Martha Jane (Simmons) Sanders [1]
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1850
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 59
Death Date: 26 Dec 1909
Death Place: Nashville, Davidson
Father's name: J B Simmons
Mother's name: Sarah E Felts
Marriage to John J. Sanders on Dec 30, 1869 in Dickson County, Tennessee. [2] Note: marriage certificate indicates name M.J. Fussell - unsure why - no record of her being married before and no other record of this name associated with her.
1880 Census: Dickson County, Tennessee. Martha (27) and husband John (40), children William (9), Leonard (6), and Clarence (4). [3]
Sources
↑ "Tennessee Deaths and Burials, 1874-1955," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F65J-G2K : 8 December 2014), Sarah E. Felts in entry for Martha Jane Sanders, 26 Dec 1909; citing Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, reference v 5 rn 1949; FHL microfilm 1,276,594.
↑ Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm Image.
↑ 1880 United States Federal Census record. Year: 1880; Census Place: District 6, Dickson, Tennessee; Roll: 1252; Family History Film: 1255252; Page: 327D; Enumeration District: 035
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