. Dec 1880 AL, d. 1956, m. John Davis
14. f. Bettie Merilla b. 19 Jun 1882 AL, d. 8 Aug 1927, m. Walter Lou Odom
15. g. Oglethorpe "Bud" b. 1885 AL, d. 1953 MS, m. Eva Mae Baston
h. William b. 2 Apr 1885 AL, d. young (Oglethorpe's twin)
i. Charles Dolin b. 29 Jun 1888 AL, d. 8 Jul 1911 (died of snake bite)
16. j. Maggie Mae b. 1891 AL, d. 1924 FL, m1. John Rose, m2. Alvin Miller
15. OGLETHORPE B. "BUD" SANDERS (Charles3, Jeremiah2, Burwell1) son of Charles Sanders and Frances Wealthy Reese, born 2 Apr 1885 in Troy, Pike Co., Alabama, died 16 Jul 1953 in Madison Co., Mississippi and is buried in Sardis Methodist Church
Cemetery in Coffee Co., Alabama. Oglethorpe's twin brother
William died as an infant. Oglethorpe lived in Dale Co.,
Alabama in 1910. He moved to Mississippi late in life and lived
in Cary and Sharkey Co.
Oglethorpe married first 14 Mar 1909 in Geneva Co., Alabama to Eva Mae Baston, daughter of James Troup Baston and Martha Catharine Tullis. She was born Apr 1891 in Pike Co., Alabama and died 19 Dec 1918 of pneumonia in Coffee Co.,
Alabama.
issue:
28. a. Obed b. 1909 AL, d. 1960, m1. Lillian Davis, m2. Dora Mae Boddie
29. b. Ralph Herbert b. 1914 AL, m1. Margaret McArly, m2. Estelle ____
30. c. James Charlie b. 1916 AL, d. 1985, MS, m. Ruby E. Hall
31. d. Raymond Hubert b. 1917 AL, m. Adeline _____
Oglethorpe married second 22 Feb 1920 in Coffee Co., Alabama to Della Churchwell.
issue:
32. e. Leslie Donald b. 4 Nov 1925 AL, m. Pauline Whatley
33. f. Bessie Doris, b. 4 Nov 1925 AL, m. William K. Wilkerson
Oglethorpe married third to Mandy Churchwell.
no known issue.
Oglethorpe married fourth to Mary Fee. (Mary Nell Sanders Ervin Bass was named after Mary Fee and Nellie Mauldin).
no known issue.
30. JAMES CHARLIE SANDERS (Oglethorpe4, Charles3, Jeremiah2, Burwell1) son of Oglethorpe Sanders and Eva Mae Baston, born 24 Dec 1916 in Clintonville, Coffee Co., AL, died of a heart attack on 13 Mar 1985 in Jackson, Hinds Co., MSi, and was buried 15 Mar 1985 in Green Acres Cemetery in Vicksburg, Warren Co., MS. James was brought to Sunflower Co., MS by his older brother Obed. James was a pipefitter, a Baptist, and was in the Navy during World War II.
James Charlie married 1 Nov 1936 in Anguilla, Sharkey Co., MS to Ruby Elizabeth Hall, daughter of Lee Jackson Hall and Nellie Irene Mauldin. She was born 24 Apr 1922 in Silver City,
Humphreys Co., Mississippi.
Ruby Elizabeth Hall told us that she remembers the first time she saw James Sanders. She had gone to her Aunt Ethel's house to pull corn. James was tan, muscular and very handsome; it was love at first sight. She even went back to school and told her classmates that she had met the man that she was going to marry, even though she couldn't remember his name. They did get married and they moved twelve times the first year they were
married. Their first house had two rooms with shutters, but no
windows. They love each other still, though they are apart.
issue:
37. a. Mary Nell b. 1938 MS, m1 Otto Guy Ervin, m2. Charles Delano Bass.
38. b. Betty Jean b. 1940 MS, m1. James L. Pettway, m2. Terry George Parta
39. c. Patricia Lee b. 1942 MS, m1. Charles W. Barrett, m2.William Graves, m3. Richard Linwood Whatley
40. d. Jack Curtis b. 1943 MS, m. Sarah Grace Warnock
41. e. Donald Lamar b. 1946 MS, m. Janet Sue Dishon
42. f. Jo Ann b. 1947, MS, m. Edwin Lamar Harris
43. g. Nancy Gail b. 1951 MS, m1. Rudy E. Davis, m2. George C. Poore, m3. Kenneth Wayne Nettles Jr.
44. h. Emmett Lee b. 1954 MS, m. Judy Sanders
45. i. Debra Lynn b. 1956 MS, m. Marvin Lynn Breland
46. j. Billy Wayne b. 1957 MS, m1. Norah Germany, m2. Jamie Renee Kemp
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