Confederate States of America
"David Mitchell Sanders changed the name from Saunders. He enlisted in Company I, 10th Mississippi Regiment, CSA. He became a doctor and was known as Dr. Sanders until he died. He was a resident of Memphis for more than 40 years, a member of the Confederate Historical Society. He died 27 April 1909 at the home of his son-in-law, T.J. Branch at Woodstock, Tennessee."
A search on Trifold finds him in the Mississippi Confederate Service Records as both D.M. Sanders AND D.M. Saunders.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRANCH/1999-05/0927137541
Edward Sanders son of David Mitchell Sanders and Mary Virginia Davis Austin, daughter of Hugh Rice Austin. (I have copies of charming letters between Mary Virginia and her sister Letitia in 1865, 1868 and 1869.)
David Mitchell Sanders changed his name to the present day spelling of Sanders. He was born 11/11/1835 and died 4/27/1909. David was son of Charles Grandison Saunders and Elizabeth G. Douglass.
David Mitchell Sanders was a physician and served in the CSA, Co. I, l0th Mississippi Regiment. After the war he had a medical practice in Memphis, TN for over 40 years. He was called "Doc Sanders". He died at the home of his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Branch at Woodstock, TN. On file copy of photo of David Mitchell Sanders in his CSA uniform.
David's father Charles Grandison Saunders of Madison County, MS owned a property called Pleasant Hill, 10 miles from Canton on the Big Black River. He was a prominent and respected man in the community.
Elizabeth Douglass was daughter of Edward Douglass, V and Elizabeth Howard. Edward Douglass V was son of Edward Douglas IV and Sarah Elizabeth George, daughter of John George and Mary Jordan.
Letitia Austin Sanders was sister of Eliza/Elizabeth Sanders. Letitia married Charles Spencer Ward and had a daughter Permelia Ward who married Rembert Williams and a son David S. Ward.
All of the information on the Douglass and Sanders family shows they were prominent TN families and had been written about in several books on the founding TN families. They had originally come from Virginia in the middle 1700's and then migrated to the part of North Carolina, which became TN.
Some have moved on into Mississippi area.
Dr. David Mitchell Sanders. He was a new doctor and enlisted as a private in the CSA in 1861 along with his brother Norval and their 65 year old father Charles Grandison Saunders in Madison County, Mississippi. David in Company I, 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. David became a Hospital Steward, therefore the formal uniform. Hospital stewards were often medical students and new doctors; they were paid the same as a sergeant major and were considered non-commissioned officers. Norval was wounded in the War. Charles was made a Lt. in the State Guard. All three survived the war. Dr. Sanders practiced medicine in Shelby County, Tennessee until his death.
"David Mitchell Sanders changed the name from Saunders. He enlisted in Company I, 10th Mississippi Regiment, CSA. He became a doctor and was known as Dr. Sanders until he died. He was a resident of Memphis for more than 40 years, a member of the Confederate Historical Society. He died 27 April 1909 at the home of his son-in-law, T.J. Branch at Woodstock, Tennessee."
A search on Trifold finds him in the Mississippi Confederate Service Records as both D.M. Sanders AND D.M. Saunders.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRANCH/1999-05/0927137541
Edward Sanders son of David Mitchell Sanders and Mary Virginia Davis Austin, daughter of Hugh Rice Austin. (I have copies of charming letters between Mary Virginia and her sister Letitia in 1865, 1868 and 1869.)
David Mitchell Sanders changed his name to the present day spelling of Sanders. He was born 11/11/1835 and died 4/27/1909. David was son of Charles Grandison Saunders and Elizabeth G. Douglass.
David Mitchell Sanders was a physician and served in the CSA, Co. I, l0th Mississippi Regiment. After the war he had a medical practice in Memphis, TN for over 40 years. He was called "Doc Sanders". He died at the home of his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Branch at Woodstock, TN. On file copy of photo of David Mitchell Sanders in his CSA uniform.
David's father Charles Grandison Saunders of Madison County, MS owned a property called Pleasant Hill, 10 miles from Canton on the Big Black River. He was a prominent and respected man in the community.
Elizabeth Douglass was daughter of Edward Douglass, V and Elizabeth Howard. Edward Douglass V was son of Edward Douglas IV and Sarah Elizabeth George, daughter of John George and Mary Jordan.
Letitia Austin Sanders was sister of Eliza/Elizabeth Sanders. Letitia married Charles Spencer Ward and had a daughter Permelia Ward who married Rembert Williams and a son David S. Ward.
All of the information on the Douglass and Sanders family shows they were prominent TN families and had been written about in several books on the founding TN families. They had originally come from Virginia in the middle 1700's and then migrated to the part of North Carolina, which became TN.
Some have moved on into Mississippi area.
Dr. David Mitchell Sanders. He was a new doctor and enlisted as a private in the CSA in 1861 along with his brother Norval and their 65 year old father Charles Grandison Saunders in Madison County, Mississippi. David in Company I, 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. David became a Hospital Steward, therefore the formal uniform. Hospital stewards were often medical students and new doctors; they were paid the same as a sergeant major and were considered non-commissioned officers. Norval was wounded in the War. Charles was made a Lt. in the State Guard. All three survived the war. Dr. Sanders practiced medicine in Shelby County, Tennessee until his death.
Confederate States of America
"David Mitchell Sanders changed the name from Saunders. He enlisted in Company I, 10th Mississippi Regiment, CSA. He became a doctor and was known as Dr. Sanders until he died. He was a resident of Memphis for more than 40 years, a member of the Confederate Historical Society. He died 27 April 1909 at the home of his son-in-law, T.J. Branch at Woodstock, Tennessee."
A search on Trifold finds him in the Mississippi Confederate Service Records as both D.M. Sanders AND D.M. Saunders.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRANCH/1999-05/0927137541
Edward Sanders son of David Mitchell Sanders and Mary Virginia Davis Austin, daughter of Hugh Rice Austin. (I have copies of charming letters between Mary Virginia and her sister Letitia in 1865, 1868 and 1869.)
David Mitchell Sanders changed his name to the present day spelling of Sanders. He was born 11/11/1835 and died 4/27/1909. David was son of Charles Grandison Saunders and Elizabeth G. Douglass.
David Mitchell Sanders was a physician and served in the CSA, Co. I, l0th Mississippi Regiment. After the war he had a medical practice in Memphis, TN for over 40 years. He was called "Doc Sanders". He died at the home of his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Branch at Woodstock, TN. On file copy of photo of David Mitchell Sanders in his CSA uniform.
David's father Charles Grandison Saunders of Madison County, MS owned a property called Pleasant Hill, 10 miles from Canton on the Big Black River. He was a prominent and respected man in the community.
Elizabeth Douglass was daughter of Edward Douglass, V and Elizabeth Howard. Edward Douglass V was son of Edward Douglas IV and Sarah Elizabeth George, daughter of John George and Mary Jordan.
Letitia Austin Sanders was sister of Eliza/Elizabeth Sanders. Letitia married Charles Spencer Ward and had a daughter Permelia Ward who married Rembert Williams and a son David S. Ward.
All of the information on the Douglass and Sanders family shows they were prominent TN families and had been written about in several books on the founding TN families. They had originally come from Virginia in the middle 1700's and then migrated to the part of North Carolina, which became TN.
Some have moved on into Mississippi area.
Dr. David Mitchell Sanders. He was a new doctor and enlisted as a private in the CSA in 1861 along with his brother Norval and their 65 year old father Charles Grandison Saunders in Madison County, Mississippi. David in Company I, 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. David became a Hospital Steward, therefore the formal uniform. Hospital stewards were often medical students and new doctors; they were paid the same as a sergeant major and were considered non-commissioned officers. Norval was wounded in the War. Charles was made a Lt. in the State Guard. All three survived the war. Dr. Sanders practiced medicine in Shelby County, Tennessee until his death.
"David Mitchell Sanders changed the name from Saunders. He enlisted in Company I, 10th Mississippi Regiment, CSA. He became a doctor and was known as Dr. Sanders until he died. He was a resident of Memphis for more than 40 years, a member of the Confederate Historical Society. He died 27 April 1909 at the home of his son-in-law, T.J. Branch at Woodstock, Tennessee."
A search on Trifold finds him in the Mississippi Confederate Service Records as both D.M. Sanders AND D.M. Saunders.
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRANCH/1999-05/0927137541
Edward Sanders son of David Mitchell Sanders and Mary Virginia Davis Austin, daughter of Hugh Rice Austin. (I have copies of charming letters between Mary Virginia and her sister Letitia in 1865, 1868 and 1869.)
David Mitchell Sanders changed his name to the present day spelling of Sanders. He was born 11/11/1835 and died 4/27/1909. David was son of Charles Grandison Saunders and Elizabeth G. Douglass.
David Mitchell Sanders was a physician and served in the CSA, Co. I, l0th Mississippi Regiment. After the war he had a medical practice in Memphis, TN for over 40 years. He was called "Doc Sanders". He died at the home of his son-in-law, Thomas Jefferson Branch at Woodstock, TN. On file copy of photo of David Mitchell Sanders in his CSA uniform.
David's father Charles Grandison Saunders of Madison County, MS owned a property called Pleasant Hill, 10 miles from Canton on the Big Black River. He was a prominent and respected man in the community.
Elizabeth Douglass was daughter of Edward Douglass, V and Elizabeth Howard. Edward Douglass V was son of Edward Douglas IV and Sarah Elizabeth George, daughter of John George and Mary Jordan.
Letitia Austin Sanders was sister of Eliza/Elizabeth Sanders. Letitia married Charles Spencer Ward and had a daughter Permelia Ward who married Rembert Williams and a son David S. Ward.
All of the information on the Douglass and Sanders family shows they were prominent TN families and had been written about in several books on the founding TN families. They had originally come from Virginia in the middle 1700's and then migrated to the part of North Carolina, which became TN.
Some have moved on into Mississippi area.
Dr. David Mitchell Sanders. He was a new doctor and enlisted as a private in the CSA in 1861 along with his brother Norval and their 65 year old father Charles Grandison Saunders in Madison County, Mississippi. David in Company I, 10th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. David became a Hospital Steward, therefore the formal uniform. Hospital stewards were often medical students and new doctors; they were paid the same as a sergeant major and were considered non-commissioned officers. Norval was wounded in the War. Charles was made a Lt. in the State Guard. All three survived the war. Dr. Sanders practiced medicine in Shelby County, Tennessee until his death.
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