Thomas was born about 1809, the son of Thomas Sanders
and Elizabeth Rook. About 1833, he married Olivia Eliza Lebo. He passed away in 1865 and is buried at Sanders Cemetery, Old Lawton, McNairy, Tennessee.
Sources
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDP-9HR : 12 April 2016), Thomas Sanders, McNairy county, part of, McNairy, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1658, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
Sanders, Howard Karl, A Sanders Family: Northants to Texas in 500 Years, Tapestry Press, Ltd., Acton, MA, 1996, Pg 86-87.
See also:
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 November 2018), memorial page for Thomas Sanders (1809–Apr 1865), Find A Grave Memorial no. 170911623, citing Sanders Cemetery, Old Lawton, McNairy County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Michael Burk (contributor 46985680) .
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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: