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Author: Goodspeed

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SANDERS, WATSON, BOWLES



D. M. SANDERS is a native of Lincoln County, Tenn., born in 1846, and his

early days were spent in attending the district schools and assisting his

parents on the farm.  After attaining man's estate he was married to Mrs.

Martha J. WATSON in December, 1865.  She was born in Lincoln County in

1842, daughter of James and Betsy BOWLES, and their union was blessed with

the birth of two children:  John B. and Arena.   In 1882 Mr. Sanders

purchased 316 acres of valuable land, on which are good buildings and a

fine orchard.  His farm, which he has accumulated by hard labor and good

management, is located on Coldwater Creek near Fayetteville.  Mr. SANDERS

is a Democrat, and during the late war served in Capt. George's company -

Company G, Twentieth Tennessee Cavalry, a short time during 1864.  His

parents, M. and Eveline SANDERS, were born in Alabama and Tennessee in 1820

and 1824, respectively.  They were married in Tennessee, whither the father

had moved in his youth.  The father was a farmer, and died March 26, 1880.

His wife resides with her son Mack.



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From Goodspeed's "History of Tennessee"





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