Susan Gano Sanders Tevis 1831-1902
Lloyd Tevis 1824-1899
Susan Gano Sanders was born 9 Feb 1831 in Franklin County, Kentucky to Colonel Lewis and Margaret (nee Price) Sanders. Her parents moved to Natchez, Mississippi and then in 1850 left for the California Gold Rush. Lewis Sanders is listed in the 1852 California census, living in Sacramento, California, occupation lawyer.
On 20 April 1854, Susan married lawyer Lloyd Tevis in Sacramento, California. Together they had six children, Henry, Margaret, Harry, Louisa, Hugh and William. Through his business and mining endeavors with partner and brother-in-law James Ben Ali Haggin, Lloyd Tevis became wealthy. The Tevis family along brother-in-law, Haggin and his wife, Eliza (Susan's sister) and family, were the first families to build mansions on Nob Hill in San Francisco. A portrait of Susan Tevis painted by Mary Curtis Richardson in 1875 is part of the Smithsonian Art Collection.
Their grandson, William Tevis, named the Tevis Cup, a 100 mile endurance race through the Sierra Nevadas in honor of Lloyd Tevis.
Susan outlived her husband who died in 1899.
Lloyd Tevis 1824-1899
Susan Gano Sanders was born 9 Feb 1831 in Franklin County, Kentucky to Colonel Lewis and Margaret (nee Price) Sanders. Her parents moved to Natchez, Mississippi and then in 1850 left for the California Gold Rush. Lewis Sanders is listed in the 1852 California census, living in Sacramento, California, occupation lawyer.
On 20 April 1854, Susan married lawyer Lloyd Tevis in Sacramento, California. Together they had six children, Henry, Margaret, Harry, Louisa, Hugh and William. Through his business and mining endeavors with partner and brother-in-law James Ben Ali Haggin, Lloyd Tevis became wealthy. The Tevis family along brother-in-law, Haggin and his wife, Eliza (Susan's sister) and family, were the first families to build mansions on Nob Hill in San Francisco. A portrait of Susan Tevis painted by Mary Curtis Richardson in 1875 is part of the Smithsonian Art Collection.
Their grandson, William Tevis, named the Tevis Cup, a 100 mile endurance race through the Sierra Nevadas in honor of Lloyd Tevis.
Susan outlived her husband who died in 1899.
Susan Gano Sanders Tevis 1831-1902
Lloyd Tevis 1824-1899
Susan Gano Sanders was born 9 Feb 1831 in Franklin County, Kentucky to Colonel Lewis and Margaret (nee Price) Sanders. Her parents moved to Natchez, Mississippi and then in 1850 left for the California Gold Rush. Lewis Sanders is listed in the 1852 California census, living in Sacramento, California, occupation lawyer.
On 20 April 1854, Susan married lawyer Lloyd Tevis in Sacramento, California. Together they had six children, Henry, Margaret, Harry, Louisa, Hugh and William. Through his business and mining endeavors with partner and brother-in-law James Ben Ali Haggin, Lloyd Tevis became wealthy. The Tevis family along brother-in-law, Haggin and his wife, Eliza (Susan's sister) and family, were the first families to build mansions on Nob Hill in San Francisco. A portrait of Susan Tevis painted by Mary Curtis Richardson in 1875 is part of the Smithsonian Art Collection.
Their grandson, William Tevis, named the Tevis Cup, a 100 mile endurance race through the Sierra Nevadas in honor of Lloyd Tevis.
Susan outlived her husband who died in 1899.
Lloyd Tevis 1824-1899
Susan Gano Sanders was born 9 Feb 1831 in Franklin County, Kentucky to Colonel Lewis and Margaret (nee Price) Sanders. Her parents moved to Natchez, Mississippi and then in 1850 left for the California Gold Rush. Lewis Sanders is listed in the 1852 California census, living in Sacramento, California, occupation lawyer.
On 20 April 1854, Susan married lawyer Lloyd Tevis in Sacramento, California. Together they had six children, Henry, Margaret, Harry, Louisa, Hugh and William. Through his business and mining endeavors with partner and brother-in-law James Ben Ali Haggin, Lloyd Tevis became wealthy. The Tevis family along brother-in-law, Haggin and his wife, Eliza (Susan's sister) and family, were the first families to build mansions on Nob Hill in San Francisco. A portrait of Susan Tevis painted by Mary Curtis Richardson in 1875 is part of the Smithsonian Art Collection.
Their grandson, William Tevis, named the Tevis Cup, a 100 mile endurance race through the Sierra Nevadas in honor of Lloyd Tevis.
Susan outlived her husband who died in 1899.
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