NOTE: I have no connection, no further information and am not seeking additional information. 11325 TAYLOR CO RICHARD ALLEN SANDERS Sanders, Patteson, Allen, Barnett, Griffin, Durham, Cheek, Durrett, Winlock, Lee, Hayes, Melton, Van Cleve 11325 History of Kentucky, The Blue Grass State. Volume III Illustrated. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago Louisville, 1928, p. 139-40. Dr. Richard Allen Sanders, one of the most successful and best known dental surgeons in Taylor county, has practiced for over thirty years in Campbellsville and also renders valuable service to the community in the office of mayor. He was born July 13, 1870, near Campbellsville, and through his ancestors in the maternal line is eligible to membership in the Sons of the American Revolution. His parents were M. D. L. and Ann Mary (Patteson) Sanders, of whom the latter was born in 1847 near Greensburg, Kentucky, and died at Campbellsville in 1907. Ms. Sanders was a daughter of Charles and Ellen Norah (Allen) Patteson, natives of Green county, Kentucky. Her mother was born at Greensburg in 1821 and died at Campbellsville in 1905. She was a daughter of General James Allen, who served in the War of 1812 and aided in winning the battle of New Orleans, in which the British greatly outnumbered the American troops. Charles Patteson was a prosperous merchant and a large landowner. He was a stanch democrat and represented his district in the Kentucky legislature. He drafted wills and other legal documents and served as probate clerk of Green county. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church and was an influential, highly esteemed citizen. He was born in 1815 and his demise occurred in Taylor county in 1880. His parents, Charles and Eliza (Barnett) Patteson, were lifelong residents of Green county. Charles Patteson followed the occupation of farming and was also a Presbyterian in religious faith. He was a son of Charner Patteson, a native of Virginia and of Scotch descent. M. D. L. Sanders, father of Dr. Sanders, was a well-to-do-farmer and stockman who always lived within the borders of Taylor county. He espoused the Confederate cause and while in the service was captured and confined in a prison at Louisville, Kentucky. He was a deacon in the Presbyterian church and was elected assessor on the democratic ticket. He was born March 12, 1841, and on June 30, 1886, responded to deaths summons. The grandparents of Dr. Sanders in the paternal line were James and Mary (Griffin) Sanders, and the latter, born in Adair county, Kentucky, in 1804, died in 1881. James Sanders was an agriculturist and gave his political support to the democratic party, while his religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church. He was born in Green county, Kentucky, in 1804, and died in Taylor county in 1856. His father, Henry Sanders, who was a native of Virginia, died in Green county, Kentucky, where he was one of the pioneer farmers and at one time the owner of six thousand acres of fertile land in that section of the state. He married Mary Durham, who was born in North Carolina and also passed away in Green county. Dr. Richard A. Sanders received his early training in a rural school of his native county and afterward attended Taylor Academy at Campbellsville. He engaged in teaching in Taylor county for four years and during half of that period was an instructor in the Campbellsville school. He then entered the Louisville School of Dentistry, now a department of Louisville University, and was graduated in 1895 as valedictorian of his class. Dr. Sanders has since followed his profession in Campbellsville and now has a large, well equipped office, situated on the second floor of his own building. He is a member of the Jefferson County Dental Society, the Kentucky State Dental Society and the American Dental Association. His scientific knowledge is supplemented by mechanical skill and his practice has assumed large proportions. He is a director of the Farmers State Bank and owns a desirable farm of one hundred acres in the vicinity of Campbellsville. His leisure is spent in the open and gardening affords him needed relaxation and diversion. Dr. Sanders was married November 11, 1896, to Miss Mary Sue Cheek, a daughter of the Rev. Elbert Alston and Sarah Matilda (Durrett) Cheek. Mrs. Sanders mother was born April 12, 1852, in Taylor county and died March 7, 1903, at Campbellsville. She was a daughter of James and Louisa (Winlock) Durrett, natives of Kentucky. Mr. Durrett was born in Green county, followed the occupation of farming, was a deacon in the Baptist church and voted the democratic ticket. He passed away in Green county but his wifes demise occurred in Taylor county. The Rev. Elbert A. Cheek was born September 27, 1847, in Henderson, Warren county, North Carolina, and passed away September 22, 1895, in Campbellsville. He was a Confederate soldier under General Lee. He was graduated from Washington & Lee University and served as city attorney of Campbellsville, also becoming judge of the municipal court. In later life, he was a Presbyterian minister and an earnest, sincere Christian whose religious instruction proved a tangible force for good. He likewise engaged in educational work and he was an adherent of the democratic party. His parents, E. A. and Mary Sue (Hayes) Cheek, was born in North Carolina and always resided in that state. The former was a wealthy planter and owned over one thousand acres of land in Warren county. He was an Episcopalian and gave his political support to the democratic party. Dr. and Mrs. Sanders became the parents of six children: Annie Louise, who was born November 17, 1898, and is the wife of D. E. Van Cleve, a well known tobacco manufacturer of Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Mary Sue, who was born July 5, 1902, and is the wife of Paul S. Melton, connected with the Bell Telephone Company of Cleveland, Ohio; Sarah Matilda, who was born December 12, 1904, and is a student at Georgetown College; Richard Allen, Jr., who was born November 14, 1910, and is a high school pupil; James Alston, who was born August 22, 1914, and is attending Campbellsville College; and James Cheek, who was born August 25, 1917, and died April 25, 1918. Mrs. Sanders was born February 21, 1879, in Taylor county, and attended the public schools of Campbellsville, completing her education in Bellwood Seminary at Anchorage, Kentucky. She belongs to the Coterie Club of Campbellsville and is active in the work of the Presbyterian church, of which Dr. Sanders is also a zealous member, serving as an elder in the church and as superintendent of the Sunday school. He supports the democratic party, was town clerk for four years, and is now serving for the fourth term as mayor of Campbellsville, his long retention in the office being an eloquent testimony to his worth. He is a member of the Lions Club and along fraternal lines is connected with the Masons, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Modern Woodmen of America. Dr. Sanders has attained high standing in his profession and possesses all of the qualities of a useful and desirable citizen. KYBIOGRAPHIES Archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=kybiographies KYRESEARCH: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.tips/mb.ashx