Linda, I had concluded the same--Rufus was a child of John and Rosetta Bost Sanders. You found John Sanders in the Nelson household in 1880? I found Lafayte Sanders in the Elijah Tackberry household in 1880. He must have moved around and gotten counted twice. As far as that 1860 census goes with the Charles Alvin Sanders family. I think there was a major transcription error. Charles was gone by 1860. He left in 1856 to hunt for gold. The head of household had to be Chloe. The age is right for Chloe, not Charles and the place of birth is Illinois, not Kentucky. Chloe remarried William Simpson in 1863 and they are found on the 1870 census living in Walshville. Daughter Malissa Sanders is the only Sanders child in the household along with 3 Simpson children. Cloe died October 29, 1913. I don't have a burial place for her. Charles returned around 1900 and died October 19, 1916. He is buried in the Glendale Cemetery as you mentioned in a prior email. I don't know who the Shirley Sanders, granddaughter of Charles Alvin might be. Maybe she was the wife of Rufus? I'll dig out the article I have on Charles Alvin Sanders. I can't remember if it was in Sanders Shiftings or something from the local newspaper. It was pretty interesting. I imagine Chloe was none too happy when her first husband showed back up after 45 years. I don't know if her 2nd husband was still alive, if so, there must have been a quick divorce or annulment from Charles!! Lynne

Every census where I find Charles/Alvin Sanders he is listed as being born in KY. In the 1860 census Chloe is not with him. The list of children seem correct to me. We had Mary Jane's birth year as 1848 but all of the census reports and her gravestone all list her date as 1842 and I know she married Dan Cress. The ages of the children are correct when compaired to the 1850 census. I have no doubt that Chloe and Charles Alvin Sanders are NOT together in 1860, that's why I asked the question "had she died" . The census shows she is NOT with the family and he is there with the children. Perhaps he left after 1860 to "hunt for gold." I have not checked the census for Chloe in 1860, I would think that is in order now....since I now know she is NOT dead and I know she is NOT with her family. They probably had gotten a divorce or were in the process. Since I did not find the name Charles or Alvin in 1880 he must be hunting for gold. Maybe I should look for him elsewhere. I am also assuming that I will find Chloe with her new husband. You did mention that Chloe is with the impson husband in Walshville in 1870 and listed that she has daughter Malissa with her. I found John Lafayette Sanders in the Elijah Tackaberry household in 1880 not in a Nelson household. Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Elijah TACKABERRY Self M Male W 31 CANADA Farmer IRE CAN Clea L. TACKABERRY Wife M Female W 25 IL Keeping House KY IL Lafayte SANDERS Other W Male W 36 IL --- IL Minta SANDERS Other S Female W 8 IL IL IL Charles S. SANDERS Other S Male W 6 IL IL IL ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Source Information: Census Place Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254237 NA Film Number T9-0237 Page Number 226D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Glad you found John Lafayette Sanders and Sophronia Cress Sanders and solved who Shirley was. John Lafayette and L. Sophronia Sanders are buried at Glendale Cemetery as well as Shirley S and wife Margaret M. Section B Row 28. Alvin is buried at Glendale in Section C Row 21 Chloe is buried at Glendale in Section B Row 17. Her stone has her name Chloe Simpson and her dates and says "Rufus Sanders grandmother". She is buried next to daughter Mary and husband Dan Cress ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Evans" <evans6@bellsouth.net> To: <ILMONTGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: Re: [ILMONTGO] Sanders > Linda, > > I had concluded the same--Rufus was a child of John and Rosetta Bost > Sanders. You found John Sanders in the Nelson household in 1880? I found > Lafayte Sanders in the Elijah Tackberry household in 1880. He must have > moved around and gotten counted twice. > > As far as that 1860 census goes with the Charles Alvin Sanders family. I > think there was a major transcription error. Charles was gone by 1860. He > left in 1856 to hunt for gold. The head of household had to be Chloe. The > age is right for Chloe, not Charles and the place of birth is Illinois, not > Kentucky. Chloe remarried William Simpson in 1863 and they are found on the > 1870 census living in Walshville. Daughter Malissa Sanders is the only > Sanders child in the household along with 3 Simpson children. Cloe died > October 29, 1913. I don't have a burial place for her. Charles returned > around 1900 and died October 19, 1916. He is buried in the Glendale > Cemetery as you mentioned in a prior email. > > I don't know who the Shirley Sanders, granddaughter of Charles Alvin might > be. Maybe she was the wife of Rufus? > > I'll dig out the article I have on Charles Alvin Sanders. I can't remember > if it was in Sanders Shiftings or something from the local newspaper. It > was pretty interesting. I imagine Chloe was none too happy when her first > husband showed back up after 45 years. I don't know if her 2nd husband was > still alive, if so, there must have been a quick divorce or annulment from > Charles!! > > Lynne > > > > ==== ILMONTGO Mailing List ==== > Montgomery Co IL Mail List is for Genealogical research do not send Virus warnings to the list. "Problems with the Montgomery Co IL Mail list contact Tim Casey timcasey59@earthlink.net. > >

I found William Simpson in 1860, Hillsboro Post Office with wife Betsy age 42 born IL dau Emily age 17 born IL son William M age 8 born IL son John W age 7 born IL son Alonzo W age 4 born IL and dau Laura A age 10/12 born IL with farm hand Henry Aydelot age 27 born Switzerland Are William Simpson's children with he and Chloe Hill Sanders in 1870? Has his wife died....OR ....did he divorce his wife to marry Chloe??? Linda

Hillsboro, Illinois, Friday October 20, 1916 Alvin Sanders Dead Alvin Sanders, the oldest man in the county except one, died at the Litchfield hospital Thursday morning at 8:30, aged 96 years, 9 months, and 24 days. Deceased was born in Adair County, Kentucky, Dec. 25, 1919. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sanders came to Montgomery County in 1832 and settled on a farm near Bost Hill church. He (John Sanders) lived there until his death raising a family of 12 children, 8 boys and 4 girls. The boys were Alvin, John, Erving, Jeff, Elias, Robert, and Finley. The girls were Elizabeth, who married Easton Whitten, Nancy Jane who married James Brown, Rebecca who married John J. Bost, and Lavina who married Phillip V. Johnson. The boys are all dead except Robert who lives in Pana. The girls living are Nancy Jane Brown of Pana, and Luvina Johnson now living in Florida. All the Sanders boys and girls raised families. Alvin Sanders was married many years ago to Miss Chloe Hill and the following children were born to this union: J. L. Sanders of Fillmore, Henry T. who lives in Nebraska, Mary who married Daniel Cress and who died a number of years ago, Luvina who married Fletcher Gamble and who lives at Litchfield, Drucilla who married Henry Follis and who lives at Litchfield, Malissa who is married and lives in Texas. Another girl died in infancy. Alvin left here in 1856 and went west and nothing was heard from him for over 40 years. His friends all supposed he was dead, but he returned about 14 years ago and for the last four years he has been in the Litchfield hospital. His wife secured a divorce and married again, her second husband being "Uncle Billy" Simpson who was office county treasurer of this county. The funeral will be held this Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the residence of his son, Lafayette Sanders in Fillmore. Interment will be made in the Fillmore cemetery. The history of Alvin Sanders, if it could be written, would make an interesting book. He was a gold prospector and a bear hunter. He is said to have killed 21 grizzly bear. The first bear he killed weighed out 70 pounds and he sold the meat, he said for a dollar a pound! This spoiled him and he went hunting bear for a living. He used to remark that a man who would shoot one of these little black bears was a d----d coward. He said anybody could kill a black bear with an ax! He claimed to have made a fortune prospecting for gold but he lost most of it. He had enough to live on, however, but would not live with his children, preferring to stay at the hospital. He traveled all over...... I'm missing the last line of the article. Got cut off by the microfilm reader. I have in my notes that William Simpson was a widower when he and Chloe married in 1870. The 3 Simpson children in the household were William (20), John (17), and A. D. (14). William's age is a bit off from the 1860 census and Laura is missing. Lynne