Individual Details

George Lafayette Sanders

(19 Feb 1856 - 2 Mar 1933)

SANDERS-G. L., aged 77, passed away Thursday night at 10:30 at his residence on the Mountain Creek road. He is survived by his wife and four sons. Ed, Joe, and Roy, of Chattanooga, and C. M., of California; two daughters, Mrs. W.A. Hart, and Mrs. J.C. Ray of Chattanooga; also three brothers and three sisters. He was a member of the Mountain Creek Baptist church. Funeral services will be held from the Red Bank Baptist church at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon, with the Rev. J.G. Blessingame and the Rev. Pikler officiating. Interment in the Red Bank cemetery. Grandsons of the deceased will serve as pallbearers. Coulter's in charge.
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George married Sarah Miranda Harrison 
28 Nov 1876. They had seven known children:

Edward Uriah Sanders
1877 – 1953
Maria Sanders
1878 – 
Ada Lee Sanders
1879 – 1943
Charles Morris Sanders
1883 – 1972
Sallie Augusta Sanders Rhea
1885 – 1951
Joseph Lafayette Sanders
1888 – 
Roy Michael Sanders
1894 – 1935 

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Name: G L Sanders
Birth Date: abt 1856
Birth Place: Tennessee
Age: 77
Death Date: 3 Mar 1933
Death Place: Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee
Burial Date: 4 Mar 1933
Cemetery Name: Red Bank Cemetery
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Married
Residence Place: Mtn Creek, Tennessee
Occupation: Farmer
Father's Name: A J Sanders
Father's Birth Place: North Carolina
Mother's name: Margaret Crowder
Mother's Birth Place: North Carolina
Spouse's Name: Ida Sanders
FHL Film Number: 1876799 
 
Family links: 
 Parents:
  A J Saunders (1829 - 1889)
  Margaret Crowder Saunders (1836 - 1892)
 
 Spouse:
  Sarah Miranda Harrison Sanders (1857 - 1921)
 
 Children:
  Edward Uriah Sanders (1877 - 1953)*
  Ada Lee Sanders Hart (1879 - 1943)*
  Charles Morris Sanders (1883 - 1972)*
  Sallie Augusta Sanders Rhea (1885 - 1951)*
  Roy Michael Sanders (1894 - 1935)*

Events

Birth19 Feb 1856Hamilton County, Tennessee
Death2 Mar 1933Hamilton County, Tennessee
BurialRed Bank Cemetery, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Families

SpouseSarah Miranda Harrison (1857 - 1921)
ChildAda Lee Sanders (1879 - 1943)

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