Sarah Catharine Sanders

Brief Life History of Sarah Catharine

When Sarah Catharine Sanders was born on 30 December 1850, in Howard, Arkansas, United States, her father, David Stephen Sanders, was 33 and her mother, Harriett H Stewart, was 30. She married William Hugh Potts on 24 March 1875, in Howard, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Jefferson Township, Sevier, Arkansas, United States in 1910 and Sulphur, Murray, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 14 May 1932, in Glover, McCurtain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Potts Cemetery, Latimer, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hugh Potts
1851–1897
Sarah Catharine Sanders
1850–1932
Marriage: 24 March 1875
William Warren Potts
1875–1958
Brasos Butler Potts
1877–1922
Aaron Pettus Potts
1879–1965
Julia Harriett Potts
1881–1967
Emma Catherine Potts
1883–1902
Otto Guymon Pratt
1883–1962
Betty Fariss Potts
1885–1974
Chester Newton Potts
1886–1973
John Potts
1889–1889
Taylor Richard Potts
1893–1982
Hugh David Jackson Potts
1895–1974

Sources (14)

  • Sarah Sanders in household of Daniel Sanders, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Catharine Sanders - Individual or family possessions: birth:
  • Sarah Sanders, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"

World Events (8)

1861

Arkansas supplied an estimated 50,000 men to the Confederate Army andabout 15,000 to the Union Army.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

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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