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Harris Sanders
January 22, 1999
Harris Sanders was born March 7, 1824, in Montgomery County, North Carolina. At about 10 years of age, Harris' father,
Nimrod Saunders, moved the family to Cherokee County, Georgia, then to Alabama a few years later, near the Talapoosie River. Harris volunteered in U.S. Army during Mexican War, but the war closed before he reached the front. In 1852, Harris moved to Tippah Co. Mississippi. Only after about a year, Harris Sanders married
Emaline Crump 26th of June, 1853. Emeline was born October 20, 1836.
During the Civil War in 1862, Harris was a Confederate soldier under General N.B. Forrest in 7th Miss. Regiment CSA commanded by Col. W.C. Falkner. He remained a faithful soldier until the close of the campaign.
Harris joined a Baptist church at Guyton in 1895.
Harris died on February 21, 1917, at the home of Sam Jernigan, 2 miles east of Blue Mountain, Tippah County, Mississippi. Before his death, Harris transferred his church membership to the Academy Church. Harris is buried in the old church yard. Harris had 12 children, 10 living at time of death; 7 daughters, and 5 sons. One daughter died in infancy. One son, William P. Sanders, died 14 years earlier.
Harris' wife, Emaline, died March 4, 1920, at Cotton Plant, Tippah County, Mississippi.
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