Malinda Tillitha Sanders

Brief Life History of Malinda Tillitha

When Malinda Tillitha Sanders was born on 7 June 1805, in Flat, Phelps, Missouri, United States, her father, John Sanders Sr, was 34 and her mother, Nancy Ann Triplett, was 29. She married Jonathan Smith on 15 May 1824, in Clay, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Pulaski, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 10 April 1882, in Edgar Springs, Phelps, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Smith Cemetery, Edgar Springs, Phelps, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Smith
1801–1874
Malinda Tillitha Sanders
1805–1882
Marriage: 15 May 1824
Mahala Smith
1825–1848
Richard Smith
1827–1827
Jonathan Smith
1828–1828
William Silas Smith
1829–1911
Prudence Etta Smith
1832–1905
Margaret Smith
1834–1860
Martha Smith
1836–1922
James Smith
1838–1861
David Smith
1841–1860
Elias Smith
1843–1898
Son Smith
1845–1845
Albert Smith
1846–1909
George Smith
1849–1939

Sources (7)

  • Telitha Smith in household of John Smith, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Tillitha Sanders - Individual or family possessions: birth: 7 June 1805; Flat, Phelps, Missouri, United States
  • Matilda Sanders, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

English (Devon), Dutch, and North German: variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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