Lewis Robert Sanders^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1836 - 1913  (77 years)

• Name	Lewis Robert Sanders
  Born	15 Apr 1836	Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Apr 1913	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  Buried	http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=39063769
  Person ID	I4941	Our Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Jesse Lawrence Sanders,   b. 10 Mar 1792, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
  Mother	Mary Ann Cunningham,   b. Bef 1823, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Louisiana, USA
  Married	17 Jan 1831	West Feliciana, Louisiana, USA
  Notes	I take this opportunity to write you a few lines to tell you my adventure since I left Boston. I arrived at New Orleans safe on the 7th of November. Stayed here till the 16th & left on the steamboat Atlantic& arrived at Raccourci Point 200 miles above New Orleans November the 18th, 1830. Mary was married to a Mr. [Jesse Lawrence] Sanders ¹ the 2nd of February who is rich, owning several hundred acres of land and keeps a very large wood yard. (Letter from Calvin Cunningham, Jr. to his cousin. https://sparedandshared2.wordpress.com/letters/1831-calvin-cunningham-jr-to-charles-cunningham-jr/)
  Family ID	F4582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Magdalene Rice,   b. 29 Jan 1850, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1875, Fort Guion, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA  (Age 25 years)
  Married	11 Jan 1870	New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA
  Children	+ 1. Jessie Florence Sanders,   b. 09 Aug 1871, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 29 Oct 1925, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 54 years)   2. Mary Ophelia Sanders,   b. 01 Feb 1873, New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 20 Apr 1945, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 72 years) + 3. Eva Louise Sanders,   b. 07 Sep 1875, Leeville, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 08 Dec 1950, Metairie, Jefferson, Louisiana, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2008
  Family ID	F4981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Tanner
  Married	Dec 1880	Fort Guion, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2008
  Family ID	F4982	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 15 Apr 1836 - Lafourche, Louisiana, USA Married - 11 Jan 1870 - New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, USA Married - Dec 1880 - Fort Guion, Lafourche, Louisiana, USA Died - 15 Apr 1913 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Documents		Letter from Lewis Sanders to Andrew Mercer Lathrop (p. 1) Concerns the death of Jessie Lathrop.
  		Letter from Lewis Sanders to Andrew Mercer Lathrop (p. 2) Concerns the death of Jessie Lathrop.

  
  

  Histories		1881 Letter from Lewis Sanders to Andrew Mercer Lathrop after the Suicide of Jessie Lathrop
  		Family History by Elizabeth Petit Homer (thanks, Larry!)

  
  

• Sources

  [S2645886283] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Attakapas Canal, Assumption, Louisiana; Roll: M653_407; Page: 0; Image: 165. Name: Lewis Sanders Age in 1860: 23 Birth Year: abt 1837 Birthplace: Louisiana Home in 1860: Attakapas Canal, Assumption, Louisiana (living with George and Leah Ament, the couple that later adopted his half-sister Lucy Anna) [S2645886795] 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: New Orleans Ward 12, Orleans, Louisiana; Roll M593_525; Page: 613; Image: 51. Name: L R Sanders Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 Age in 1870: 34 Birthplace: Louisiana Home in 1870: New Orleans Ward 12, Orleans, Louisiana Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: New Orleans [S2645869972] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Houston Ward 3, Harris, Texas; Roll T623_1642 Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 79. Name: Lewis R Sanders Home in 1900: Houston Ward 3, Harris, Texas Age: 64 Birth Date: Feb 1836 Birthplace: Louisiana Race: White Ethnicity: American Gender: Male Relationship to Head of House: Head Father's Birthplace: Virginia Mother's Birthplace: Massachusetts Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Marriage Year: 1881 Marital Status: Married Years Married: 19 Residence : Houston City, Harris, Texas [S2655423107] Texas Death Index, 1903-2000, (Ancestry.com. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Original data: Texas Department of Health. Texas Death Indexes, 1903-2000). Name: Lewis Robortor Sanders Death Date: 15 Apr 1913 Death County: Harris Certificate: 8746