Father: John Sanders b: 2 MAR 1787 in Rowan County, North Carolina
Mother: Abby Alexandria Richardson Robins b: 18 AUG 1796 in Wilkes County, North Carolina

Graduated from medical school in 1860. Joined the 1st Ark. Inf. Feb. 1861. Wounded in action.

Children:
I. LENA SANDERS, b. 1866, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. Bef. 1870, Alcorn County, Mississippi. (based on 1878 statement of her father's memoir)

II. SIMEON ALONZO LON SANDERS, b. September 29, 1867, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. November 08, 1942, St. Louis County, Missouri; m. IDA S. SHARP, April 24, 1891, Alcorn County, Mississippi; b. March 27, 1867, Tennessee; d. 1942, St. Louis County, Missouri.


III. EARL BRUTON SANDERS, b. Nov. 19, 1868 Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. 1921, St. Louis County, Missouri.

IV. MARCUS MARION SANDERS, b. April 02, 1871, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. August 03, 1888, Alcorn County, Mississippi.

V. EDNA SANDERS, b.Mar. 21, 1873, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. Bef. 1900, Alcorn County, Mississippi.

VI. UNKNOWN SANDERS, b. Bet. 1875 - 1884, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. Bef. 1900, Alcorn County, Mississippi.

VII. HUBERT SANDERS, b. May 16, 1878, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. May 26, 1909, St. Louis County, Missouri. (not sure where the info that he died in 1909 in St. Louis County, Missouri comes from)


VIII. ADDIE Irene SANDERS, b. February 1883, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. Aft. 1900.

IX. MAY SANDERS, b. September 24, 1885, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. December 01, 1889, Alcorn County, Mississippi.

X. HELEN SANDERS, b. October 24, 1887, Alcorn County, Mississippi; d. Aft. 1900.

XI.JOHN Guy SANDERS, b. December 30, 1889, Alcorn County, Mississippi.

Married to Cynthia 18 Dec 1865 Tishomingo County