I have been going through the census to locate Charles Alvin Sanders and wife Chloe Hill. I found Alvin in 1850 SW part of District 22, Montgomery County, Illinois. Image 134 Alvin age 31 born KY Cloy age 29 born IL Mary age 8 born IL John age 7 born IL Henry age 5 born IL Livaney age 3 born IL (Levina) Priscilla age 5/12 born IL Then we have Charles in East Fork Twp, Montgomery County IL in 1860. Charles Sanders age 38 born KY son John L age 17 born IL son Henry age 14 born IL dau Levina age 12 born IL dau Tillie age 9 born IL (Priscilla) dau Melissa age 7 born IL son-in-law Daniel Cress age 26 born NC wife Mary J age 18 born IL image 245, East Fork Twp, Montgomery County, Illinois I have found Alvin (Charles Alvin) in Glendale Cemetery. Did Chloe die with the birth of Julia Helen Sanders b- 26 Oct 1856, d- 8 Dec 1856 in Auburn, IL? Is Chloe buried there? Rufus Sanders is the son of John Lafayette Sanders and Rosetta J Bost. Rosetta died in 1879, I assume giving birth to Rufus. John is living with a Nelson family in 1880 in Fillmore. He has 2 of the children with him (Arminta and Charles S) Rufus is with Levi Whitten and wife Priscilla Hill Whitten. Priscilla is a sister of Chloe Hill Sanders. She would be a great aunt to Rufus? Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace Levi WHITTEN Self M Male W 58 KY Farmer SC KY Priscilla WHITTEN Wife M Female W 57 IL Keeping House KY KY Claypool WHITTEN Son S Male W 22 IL KY IL Thomas WHITTEN Son S Male W 18 IL KY IL Mary WHITTEN Dau S Female W 15 IL KY IL Rufus A. SANDERS Nephew S Male W 1 IL IA IL --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source Information: Census Place Fillmore, Montgomery, Illinois Family History Library Film 1254237 NA Film Number T9-0237 Page Number 227B Who is Shirley Sanders as listed on Alvin Sanders gravestone. It says "Grandfather of Rufus and Shirley". Linda Collins

Mystery solved. I was looking through the 1910 census to see if I could find the notorious Charles Alvin Sanders and came across his son, John Lafayette. He had remarried Lunda Sophronia Cress in 1880. He and Lunda had a son----Shirley. He was 26 years old on the 1910 census, still living at home with John and Lunda. Also living in the household was mom--Chloe Simpson. She was 88 and widowed. So, perhaps Rufus and Shirley, 2 grandsons of the wayward Charles Sanders, pitched in to buy him a headstone. Lynne