Sarah "Sallie" Sanders was born 1847 in Johnston County, NC the eldest of 7 known surviving children (5 boys/2 girls) born to wealthy planter, Lucien Holmes Sanders and his wife, Martha Martitia Marsh. The family surname is often recorded as SAUNDERS.
She was the paternal grandchild of Archibald "Baldy" Sanders (1797-1866) and Delia Hunter Sanders (d/o Reuben & Kerri Ann Smith Sanders); and gr-grandchild of Col. John Sanders (1775-1830) and Jemima Jones who found the expansive plantation "Sanders Grove", near Smithfield, Johnston County. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, John Sanders of England (ca. 1683-1681) who settled in Nansemond County, VA where he patented 1600 acres of land in 1681. His grandson, James Sanders I (1713-1764) was the first of his line to come to North Carolina. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Alfred Henry Marsh & Sarah Elliot of Chatham Co, NC who removed to Asheboro, Randolph Co, NC.
Sallie was 19 years old on October 29, 1867 when she married 29-year old Civil War veteran, Capt. Thomas Richardson Hadley, IV.
The couple would reside in Wilson and would become parents to 9 known children: Addie Marsh Hadley (ca. 1868), Lucien Sanders Hadley (1868-1945), Kittie Sanders Hadley (ca. 1870), Martitia "Mattie" Hadley (1871-1952), Sarah "Sallie" Sanders Hadley (1873-1940), Thomas J. Hadley V. (1876-1908), and Mary Hadley (1879-aft 1920). Two more children -- Millicent Hadley and Luther Bell Hadley -- both died in infancy/childhood and their dates of birth/death are not known.
Both Sallie and Thomas were active with Civil War veterans' associations and Sallie contributed to the establishment of the Confederate Women's Home Cemetery in Fayetteville, whose entrance bears a plaque commemorating her.
Thomas was widowed when his wife 36 years died in 1903 at age 56. He survived her almost 14 years, passing in 1917 at the age of 79.
She was the paternal grandchild of Archibald "Baldy" Sanders (1797-1866) and Delia Hunter Sanders (d/o Reuben & Kerri Ann Smith Sanders); and gr-grandchild of Col. John Sanders (1775-1830) and Jemima Jones who found the expansive plantation "Sanders Grove", near Smithfield, Johnston County. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, John Sanders of England (ca. 1683-1681) who settled in Nansemond County, VA where he patented 1600 acres of land in 1681. His grandson, James Sanders I (1713-1764) was the first of his line to come to North Carolina. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Alfred Henry Marsh & Sarah Elliot of Chatham Co, NC who removed to Asheboro, Randolph Co, NC.
Sallie was 19 years old on October 29, 1867 when she married 29-year old Civil War veteran, Capt. Thomas Richardson Hadley, IV.
The couple would reside in Wilson and would become parents to 9 known children: Addie Marsh Hadley (ca. 1868), Lucien Sanders Hadley (1868-1945), Kittie Sanders Hadley (ca. 1870), Martitia "Mattie" Hadley (1871-1952), Sarah "Sallie" Sanders Hadley (1873-1940), Thomas J. Hadley V. (1876-1908), and Mary Hadley (1879-aft 1920). Two more children -- Millicent Hadley and Luther Bell Hadley -- both died in infancy/childhood and their dates of birth/death are not known.
Both Sallie and Thomas were active with Civil War veterans' associations and Sallie contributed to the establishment of the Confederate Women's Home Cemetery in Fayetteville, whose entrance bears a plaque commemorating her.
Thomas was widowed when his wife 36 years died in 1903 at age 56. He survived her almost 14 years, passing in 1917 at the age of 79.
Sarah "Sallie" Sanders was born 1847 in Johnston County, NC the eldest of 7 known surviving children (5 boys/2 girls) born to wealthy planter, Lucien Holmes Sanders and his wife, Martha Martitia Marsh. The family surname is often recorded as SAUNDERS.
She was the paternal grandchild of Archibald "Baldy" Sanders (1797-1866) and Delia Hunter Sanders (d/o Reuben & Kerri Ann Smith Sanders); and gr-grandchild of Col. John Sanders (1775-1830) and Jemima Jones who found the expansive plantation "Sanders Grove", near Smithfield, Johnston County. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, John Sanders of England (ca. 1683-1681) who settled in Nansemond County, VA where he patented 1600 acres of land in 1681. His grandson, James Sanders I (1713-1764) was the first of his line to come to North Carolina. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Alfred Henry Marsh & Sarah Elliot of Chatham Co, NC who removed to Asheboro, Randolph Co, NC.
Sallie was 19 years old on October 29, 1867 when she married 29-year old Civil War veteran, Capt. Thomas Richardson Hadley, IV.
The couple would reside in Wilson and would become parents to 9 known children: Addie Marsh Hadley (ca. 1868), Lucien Sanders Hadley (1868-1945), Kittie Sanders Hadley (ca. 1870), Martitia "Mattie" Hadley (1871-1952), Sarah "Sallie" Sanders Hadley (1873-1940), Thomas J. Hadley V. (1876-1908), and Mary Hadley (1879-aft 1920). Two more children -- Millicent Hadley and Luther Bell Hadley -- both died in infancy/childhood and their dates of birth/death are not known.
Both Sallie and Thomas were active with Civil War veterans' associations and Sallie contributed to the establishment of the Confederate Women's Home Cemetery in Fayetteville, whose entrance bears a plaque commemorating her.
Thomas was widowed when his wife 36 years died in 1903 at age 56. He survived her almost 14 years, passing in 1917 at the age of 79.
She was the paternal grandchild of Archibald "Baldy" Sanders (1797-1866) and Delia Hunter Sanders (d/o Reuben & Kerri Ann Smith Sanders); and gr-grandchild of Col. John Sanders (1775-1830) and Jemima Jones who found the expansive plantation "Sanders Grove", near Smithfield, Johnston County. She was a direct descendant of this family's patriarch, John Sanders of England (ca. 1683-1681) who settled in Nansemond County, VA where he patented 1600 acres of land in 1681. His grandson, James Sanders I (1713-1764) was the first of his line to come to North Carolina. On her mother's side, she was the maternal grandchild of Alfred Henry Marsh & Sarah Elliot of Chatham Co, NC who removed to Asheboro, Randolph Co, NC.
Sallie was 19 years old on October 29, 1867 when she married 29-year old Civil War veteran, Capt. Thomas Richardson Hadley, IV.
The couple would reside in Wilson and would become parents to 9 known children: Addie Marsh Hadley (ca. 1868), Lucien Sanders Hadley (1868-1945), Kittie Sanders Hadley (ca. 1870), Martitia "Mattie" Hadley (1871-1952), Sarah "Sallie" Sanders Hadley (1873-1940), Thomas J. Hadley V. (1876-1908), and Mary Hadley (1879-aft 1920). Two more children -- Millicent Hadley and Luther Bell Hadley -- both died in infancy/childhood and their dates of birth/death are not known.
Both Sallie and Thomas were active with Civil War veterans' associations and Sallie contributed to the establishment of the Confederate Women's Home Cemetery in Fayetteville, whose entrance bears a plaque commemorating her.
Thomas was widowed when his wife 36 years died in 1903 at age 56. He survived her almost 14 years, passing in 1917 at the age of 79.
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