GOODSPEEDS' BIOGRAPHIES OF MADISON COUNTY, AR

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C. B. SANDERS is the youngest but one of a family of twelve children of George
W. and Rusilla [Drusilla] (BEST) Sanders. The father was born in Virginia in
1787, and partly reared in that State. From there he went to Tennessee, and
thence to Jackson County, Ala., where he spent four years. 

In 1831 he entered land in Huntsville, and a short time later removed near the
present site of Wesley, where he entered a large tract of valley land, and
became one of the large land owners of that section. He was a well-to-do
farmer, an early settler and a member of the State Legislature several terms.
At one time he was the owner of a mill near Wesley. 

His first wife, the mother of our subject, was a native of Virginia, and died
about 1836. He afterward married Rhoda (COPE) Waits, by whom he had three
children. This lady was born in Alabama. 

C. B. SANDERS was born September 14, 1826, and at the age of fifteen left the
parental roof and came to Huntsville, where he worked in his brother's store
until 1849, then embarking in business for himself. He joined the forty-niners
and mined in California successfully until 1851. He then married, and in 1856
returned to California with a drove of cattle. The following year he returned,
but during the war went to Texas with his family for seven years, although
still interested in business here. Since 1868 he has made this his home,
engaged in farming and hotel-keeping. He now lives one-half mile from town on
a beautiful farm. 

March 11, 1852 he married Viola T. POLK, of this county, and now has four
children: Isabella, wife of A. A. BRODIE; Senor, Nat L. and Albert B. Both his
wife and two daughters are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He
himself is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has been a Mason three years.
Politically Mr. SANDERS is a Democrat, and for two years served as county
treasurer." (Goodspeeds History of NW AR...)