James
Sanders
Born in Green County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Sanders
and Mary Woolard
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Elizabeth Cottrell
— married
18 Jan 1827 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Sally (Sanders) Bratcher and Mary (Sanders) Thompson
Died
at age 28
in Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Apr 2015
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Biography
- James Sanders drowned in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee on 9 Apr 1832, following a fire on the steamboat Brandywine. A total of 61 people drowned or burned to death as a result of the accident. James Sanders and a friend named Atterberry were returning from a trip down the Mississippi River to New Orleans on a flatboat where they sold their crops. After the sale, they bought passage aboard the steamboat for the trip back to their home in Hart County, Kentucky. But the fateful accident resulted in Sanders' death, although Atterbury survived to report the sad news to the widow Betsy (Cottrell) Sanders. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Childress, J. Anderson, Childress, Leda & Childress, Garland K., Beyond the Crossroads
- Downs, Barry W. The Sanders Family of Edmonson County, Kentucky: First Families of the Forks. 1989. McDowell Publications. Utica, Kentucky.
- US Census Records
- Hart County, Kentucky Tax Lists
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Charles Sanders
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #751284 - Rocky Sanders :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #792398
- Doyle Sanders :
Y-Chromosome Test 30 markers, haplogroup R-M269
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Carleen (Starnes) Jaggers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SV1954609 [compare], Ancestry member jagabag
-
~3.12%
Doug Thompson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T531909 [compare], FTDNA kit #663077
-
~1.56%
Lisa Day :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
Edith (Saunders) Frank :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member minaretgirl
-
~1.56%
Brian Thompson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member bri_thomp
-
~1.56%
Bernice (Meredith) Smith :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member t_lynnemail
-
~0.78%
Elaine (Vincent) Parsley :
23andMe, GEDmatch RK7976973 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Anna (Criswell) Holden :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Tom_Clemons
-
~0.78%
Randy Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T516287 [compare]
-
~0.78%
James Wilson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T278202 [compare], Ancestry member James_Cletus
-
~0.78%
Grey Vincent :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member cavb8116
-
~0.78%
Rhoda (Hester) Lucas :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Eric_Hester
-
~0.78%
Judi (Norene) Corbin :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member judic9999
-
~0.78%
Jimmy Sanders :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A123957 [compare]
-
~0.78%
V. (Webster) Green :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A090963 [compare], Ancestry member vfgreen
-
~0.78%
Jo (Meredith) Roberson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Josephine_Roberson
-
~0.78%
Judith Wilson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T050560 [compare], FTDNA kit #334152
-
~0.78%
Estelle (Lindsey) Wheat :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T018927 [compare], FTDNA kit #442018
-
~0.78%
David Bird :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T687582 [compare], FTDNA kit #154936
-
~0.78%
Barton Musick :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T951297 [compare], FTDNA kit #180224
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch SW5330747 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Glenn Meredith :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T897682 [compare], FTDNA kit #132911
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch HV4835157 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Esther (Crain) Turner :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T245562 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Leon Houchin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.78%
James Cannon :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LD6545313 [compare], FTDNA kit #722955
-
~0.78%
Phyllis (Minton) Bartlett :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch HH4703248 [compare]
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Paula (Cullen) Staunton
Sanders-9267 and Sanders-6150 appear to represent the same person because: Matching daughter
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