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Thomas S. Sanders (Edmonson County, KY, farmer and justice of the peace.)

b. 1827 d. 1908-08-04

Edmonson County, Kentucky, farmer and justice of the peace. Kentucky native. Son of John W. Sanders. Married to Rachel C. Houchin Sanders in Edmonson County, Kentucky, in May 1854. Father of John F. Sanders, James L. Sanders, and Thomas P. Sanders. Laborer in Edmonson County in 1850. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1860. Justice of the peace in Edmonson County in 1861. Farmer in Edmonson County in 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 21A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, p. 57.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Edmonson County, Precinct 5, p. 430A-B.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Edmonson County, KY, July 1863, p. 17.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Edmonson County Marriages, Film 001904235, p. 61.

"Thomas Silas Sanders (1827-1908)," Find A Grave, Memorial 7410128, accessed March 3, 2023, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7410128.

KYR-0001-029-0177

Citation

Sanders, Thomas S.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32207539 (November 12, 2026).

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