Rufus Franklin Sanders (1836 - 1914)

Born 26 Oct 1836 in Troup County, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Almeda Pope (Aycock) Sanders — married 3 Jan 1868 in Chambers County, Alabama

Descendants

Died 3 Aug 1914 at age 77 in Chambers County, Alabama, United States

Biography

Rufus Sanders is a Military Veteran.
Served in the American Civil War

Rufus was born October 26, 1836 .

He enlisted as a Private on March 15, 1861 at LaFayette Alabama in the 7th Alabama, LaFayette Guards. He continued service until 1862, discharged at Tuscambia Alabama. He reenlisted at Rome, Georgia in Company I, 8th Confederate Calvary and continued until paroled on June 1. 1865. ^[1]

He married Almedia Aycock on January 2, 1869 in Chambers County. ^[2]

He died, at the age of 77, on August 3, 1914 in Chambers County, Alabama.^[3] He is buried at the Sanders Cemetery, Chambers County, Alabama.^[4]

Research Notes

His obituary and headstone state his date of death as August 3, 1914. His death record states it as August 4, 1914

Sources

1. ↑ "Alabama, U.S., Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865", Civil War Soldiers. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama, Ancestry Record 61017 #117797 (accessed 30 October 2022), Name: Rufus Franklin Sanders; Birth Date: 26 Oct 1836; Birth Place: USA, Georgia, Troup County, Near LaGrange; Enlistment Date: 15 Mar 1861; Enlistment Place: Alabama, USA; Enlistment Age: 24; Regiment or Unit: 7th Alabama Regiment; Company Unit Name: Lafayette Guard; Enlistment Info: Alabama, Lafayette, Private, Served To Mar 15/62; Discharge Info: Alabama, Tuscumbee, (See Remarks); Remarks: Re-enlisted April 1, 1862 at Rome, Georgia in Co. I, 8th Confederate And served to June 1, 1865.; Address 1907 - Dadeville, Alabama; Author: Census, Tax Assessor, Chambers Co. 1907-08.
2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKMB-Q5SX : 19 February 2021), Rufus F Sanders and Almidia Aycock, 02 Jan 1869; citing Chambers, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,863,293.
3. ↑ "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD6P-FWL : 30 March 2021), Rufus Sanders, 1914.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16004296/rufus-franklin-sanders: accessed 30 October 2022), memorial page for Rufus Franklin Sanders (26 Oct 1836–3 Aug 1914), Find A Grave: Memorial #16004296 citing Sanders Cemetery, Chambers County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Doug B (contributor 102) .

See Also:

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHPT-72P : 12 April 2016), Rufus F Sanders in household of Jordan Sanders, Chambers county, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing family 510, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHVR-1MJ : 28 May 2021), Rufus Sanders, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J7-DSV : 13 January 2022), Rufus Sanders, Election Precinct 4 Wise, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9Z1-D95 : accessed 30 October 2022), Ruf F Sanders, Precinct 4 Tramell Crossroads, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5, sheet 18B, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,006.
• "Alabama, Census of Confederate Veterans, 1907, 1921, 1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DP-WJN8 : 17 March 2018), Rufus Franklin Sanders, 1907; citing Dadeville, Tallapoosa, Alabama, United States, citing Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,533,727.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK3T-7KT : accessed 30 October 2022), Rufus F Sanders, Wise, Chambers, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 19, sheet 20B, family 386, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 5; FHL microfilm 1,374,018.
• Book: "Confederate Soldiers from Chambers County, Alabama and Thereabouts", Carl Summers Jr. Editor, Chattahoochee Historical Society, Inc. Publication No. 16, 1993 (dates are quoted from book and do not agree with profile)
• Family Search Profile for Rufus Franklin Sanders