Rufus Franklin Sanders Veteran

Birth: 26 Oct 1836
Troup County, Georgia, USA
Death: 3 Aug 1914 (aged 77)
Chambers County, Alabama, USA
Burial: Sanders Cemetery

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Enlisted in the 8th Confederate Calvary
21 Mar 1861 as a Private.

Son of Jordan and Sarah Salley Williams Sanders. Husband of Almeda Pope Aycock Sanders, and the father of six.

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Jordon Jackson Sanders

1801–1863
Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Williams Sanders

1804–1888

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Almedia Pope "Alma" Aycock Sanders

1848–1937 (m. 1869)

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Mary Ann L. Sanders Shirley

1831–1909
Julius Hampton Sanders

1834–1897
Susan Angeline Sanders Smith

1838–1929
Sarah Elizabeth Sanders Gilbert

1840–1924
Jasper Taylor Sanders

1843–1926
Jessie Beebe Sanders

1848–1921

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James Alonzo "Lon" Sanders

1869–1960
Leila Sanders Foster

1871–1969
Donna Lee Sanders Shirley

1872–1962
Alfred Daniel Sanders

1875–1959
William Henry Sanders

1877–1964
Claudie Belle Sanders Yancey

1884–1986

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Jordon Jackson Sanders

Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Williams Sanders

Almedia Pope "Alma" Aycock Sanders

Mary Ann L. Sanders Shirley

Julius Hampton Sanders

Susan Angeline Sanders Smith

Sarah Elizabeth Sanders Gilbert

Jasper Taylor Sanders

Jessie Beebe Sanders

James Alonzo "Lon" Sanders

Leila Sanders Foster

Donna Lee Sanders Shirley

Alfred Daniel Sanders

William Henry Sanders

Claudie Belle Sanders Yancey

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