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Ellis Mendenhall Sanders Sr.



Birth5 December 1808New Castle County, Delaware, United States
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    Camp of Israel schedules and reports, 1845-1849 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Church History Library), entry for Ellis M. Sanders, folder "Roll of company number 1, 1845 " (#1), image 6, line 7.

    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), Sealing of Ellis Mendenhall Sanders and Rachael Broom Roberts, 21 Jan 1846, p. 493-494.

    Various Quaker Meeting Records and Minutes, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com, 2014), Birth of Ellis Sanders, 5 Dec 1808, Wilmington Monthly Meeting, New Castle, Delaware; citing Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Minutes, call number MR-Ph 646, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania..

Death15 January 1873St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States: Digitized by: University of Utah, 1877), "Died," 5 Feb 1763, p. 12, column 3.

Burial16 January 1873St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States
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    Find A Grave, database and images, Memorial #78445.

FatherEllis Sanders
MotherHannah Mendenhall

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   • Rachel Broom Roberts
Married9 November 1830Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), Sealing of Ellis Mendenhall Sanders and Rachael Broom Roberts, 21 January 1846, p. 493-494.

          Children:
               Anne Sanders
               Elizabeth Roberts Sanders
               Hannah Mendenhall Sanders
               Rachel Sanders
               Sarah Jane Sanders
               Ellis Mendenhall Sanders Jr
               Ellen C. Sanders


   • Esther Ann Pierce
Married2 February 1846Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sealings and adoptions of the living, 1846-1857; index, 1846-1857 (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958), Marriage of Ellis Mendenhall Sanders and Esther Ann P. Gheen, 2 February 1846, p. 501-502.


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• 1808Stanton, New Castle, Delaware, United States
• 1840Mill Creek Hundred, New Castle, Delaware, United States
• 1845Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870St. George, Washington, Utah Territory, United States

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• 1840 Population CensusMill Creek Hundred, New Castle, DelawareExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population Census19th Ward Grt. Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSt. George, Washington, Utah TerritoryExtractImage

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Crossing the Plains

Willard Richards CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)

       Departure3 Jul 1848
       Arrival10 Oct 1848


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