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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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James W. Sanders, one of the oldest settlers of Leake Township, was born October 8, 1820, in Carolina County, Va., and is a son of James and Sallie Sanders, natives of Virginia, the father born in 1795, and is the son of Richard Sanders, and a farmer by occupation. He died in 1865, the mother dying about the year 1827. To them were born three children, of whom the subject of this sketch is the only one living. The father married a second time, the lady of his choice being Miss Mary Wilson, of Virginia. She died in 1888, and to them had been born six children, four of whom are living at the present date, viz.: John, Thomas, Sally and Fanny. James W. Sanders, he whose name heads this sketch, left Virginia about 1837, and went to Southern Alabama, where he married and remained until 1848, at which time he emigrated to Arkansas, locating in the neighborhood of what was then a part of Ouachita County. He was an overseer until the year 1854, but at that time purchased the estate upon which he now lives. He enlisted in the late war, serving until the close of same, on detailed duty most of the time, employed to track runaway slaves. Mr. Sanders was married July 2, 1840, to Miss Elizabeth Ward, daughter of William Ward, of Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Sanders have five children, four of whom are living at the present date, viz.: Mary J., Thomas, Sarah C. and James P., Robert S., the eldest child is dead. Mr. Sanders owns 900 acres of land that is in an excellent state of cultivation, and is a member of the Masonic order, and also of the County Wheel. He is a Democrat of considerable importance in his neighborhood.

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This family biography is one of 96 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Nevada County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Nevada County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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