Margaret Barker (Landers) Sanders (1848 - 1938)

Born 12 Feb 1848 in Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Wife of Webster Bettes (Howe) Randolph — married 26 Aug 1889 in Kirkland, Oneida, New York

Died 25 Jul 1938 at age 90 in Clinton, Oneida, New York

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Biography

Margaret Barker Landers was the only child of Rev. Stephen Presson Landers and Emily Barker. She was born on 12 Feb 1848 in West Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts. This town was renamed to Arlington in 1867. (The town of Arlington, Middlesex County, was formerly West Cambridge. On February 27, 1807, a part of Cambridge was established as West Cambridge. On February 25, 1842, a part of Charlestown was annexed to West Cambridge. On April 13, 1867, the name of the town of West Cambridge was changed to Arlington, which remained to this day.)

Margaret remained single for many years. She was an illustrator for several children's books and taught painting classes. She was a member of the Universalist Church of the Reconciliation in Utica, and a member of Oneida Chapter, D.A.R.

Miss Margaret B. Landers married widowed Rev. Webster Bettes Randolph (a.k.a. Asa B. Howe) on 26 Aug 1889 in Kirkland, Oneida, New York. The marriage record was issued in Clinton, Oneida Co., New York.^[1],^[2]

After Webster passed away, she married William Henry Sanford on 8 Sep 1896 in Oneida Co., New York, as his second wife. She outlived him in 1902,

She had no children, but had several step-sons and step-daughters.

She spent most of her life in Clinton and Utica, Oneida Co., New York.

Margaret Sanders passed away on 25 Jul 1938 in Clinton, Oneida Co., New York. She is buried with her second husband at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Clinton, Oneida Co., New York. She has a marker already engraved in her name at Newark Cemetery in Newark, Wayne Co., New York. (Obviously, they had made plans for her to be buried there but that didn't happen. So now it's a cenotaph).

Sources

• Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1840-1915, Boston (original record): "Margaret B. Landers, female, birth date 12 Feb 1848, birth place Cambridge [this transcription is an error, this record clearly says WEST Cambridge at the top], Massachusetts [this town is now called Arlington, when West Cambridge was renamed in 1867], Father Stephen P Landers, Mother Emily Landers."
• Massachusetts, Birth Records, 1620-1988, "Margaret B Landers, 12 Feb 1848, Arlington, Massachusetts, Stephen P Landers, Emily Landers.". This is the TYPED record, transcribed from the West Cambridge birth records.
• Family Bible Records in family possession
• 1850 US Census, Bainbridge, Oswego Co., NY
• 1855 NY State Census, can't find it, Chenango Co., NY
• 1860 US Census, Kirkland, Oneida Co., NY
• 1865 NY State Census, Kirkland, Oneida Co., NY
• 1870 US Census, Kirkland, Oneida Co., NY
• 1875 NY State Census - still looking
• 1880 US Census, Kirkland, Oneida Co., NY
• History, Biographical Sketches of Pastors, Confession of Faith and Constitution: Also a List of Members from Nov. 1841 to Mar. 1895 of the First Universalist Church, Worcester, Mass https://books.google.com/books?id=VqfVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA14&dq=webster+bettes+randolph&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d5csU6C5FcXuyQGt_oC4Dw&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=webster%20bettes%20randolph&f=false

• D.A.R. member #43993

• Note that The ORIGINAL birth record clearly says WEST Cambridge. In 1867, this town was renamed to ARLINGTON. This record is typed, obviously transcribed from the original West Cambridge records to the typed Arlington records.

1. ↑ Marriage Record of Webster Bettes Randolph and Margaret B. Landers, Oneida County, New York
2. ↑ First Universalist Church, 1843-1895

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