SANDERS, Levi Lindsey
1837 - 1917 (79 years)
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Name SANDERS, Levi Lindsey Birth 21 Feb 1837 Jackson County, Alabama 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Residence 10 Dec 1850 Township #2, Range 5, Jackson County, Alabama [4] Military Between 1861 and 1865 Texas [2] Blacksmith, Company O, Sixth Texas Cavalry Unit Death 4 Jan 1917 Van Zandt County, Texas, United States [3] Burial Aft 4 Jan 1917 Marvin Chapel Cemetery, Van Zandt County, Texas [3] Person ID I5794 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 11 Mar 2009
Father SANDERS, Benjamin, b. Abt 1804, North Carolina d. 1863 (Age 59 years) Mother UNKNOWN, Matilda, b. Abt 1824, North Carolina Marriage Bef 1837 Residence 10 Dec 1850 Township #2, Range 5, Jackson County, Alabama [4] Farmer Family ID F1692 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 SMITH, Sarah Frances, b. Oct 1838, Georgia d. Yes, date unknown Marriage Abt 1877 [1] Residence 15 Jun 1880 Justice Precinct No. 5, Van Zandt County, Texas [5] Farmer - Listed as L.L. Sanders and S. F. Sanders
Residence 2 Jun 1900 Justice Precinct No. 7, Van Zandt, Texas, United States [1] Farmer Residence 18 Apr 1910 Justice Precinct No. 7, Van Zandt, Texas, United States [6] Farmer Children 1. SANDERS, Morgan Gurley, b. 14 Jul 1878, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, United States d. 7 Jan 1956, Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States (Age 77 years)2. SANDERS, Grace Z., b. Jun 1881, Texas d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1687 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
Family 2 COLLINS, Susan Ann, b. 15 Sep 1842, Jackson County, Alabama d. 22 Feb 1877, Van Zandt County, Texas, United States (Age 34 years) Marriage Bef 1860 Residence 6 Jun 1860 Breckenridge, Dallas County, Texas [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 [8] Farmer Children 1. SANDERS, Lorenzo Dow, b. 28 Nov 1859, Brownsboro, Henderson, Texas, United States d. 29 Jan 1897, Smith County, Texas, United States (Age 37 years)2. SANDERS, Henry W., b. Mar 1859, Texas d. Yes, date unknown3. SANDERS, Emma L., b. Abt 1865, Texas d. Yes, date unknown4. SANDERS, Linnie Ross, b. 3 Aug 1866, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, United States d. 23 Aug 1953, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States (Age 87 years)5. SANDERS, Benjamin F., b. Jul 1868, Texas d. Yes, date unknown6. SANDERS, Aaron J., b. Abt Apr 1870, Texas d. Yes, date unknown7. SANDERS, Dr. Leon D., b. 2 Oct 1871, Ben Wheeler, Van Zandt, Texas, United States d. Yes, date unknown8. SANDERS, Fountain J., b. Apr 1876, Van Zandt County, Texas, United States d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1688 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
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Documents 
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.
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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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- 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.
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Sources - [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Justice Precinct #7, Van Zandt County, Texas ED 136 Pg 2A Dwelling 17.
- [S352] A History of Texas and Texans, Page 1746.
- [S109] Find-a-Grave website, Find A Grave Memorial # 17660179.
- [S76] 1850 Federal Census, Township #2, Range 5, Jackson County, Alabama Dwelling 607.
- [S70] 1880 Federal Census, Justice Precinct No. 5, Van Zandt County, Texas ED 123 Pg 31 Dwelling 337.
- [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. - [S316] 1860 Federal Census, Justice Precinct #5, Dallas County, Texas Page 13 Dwelling 86.
- [S69] 1870 Federal Census, Van Zandt County, Texas Page 122 Dwelling 856.
- [S110] 1900 Federal Census, Justice Precinct #7, Van Zandt County, Texas ED 136 Pg 2A Dwelling 17.