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Robert Perry Sanders, Sr.

Male 1870 - Abt 1955  (84 years)


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  • Name Robert Perry Sanders  [1, 2
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 17 Dec 1870  Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1955  Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Duncan Banner

      Veteran City Employe Dies

      Robert Perry Sanders, 85, oldest City of Duncan employe, in years or service, and in age, died at his home, 1209 Sycamore, at 9:30 a.m. today.

      Sanders went to work for the City February 12, 1911, nearly 46 years ago. He was in charge of the municipal electric power plant for several years and then took charge of the water department.

      Sanders remained with the municipal water department until his death. He carried a record "in his mind" of the location of many of the water and sewer line locations in Duncan.

      He was born December 17, 1870, at Corinth, Miss., and moved to Duncan in 1908 from Fannin county, Tex. He had been in ill health for the past year.

      Funeral is tentatively set for Friday at the Calvary Baptist Church. Burial will be in Duncan Cemetery under direction of Brooks-Rangely Funeral Home.

      He is survived by three daughters, a son, a sister, five grandchildren, and a great grandchild.

      Daughters are Mrs. George C. Thompson, 1205 Cedar; Mrs. Paul Jones, Cemetery Road; and Ethel Sanders of the home. The son if Robert P. Sanders, Jr., Lubbock, Tex., Mrs. Annie Brown, El Monte, Calif. is the sister.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1920 census Stephens Co. OK ED 248 Pg. 96A
      /281 Sanders, R. P., head, MW, 49, M, MS TN MS
      Lecta, wife, FW, 39, M, AL MS AL
      Ethel, dau., FW, 18, TX MS AL
      Beatrice, dau., FW, 15, TX MS AL
      Clara May, dau., FW, 13, TX MS AL
      Robert, son, MW, 6, OK MS AL

      1930 census Stephens Co. OK ED 69-12 Pg. 81B & 82A
      Duncan city-King twp.
      149/155 Sanders, R. P., head, MW, 59, Wd., TN TN TN
      Ethel, dau., FW, 28, S, TX TN AL
      Clara, dau., FW, 23, S, TX TN AL
      Robert, son, MW, 16, OK TN AL

      (Courtesy of Lynell Gentry Cordell)
    Person ID I43490  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2013 

    Family Electa Smith,   b. Abt 1880, Chulafinnee, Cleburne County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jul 1928, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1900 
    Children 
     1. Ethel Sanders,   b. Abt 1902, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Beatrice Sanders,   b. Abt 1905, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     3. Clara May Sanders,   b. Abt 1907, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     4. Robert Perry Sanders, Jr.,   b. 9 Sep 1913, Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 2001, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    Family ID F12966  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 17 Dec 1870 - Mississippi Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt 1955 - Stephens County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S532] Cordell, Lynell Gentry-Family Researcher P.O. Box 1992 Duncan OK 73534-1992 Correspondence, Gedcom, Family Group Sheets, Email.

    2. [S483] 1920 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the NARA web page. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1920 United States Federal Census, the Fourteenth Census of the United States. It includes all states and territories, as well as Military and Naval Forces, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the Panama Canal Zone. The census provides many details about individuals and families including: name, gender, age, birthplace, year of immigration, mother tongue, and parents? birthplaces. In addition, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1920 Federal Census.), Stephens Co. OK ED 248 Pg. 96A /281 (Reliability: 3).