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Sanders, Ellis M.

 Person

biographical statement

Ellis M. Sanders (1808-1873) was a farmer in Utah.

Sanders was born on December 5, 1808, in Stanton, Delaware to parents Ellis Sanders and Hannah Mendenhall. In 1822 he married Rachel Broom Roberts and together they had seven children. Sanders also married Esther Ann Pierce on February 2, 1846.

Sanders died on January 15, 1873 in St. George, Utah.

Citation:
NUCMC data from Historical Society of Delaware for Sanders family correspondence, 1850-1872 ǂb (Ellis M. Sanders; Wilmington, Del.; later moved to Nauvoo, Ill., and then to Utah with his wife Rachel)

FamilySearch, via WWW, Mar. 25, 2014 (Ellis Mendenhall Sanders; member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; b. Dec. 5, 1808, in Stanton, Delaware; parents, Ellis Sanders and Hannah Mendenhall; 1822, married Rachel Broom Roberts, had seven children; married Esther Ann Pierce on February 2, 1846; died on January 15, 1873 in St. George, Utah)

Ancestry.com, via WWW, Mar. 25, 2014 (Ellis M. Sanders; Ellis Mendenhall Sanders; farmer)

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Ellis M. Sanders missionary license, 1844

 Item — Folder 4: [Barcode: 31197233647277]
Identifier: MSS 8406 Item 2
Dates: 1844
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8406, June E. and Maida Russell Moody collection

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