SANDERS ANNEX
Anne Parilee
(Sanders) Watkins Pedigree
(Start at generation 4, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 5 April 2023
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Origin of
the surname “Sanders:”
Generation
7
6 Reverend Harden/Arden Sanders
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Died .
2. Wife: Elizabeth (?)
Born . Died .
3. Children:
a. Jessie L. Sanders "Jepe":
(male) Born 30 July 1817, perhaps in/near Rogersville, Hawkins County,
Tennessee. Died 7
March/November 1910 at Wrightsboro, Gonzales County,
Texas. In 1896 visited his
brother, Benjamin in Fannin County, Texas.
Jesse Sanders married (1st) Margarette
C. Brethrie (b. , d. 28 May 1876 at Bracketville,
TX) on 1 February 1838 and had the following children:
(1. Zarada Sanders: Born
about 1840.
(2. A. C. Sanders: Born about 1850. Inherited his parents'
homestead tract.
(3. Jerry A. Sanders: Born about 1858.
Jesse Sanders married (2nd) Sarah (Reagain) Harris (b. , d. 27 Aug
1900) on 7 May 1888 in Gonzales County, Texas, with Reverend Briggs
officiating. Sarah had married (1st) (?)
Harris and had at least the following son:
(4. J./H. S./A. Sanders:
Veteran of the Mexican-Amerian War. Resided at Wrightsboro, Gonzales County, Texas.
b. Benjamin Richard Sanders: See generation
5, below.
5 Benjamin Richard Sanders
"Ben"
1. Biographical notes:
Born 22 July 1823, perhaps in/near Rogersville,
Hawkins County, Tennessee. Died 26 January 1897 in Fannin
County, Texas; interred there in Burns Cemetery with 2nd wife. Described as a big man. For years was Post
Master and Justice of the Peace at Bells, Grayson County, Texas.
1870 US Census: Ben R. Sanders, age 47 (b. TN) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Fannin
County, Texas. The household also
included his wife, Nancy J. Sanders, age 45 (b. TN); daughter, Elizabeth
Sanders, age 22 (b. TN); son, Reuben Sanders, age 20 (b. TN); daughter, Annie
P. Sanders, age 18 (b. TN); son, William Sanders, age 16 (b. TN); son, Arden
Sanders, age 12 (b. TX); Joe C. Sanders, age 9 (b. TX); step-son, Adam Watkins,
age 18 (b. TX); step-daughter, Josephine Watkins, age 11 (b. TX); step-son,
George P. Watkins, age 8 (b. TX); and step-son, Joseph M. Watkins, age 6 (b.
TX).
2. Wife #1: Eliza Jane
Frazier
a.
Biographical notes:
Born 22 October 1823 in Tennessee. Died 31
October 1862, age 40 years, 9 days, in Fannin County,
Texas; interred there in Porters Cemetery.
b.
Children:
(1. Jessie L. Sanders: Born about 1847 in
Tennessee. Died in
Texas. Married Laura Jones (b.
abt 1854) in February 1870 in Fannin County, Texas
and had the following son:
(a. Benjamin Richard
Sanders, II: Born 1873 in Clay County, Texas.
Died 2/3 January 1942, age 69, in at Bowie Township, Montague County,
Texas, where he had resided 48 years. Had 4 sons and 3 daughters.
(2. Elizabeth Ellen Sanders "Ellen": (photos)
Born about 1848 in Tennessee. Died 27
August 1873, age 25, at Wills Point.
(3. Reuben Sanders: Born about 1848 in
Tennessee. Died in
Oklahoma. Married (?) and had
children, including:
(a. Ella Sanders: Helped raise her siblings when her
mother died young. Married
(?) Keys and had at least the following daughter:
(1) Mary Keys.
(4. Anne Parilee
Sanders: See generation 4, below.
(5. William F. Sanders "Uncle Bill": Born
1854 in Fannin County, Texas. Died 1929. Married Emma Aldridge/Aldredge (b. 1867, d.
1935), daughter of Samuel T. and Margaret Ann (Andrews) Aldridge, and had the
following children:
(a. Grace Sanders: Married
(?) Roberts.
(b. Jerome Sanders: Born 1891. Died 1918. Married J. Claude Sears,
son of Chris C. Sears.
(c. Charles Samders.
(d. Mack Sanders: Died young.
(a. Ralph Sanders: Born 6 October 1901. Died 18 May 1937.
(b. Max Sanders: Born 5 April 1894. Died 26 December 1908.
(6. Hannah C. Sanders: Born 24 February 1857. Died 27 October 1862, age 5 years, 5 months,
and 8 days; interred Porter Cemetery. Enumerated with her parents and siblings in the 1860 US Census.
(6. Arden Sanders: Born 2 February 1858. Died 31 January 1948. Resided with his brother,
Joe, below. Never
married.
(7. Joseph "Joe" Clemmons Sanders: Born 17
July 1861 in Fannin County, Texas. Died there 1 November 1932. Married Mary Frances Legg (photos)
and had the following children:
(a. Effie Sanders: Married Randolph Wilson
"Pack," son of Bird Wilson.
(b. Floyd Sanders: Married Cleo (?) and had the
following children:
(1) Ardel Sanders: Married
Ralph Tilger.
(2) Marietha Sanders:
Married (?) Crawford.
(3) Alta Sanders.
(c. Ada Sanders: Married
Bill Cox. Resided in Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas. Their home burned in 1928, destroying all
records.
3. Wife #2: Nancy Jane (McFarland) Watkins
(photos)
Born 5 November 1825 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Died 26 October 1902 in Trenton Township, Fannin
County, Texas. Married (1st)
Joseph C. Watkins (b. 5 Nov 1825, d. 26 Oct 1902)(see
gen 5 of the Watkins Annex); no children. Married (2nd) Benjamin Richard Sanders on 8 November 1869 in Fannin County, Texas.
4 Anne Parilee Sanders: (photos)
"Annie"/"Parilee"
Born 22
March 1852 in Jefferson County, Tennessee. Died
21 August 1922 in Bonham Township, Fannin County, Texas,
while visiting the residence of her daughter, Bennie (Watkins) Ford; interred
Burns Cemetery. Married
Adam Watkins, generation 4 of the Watkins
Annex on 26 February 1873 in Trenton Township, Fannin
County, Texas.
See Watkins
Annex for More Info
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