Thomas
Wheeler
Sanders
Born in Shelbyville, Bedford, Tennessee, USA
Ancestors 
Son of John Sanders Jr.
and Mary (Allen) Sanders
Brother of
Stephen S. Sanders [half]
Husband of
Margaret Ann (Smotherman) Sanders
— married
17 Dec 1850 in Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA
Descendants 
Father of
William Wheeler Sanders
Died
at age 36
in The Battle of Shiloh
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Mar 2016
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Biography
There is a memorial headstone for Thomas in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, in Henry County, Tennessee, however, he was buried in a mass grave at the battle of Shiloh.
Sources
- Web: Tennessee, Find A Grave Index, 1777-2012, 1860 Census, Tennessee, Civil War Confederate Pension Applications Index, National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Catalog ID: 586957; Record Group #: 109; Roll #: 145
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~3.12%
Jennifer Hart
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A647226 [compare], Ancestry member jvenar1
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~3.12%
Homer Brown :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #321915
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~1.56%
Fred Ryan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A120041 [compare], Ancestry member K4YEH1
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~1.56%
James Smotherman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M412011 [compare]
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~0.78%
Valeria (Watkins) Hoffman :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Cathy Smotherman :
23andMe, GEDmatch T213314 [compare]
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #244431
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