Thomas Elijah Sanders (1861 - 1934)

Born 24 Nov 1861 in Pawnee Township, Sangamon, Illinois, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane Frances (Jenkins) Sanders — married 18 Feb 1884 in Sangamon, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Nov 1934 at age 72 in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States

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Thomas Sanders was an Illinoisan.

Biography

Thomas Elijah Sanders was born on 24 November 1861 in Pawnee Township, Sangamon, Illinois to Robert Elisha Sanders and Isabella Bridges.

He married Sarah Jane Frances Jenkins on 18 February 1884 in Sangamon County, Illinois and together they had thirteen children.

Thomas passed away on 14 November 1934 in Alton, Madison, Illinois and was buried the next day in Horse Creek Cemetery in Pawnee.

Obituary

Thomas Elisiah Sanders, 72, died early this morning at the home of his son, John Sanders, 553 East Third street, his death occurring a short time after his arrival there for an extended visit. Previously he had resided with a son near Godfrey.

Sanders was born Nov. 24, 1861 at Pawnee, Ill. He had resided in this area for the last 14 years. He had been in failing health for three years, but his condition had not been cause for alarm, and yesterday he came to Alton to visit his son here and probably remain for the winter.

Twelve children and his widow, Mrs. Sarah Sanders, survive. The children are John and Amiel of Alton, Virgil, Robert, Russel, and Mrs. Helen Mender, all of Pawnee, Mrs. Lizzie Fry and Ralph Sanders of Virden, Mrs. Edith Welch, Springfield, Mrs. Inez Markle and Mrs. Erma Wolf, Divernon and Mrs. Ruth Austin, La Salle.

Funeral rites, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m., at the residence of Virgil Sanders in Pawnee. Burial will be in Horse Creek cemetery. Cotton Hill county. The funeral cortege will leave Alton at 8 a.m., Thursday to go to Pawnee. The body may be seen this evening at the Streeper funeral home.

- "T.E. Sanders Dies at Age of 72". Alton Evening Telegram, 14 November 1934, pg. 2.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas Saunders in entry for Robt Saunders, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas E Sanders in household of R E Sanders, Pawnee, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 214, sheet 415D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,249.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas E Sanders, Divernon & Pawnee Townships Pawnee vill., Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 14B, family 290, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,344.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas Sanders, Pawnee, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 178, sheet 20A, family 448, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 326; FHL microfilm 1,374,339.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas Sanders, 1920.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch, Thomas E Sanders, Pawnee, Sangamon, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 81, sheet 8A, line 12, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 558; FHL microfilm 2,340,293.
• Marriage of Thomas E Sanders and Sarah F Jenkins in the Illinois, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900. Ancestry.com, Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900. Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Specific source information is listed with each entry.
• "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch, Thomas Elisiah Sanders, 14 Nov 1934; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,712,221.
• Newspapers.com: "T.E. Sanders Dies at Age of 72". Alton Evening Telegram, 14 November 1934, pg. 2.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #201850230

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