Cass County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Sanders, Levi 
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Marshall H. Sanders, Jr. sanmarjr@sbcglobal.net November 19, 2008, 9:53 pm

Cemetery:           Chain Lake (Lake View) , Calvin Twp., Cass Co.
Name:               Levi Sanders

Date Of Photograph: October 13, 2007
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Levi Sanders
Died
Feb. 27, 1879
Aged
53 yrs. 

Levi Sanders was born in 1828 in Cabell Co. Virginia. The parents of Levi 
Sanders were Solomon Sanders, Sr. and Phyllis/Phillis Sanders.The siblings of 
Levi were Eli, Solomon Jr., Woodford, Jacob and Jason J. Sanders. 

Levi Sanders married Jane Rice, b. 1820 d. 28 Aug 1870, February 12, 1853. 
The children of Levi and Jane Rice Sanders were Calvin Sanders (1848-1926), 
Elihu Sanders (1856-1895), Mary Francis Sanders (1853-1870) and Cora Sanders 
(?). On June 27,1878 Levi married Martha F. Ash b. 1850. There were no 
children from this union.  

Note: Solomon Sanders, Sr. at he age of 61 was one of the slaves manumitted in 
1849 by Sampson Sanders, a Cabell County Virginia planter. Sampson Sanders 
died 21 June 1849 and his will set aside $15,000 cash for the welfare of the 
slaves. Many of the Sanders slaves left Virginia for Michigan.  Michigan was 
chosen because of inexpensive land and lenient laws regarding former slaves. 

Levi Sanders died of a heart attack in a dentist's office February 27, 1879 at 
the age of 53 years.  Note: Some records indicate Levi's birth year as 
1826/1827 and death as February 26, 1880. 

Chain Lake (Lake View) Cemetery  


Additional Comments:
Research Contributors:  Carrie Eldridge, Author of Cabell County's Empire For 
Freedom, The Manumission of Sampson Sanders' Slaves, 1999 and Maurice W. 
Sanders, Author of Allen-Sanders Descendants, 1985. 
Transcribed and Photographed by Sharon A. Simeon and Marshall H. Sanders, Jr. 



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