The James Sanders 50th Wedding Anniversary - Maidsville, WV |
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Read the Newspaper article below the attendance roster. (great story) |
Picture of James and Sara Sanders (1910 ) 50th Wedding Anniversary front row - left to right Mary Sanders- Clark Sanders wife Mrs. W. H. Smyth James Sanders - (child on lap) John Sanders(Clark Sanders son) James Sanders(Clark Sanders son) Sara Sanders - standing Luther Sanders (child) Lulu Barrackman Sam Hackney Etta Ours (James Sanders sister) Lulu ours (child) Second row Marjorie Sanders Emma Herold - housekeeper of James Sanders Virginia Hendricks - Luther sister wife of Dr. Spenser Wade (Luthers first cousin) Mrs. Ella Spragg three Hackney girls Belle Watson (between two men) third row Vinnie Sanders (daughter of James and Sara Sanders) Hackney girl (white blouse) Nora Sanders (wife of Harry Sanders) Luthers brother Lynn Sanders (cousin of Luther) Guy Hall (husband of Ola - Luthers daughter) Ola Sanders Hall women with hat - Clark Wades wife Clark Wade Bert Miller fourth row first man - Thomas C. Miller Dr. Spenser Wade next two women??? Man in between them is Joe Stoker Ralph Sanders (Luthers cousin) Laurence Sanders Leon Spragg Jennie Sanders (white dress Luthers wife ) Bert Billingsley Harry Sanders (Luthers brother) Clark Sanders (Luthers brother) Milton Hackney doorway Bruce Bailey (husband of Maude - (sister of Luther) Elizabeth Billingsley (wife of Bert) Aunt Maude Bailey (Luthers sister-wife of Bruce) |
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Yesterday, December 27, 1910, Mr. And Mrs. James Sanders, of Maidsville, this county, rounded out fifty years of happily married life. The golden wedding anniversary was celebrated at the old homestead in the happiest possible manner in the reunion of the children, grand children and great grand children. More than fifty of the relatives gathered at the home and during the day, many friends and neighbors called to extend their congratulations and wish for the aged couple many more years of peace and contentment. At noon, an elaborate diner, with all the good things that are found in Monongalia County homes on such occasions was served. The afternoon and evening were spent by the parents, their descendants and other relatives in recalling old times, the incidents in the long period of years, the pranks of childhood and in recounting the various events that have made family history. All the living children of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders were in attendance. They gathered under the parental roof for the first time in fifteen years or more. In addition there were several representatives of four generations. The children present, most of whom had their families with them, were Luther. F. Sanders, of Cassville; Mrs. A. T. Billingslea, of Mount Morris, Pa.; Miss Mary Virginia Sanders, a teacher in the West Liberty Normal School; J. Clark Sanders, of Keyser; Miss Vinnie Sanders of Pittsburg; Harry Sanders of the firm of Sanders and Miller of Morgantown; Mrs. Bruce Bailey of Fairmont; and Lawrance D. Sanders of Pittsburg. James Sanders was born December 2, 1832. He was the grandson of John Sanders who came to this valley from Delaware after the revolution. His wife is the daughter of Abner Amherst Miller, deceased, locally known as Judge Miller, who was one of the few orignal whigs in this section of Virginia. His ancestors came to Morgantown from Connecticut in the early part of the last century. Mrs. Sanders was born July 26, 1839. On December 27, 1860. The ceremony which united these two people in wedlock, was performed by G. W. Arnold. They have always lived at the old homestead and their eleven children, eight of whom are living were born and reared. Mr. Sanders was a member of the board of county supervisors in the county before the present system of administering county affairs was adopted. His chief interest, however, in public matters had been along the line of education. In his early years, he taught in the district schools and for many years served as President of the Board of Education of Cass district. He has always been active and energetic in the cause of education. Everyone of his children has had an education in the high school and four of them are graduates of the university. At the golden wedding yesterday, the four generations represented were James Sanders, aged 78 and his wife age 71: their son Luther F. Sanders: his daughter, Mrs. Guy Hall: and Lulu Merl Barrickman, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Barrickman of West Morgantown. Mrs Etta Ours of Wisconsin, a sister of Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Ella Spragg, wife of Dr. Spragg of Wheeling, and her son, Leon, were among the relatives here from a distance. The guests present were Luther F. Sanders and his wife Cassville; and Mrs. A. T. Billingslea, Mount Morris, Pa. Mary Sanders, wife and sons; James Morris and John Kendrick of Keyser; Vinnie Sanders at home; Harry Sanders and wife of Morgantown; Mr. Pittsburgh; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hall of Morgantown; Lulu Merl Barrickman of Morgantown; Dr and Mrs. S. S. Wade of Morgantown; Samyuel Hackney and daughters Lilian, Mrs. Ezra Garlow, Blanche and Mrs. Jos. Achroyd; J. Milton Hackney and wife, all of Morgantown; Mrs. H. D. Ours and daughter, Lula, of Kenosha, Wisconsin; F. L. Sanders and wife and Fred S. Sanders of Maidsville; Mrs. Martha E. Spragg an Leon W. Spragg of Wheeling; Prof. Thomas C. Miller and C. A. Miller of Fairmont; Miss Ollie Miller of Mount Morris, Pa; Miss Belle Watson of Mount Morris, Pa; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smyth of Maidsville; Sc. Lazzell of Maidsville; C. C. Wade and wife of Mount Morris, Pa; Miss Belle Shields of Butler, Pa; Joseph Stoker of Maidsville; C. A. Woodfill of Morgantown; Edgar W. Garlow of near Maidsville. About the year 1800 John Sanders and his wife Esther (Griffin) came from Delaware and settled along the Monongahela river about five miles below Morgantown, on the land lying between the mouths of Robinson and Scott’s Runs. John Savary of Kentucky had taken up all the land lying along the river between the mouths of these two runs and this land was sold to David Scott by Savary. The sale was approved by the commissioners of the state of Virginia in land warrant No. 8773. This land was then re-sold to Savary who in turn sold it to Enoch Jones, a brother-in-law to Johns Sanders. Jones sold to Johns Sanders the part of this land lying next to Robinsons Run. Near the mouth of this run, only a few yards from the spot where a short while before David Scott’s two daughters had been murdered by the Indians, he built his home, a part of which still stands today. Esther (Griffin) the wife of John Sanders was a niece of Isaac Griffin who together with Albert Gallatin had patents for several thousand acres of land in Monongalia county, Virginia, and in Fayette and Greene counties, Pennsylvania. They were the political leaders in Western Pennsylvania and northern Virginia at that time. About 1790 there was a great influx of poeple from Maryland and Delaware into Western Virginia. Isaac Griffin and John Sanders had served together in the Revolutionary war and through the influence of Griffin, Sanders and his wife came to Western Virginia together with the Willeys, Houstons,Whites, Hackneys and others. About this time arose the "Whiskey Rebellion" in Western Pennsylvania and the people in this section not only rebelled against the payment of the excise tax but even burned the property of the collectors in Pennsylvania and at times crossed the line and once or twice invaded Monongalia county. For several years after the disturbances incident to the whiskey rebellion it was difficult to get a revenue officer for the northern section of Virginia. In 1801 when Albert Gallatin was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President Jefferson, He appointed John Sanders to be excise collector for the North-Western section of Virginia, which position he held till his death in 1823. The first wife of John Sanders, Esther (Griffin) Sanders, died in 1815. Their oldest child and daughter, Susan, was educated at the Miss Susan Hanson of Wilmington, Delaware with a view of being a teacher for the other of the family as the first school for higher education west of the mountains was not established until 1816. This daughter soon after returning from school was married to Crawford B. Dalley and shortly after the death of her father in 1823 they left Monongalia county and the family never heard from them afterward. Jefferson, the oldest son, married Margaret Davis of Monongalia county and moved to Ohio where their descendants still live. John, the second son and father of James Sanders, married Elizabeth Houston, the daughter of Purnell Houston, Sr. , a soldier of the Revolutionary war, who had come from Delaware. with the other immigrants crossing the mountains before 1800. Mary, the second daughter, married Michael White. They spent their lives on the White farm near Bethel in Cass district. Elizabeth, the youngest child, married John White and lived near St. Cloud West Virginia where they have numerous descendants. In 1821 John Sanders married Zana Lazzell for his second wife; two children were born to them, William, who died in Alliance, Ohio in 1843 and Thomas, who spent the greater part of his life in Marion county where his descendants still live. John Sanders and his wife, Elizabeth (Houston) lived on their farm near Maidsville, where they raised a large family, three of whom are now living-Elizabeth, wife of Cyrus Courtney of Delphos, Kansas, Lucinda Arnett, widow of Judson Arnett of Little Falls, and James Sanders of Maidsville. Other family members of the family were the late John Sanders, Jr.,of Maidsville; Sarah, the wife of Samuel Hackney of Morgantown; Hettie, wife of the late Prof. A.L. Wade of Morgantown; and Malissa, who died in 1897 |
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