Medora Margaret Saunders (Sanders): Our Family History

Generation: 1

Medora Margaret Saunders (Sanders) was born on 21 Sep 1904 in Texas (daughter of Thomas Belcher Saunders (Sanders) and Margaret Hughes Shadden); died on 14 Feb 1976 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas.

Medora married Lucius Duncan Sugg, Jr. about 1925. Lucius (son of Lucius Duncan Sugg, Sr. and Helen Alice Aby, (wife of Lucius V)) was born on 20 Jan 1898 in Mayersville, Mississippi; died on 6 Jun 1974 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Leila Jean Sugg was born on 7 Feb 1929 in Ballinger, Runnels Co, Texas; died on 3 Jun 2002 in Bellaire, Harris Co, Texas.

Generation: 2

Thomas Belcher Saunders (Sanders) was born on 24 Apr 1875 in Gatesville, Coryell Co, Texas (son of Thomas Benjamin Saunders and Mason Virginia Annis Wells); died on 26 Feb 1937 in Runnels, Texas.

Thomas married Margaret Hughes Shadden about 1903 in Texas. Margaret was born on 12 Jun 1882 in Tennessee; died about 1927 in Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret Hughes Shadden was born on 12 Jun 1882 in Tennessee; died about 1927 in Texas.

Children:

1. Medora Margaret Saunders (Sanders) was born on 21 Sep 1904 in Texas; died on 14 Feb 1976 in Houston, Harris Co, Texas.

Generation: 3

Thomas Benjamin Saunders was born on 27 Oct 1835 in Statesville, Iredell Co, North Carolina (son of Francis Moderville Saunders (Sanders), (son of who?) and Nancy Adeline Fitzgerald); died on 5 Feb 1899 in Gatesville, Coryell Co, Texas.

Thomas married Mason Virginia Annis Wells on 9 Oct 1870 in Coryell Co, Texas. Mason was born in Nov 1853 in Texas; died on 6 Jun 1884 in Gatesville, Coryell Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mason Virginia Annis Wells was born in Nov 1853 in Texas; died on 6 Jun 1884 in Gatesville, Coryell Co, Texas.

Children:

2. Thomas Belcher Saunders (Sanders) was born on 24 Apr 1875 in Gatesville, Coryell Co, Texas; died on 26 Feb 1937 in Runnels, Texas.

Generation: 4

Francis Moderville Saunders (Sanders), (son of who?) was born on 10 Feb 1806 in Virginia; died about 1884 in Pleasant Grove, Coryell Co, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cem, Coryell Co, Texas.

Francis married Nancy Adeline Fitzgerald about 1830. Nancy was born in 1810 in Virginia; died on 24 Mar 1899 in Pleasant Grove, Coryell Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy Adeline Fitzgerald was born in 1810 in Virginia; died on 24 Mar 1899 in Pleasant Grove, Coryell Co, Texas.

Children:

James Read Saunders (Sanders) was born on 18 Jul 1831 in Iredell Co, North Carolina; died on 9 Mar 1922 in Gatesville, Goryell Co, Texas.
Sarah Permelia Saunders (Sanders) was born in Jul 1833 in Iredell Co, North Carolina; died in 1896 in Coryell Co, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cem, Coryell Co, Texas.
4. Thomas Benjamin Saunders was born on 27 Oct 1835 in Statesville, Iredell Co, North Carolina; died on 5 Feb 1899 in Gatesville, Coryell Co, Texas.
Francis Brock Saunders (Sanders) was born on 19 Dec 1837; died on 17 Mar 1844 in Harmony, Iredell Co, North Carolina; was buried in Snow Creek Methodist Church Cem, Harmony, Iredell Co, North Carolina.
Shadrack Augustus Saunders (Sanders) was born on 30 Mar 1840; died on 10 Feb 1844 in Harmony, Iredell Co, North Carolina; was buried in Snow Creek Methodist Church Cem, Harmony, Iredell Co, North Carolina.
Amanda America Saunders (Sanders) was born on 10 Feb 1844 in Iredell Co, North Carolina; died on 28 Dec 1922 in Coryell Co, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cem, Coryell Co, Texas.
Mary Elizabeth Saunders (Sanders) was born on 6 May 1848 in Iredell Co, North Carolina; died in 1880 in Coryell Co, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cem, Coryell Co, Texas.
Julius Saunders (Sanders) was born in 1851 in Iredell Co, North Carolina; died in 1880 in Coryell Co, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cem, Coryell Co, Texas.
William Henry Clay Saunders (Sanders) was born on 18 Mar 1854 in Iredell Co, North Carolina; died on 15 Jan 1920 in Coryell Co, Texas; was buried in Bethel Cem, Gatesville, Coryell Co, Texas.