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Below is a family biography included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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C. B. Sanders is the youngest but one of a family of twelve children of George W. and Rusilla (Best) Sanders. The father was born in Virginia in 1787, and partly reared in that State. From there he went to Tennessee, and thence to Jackson County, Ala., where he spent four years. In 1831 he entered land in Huntsville, and a short time later removed near the present site of Wesley, where he entered a large tract of valley land, and become of the large land owners of that section. He was a well-to-do farmer, an early settler and a member of the State Legislature several terms. At one time he was the owner of a mill near Wesley. His first wife, the mother of our subject, was a native of Virginia, and died about 1836. He afterward married Rhoda (Cope) Waits, by whom he had three children. This lady was born in Alabama. C. B. Sanders was born September 14, 1826, and at the age of fifteen left the parental roof and came to Huntsville, where he worked in his brother’s store until 1849, then embarking in business for himself. He joined the forty-niners and mined in California successfully until 1851. He then married, and in 1856 returned to California with a drove of cattle. The following year he returned, but during the war went to Texas with his family for seven years, although still engaged in farming and hotel-keeping. He now lives one-half mile from town on a beautiful farm. March 11, 1852, he married Viola T. Polk, of this county, and now has four children: Isabella, wife A. A. Brodie; Senor, Nat. L. and Albert B. Both his wife and two daughters are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He himself is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has been a Mason three years. Politically Mr. Sanders is a Democrat, and for two years served as county treasurer.

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This family biography is one of 99 biographies included in The History of Madison County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Madison County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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