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Submitted: 1/3/19 • Approved: 1/8/19 • Last Updated: 1/11/19 • R816303-G0-S3
John Wesley Sanders
25 Dec 1812
Grainger County, Tennessee, USA
28 Jul 1863 (aged 50)
Hurley, Missouri
Husband of Arrena (Bundon) Sanders and father of Bradford T. Sanders.
Much has been written about the Sanders family in the Stone County Historical books. John Sanders and James A. Barnard (original owner of Short cemetery property) were both shot within seconds of each other while sitting on Sanders porch during the Civil War. Unknown if by Union or Confederates.
Contributed on 1/3/19 by Stonecountyskillet
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