SANDERS, Levi Lindsey

SANDERS, Levi Lindsey

Male 1837 - 1917  (79 years)

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  • Name SANDERS, Levi Lindsey 
    Birth 21 Feb 1837  Jackson County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 10 Dec 1850  Township #2, Range 5, Jackson County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Military Between 1861 and 1865  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Blacksmith, Company O, Sixth Texas Cavalry Unit 
    Death 4 Jan 1917  Van Zandt County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Aft 4 Jan 1917  Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I5794  Pickel_Bartlett
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2009 

    Father SANDERS, Benjamin,   b. Abt 1804, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863 (Age 59 years) 
    Mother UNKNOWN, Matilda,   b. Abt 1824, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Bef 1837 
    Residence 10 Dec 1850  Township #2, Range 5, Jackson County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Family ID F1692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 SMITH, Sarah Frances,   b. Oct 1838, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage Abt 1877  [1
    Residence 15 Jun 1880  Justice Precinct No. 5, Van Zandt County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Farmer 
    • Listed as L.L. Sanders and S. F. Sanders
    Residence 2 Jun 1900  Justice Precinct No. 7, Van Zandt, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Farmer 
    Residence 18 Apr 1910  Justice Precinct No. 7, Van Zandt, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Farmer 
    Children 
     1. SANDERS, Morgan Gurley,   b. 14 Jul 1878, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1956, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     2. SANDERS, Grace Z.,   b. Jun 1881, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1687  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

    Family 2 COLLINS, Susan Ann,   b. 15 Sep 1842, Jackson County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1877, Van Zandt County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1860 
    Residence 6 Jun 1860  Breckenridge, Dallas County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Blacksmith 
    • [Susan] had three brothers, Leon, Van and Tom, who were Texas Rangers and who were stationed at Ft. Worth with Gen. Worth, who was in command of the fort, Ft. Worth being named in honor of him. And it was through the three brothers' influence that the Collins family came to Texas in the pioneer days, and Collin county was named in honor of some of the Collins boys.
    Residence 15 Sep 1870  Canton, Van Zandt, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    Children 
     1. SANDERS, Lorenzo Dow,   b. 28 Nov 1859, Brownsboro, Henderson, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1897, Smith County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 37 years)
     2. SANDERS, Henry W.,   b. Mar 1859, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. SANDERS, Emma L.,   b. Abt 1865, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. SANDERS, Linnie Ross,   b. 3 Aug 1866, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1953, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     5. SANDERS, Benjamin F.,   b. Jul 1868, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     6. SANDERS, Aaron J.,   b. Abt Apr 1870, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     7. SANDERS, Dr. Leon D.,   b. 2 Oct 1871, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. SANDERS, Fountain J.,   b. Apr 1876, Van Zandt County, Texas, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1688  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 May 2022 

  • Documents
    D. Leon Sanders, M.D., Wills Point, Texas
    D. Leon Sanders, M.D., Wills Point, Texas
    This document tells something of the family of Levi L. Sanders and of his son, D. Leon Sanders.

  • Notes 
    • Levi L. Sanders was born in Jackson county, Alabama, in 1837, and he learned something of blacksmithing from his father while in his youth. He became dissatisfied with his home while yet a mere boy and ran away, thinking to better his conditions and for a time he was employed on a Mississippi River Steamboat. When he reached Texas in 1848, he found a home with Rev. Nels King, of Rowlett, Dallas county, and he stayed there (Note 1) until he took unto himself a wife, Miss Susan Collins, who was a daughter of William and Minerva Collins. Our subject's mother had three brothers, Leon, Van and Tom, who were Texas Rangers and who were stationed at Ft. Worth with Gen. Worth, who was in command of the fort, Ft. Worth being named in honor of him. And it was through the three brothers' influence that the Collins family came to Texas in the pioneer days, and Collin county was named in honor of some of the Collins boys. Levi Sanders was a settler to Texas from Alabama. In Oak Cliff, Dallas county, he established his home. The town was then in embryo, and he opened a shop, engaged in blacksmithing, and continued there for a few years. He moved then to Brownsboro, in Henderson county, going there prior to the war, and after four years of residence there he joined the Confederate army as a mechanic in the company of Captain Bridges, Company 0, Sixth Texas Infantry Regiment in General Ross's Brigade, and he was made brigade blacksmith by General Ross. He served throughout the war without accident or untoward happening, and when peace was restored he returned to his place at the anvil, moving his shop to Ben Wheeler, in Van Zandt county, continuing there in his trader until about 1870, when he established himself in the merchandise business in Ben Wheeler, continuing in that enterprise until 1905. During the passing years he prospered, in whatever line of business he was engaged in, and he acquired considerable farm lands thereabout and developed a number of fine farms, at the same time engaging to a greater or less extent in the business of stock raising. He was well in the advance of his community in the introduction of blooded horses and cattle and in the breeding of fine mules, as well, and the influence he had thus spread abroad over a considerable portion of the country. He has ever been an active man in the Methodist church, and is a Master Mason. He is a Democrat, and as a veteran of the Civil war is an enthusiastic member of the Confederate Veterans of the South.

      The first wife of Levi L. Sanders died in 1877
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      Note 1: This does not seem to square with the fact that he was listed in the 1850 Census living with his parents Benjamin and Matilda in Jackson County, Alabama.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Justice Precinct #7, Van Zandt County, Texas ED 136 Pg 2A Dwelling 17.

    2. [S352] A History of Texas and Texans, Page 1746.

    3. [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Find A Grave Memorial # 17660179.

    4. [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Township #2, Range 5, Jackson County, Alabama Dwelling 607.

    5. [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 5, Van Zandt County, Texas ED 123 Pg 31 Dwelling 337.

    6. [S74] Ancestry.com, Justice Precinct No. 7, Van Zandt County, Texas ED 120 Page 2B Dwelling 31.
      The census says that they had been married for 33 years and that both of their two children were still living.

    7. [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Justice Precinct #5, Dallas County, Texas Page 13 Dwelling 86.

    8. [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas Page 122 Dwelling 856.