KAY LASH COLLECTION, CARNEGIE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF STEUBEN 
COUNTY, ANGOLA, INDIANA.

SYLVIA (ABBOTT) SANDERS, 10 Mar 1835 - 30 Apr 1911

                  MRS. SYLVIA SANDERS

   Daughter of Chancy and Malvina Tillotson Abbott, was born 
March 10, 1835, at Northfield, Oakland county, Michigan, and 
died at her home in Orland, Indiana, April 30th, 1911, aged 
77 years, 1 month and 20 days.  She was united in marriage 
with Elijah T. Sanders, June 3, 1855, and to them were born 
six children, one, their first born, dying in infancy, and 
Eugene at the age of 21.  She leaves to mourn her departure 
an aged husband and four children, Chancy, of Bakersfield, 
California; Mrs. Effie Cooper, of Jamestown; Norman, of 
Orland, and Mrs. Ethel Grier, of Greenville, Pennsylvania, 
all of whom were with her and helped care for her in her last 
illness.
   Deeds, not words, were the keynote of her character, 
whether in the home, the Grange, of which she was a devoted 
member, or in the neighborhood where she resided; always 
fearless where duty called, helpful in sickness, and when the 
death angel hovered over a household, a sympathetic friend 
and comforter.  Surely a noble life has closed and will be 
sadly missed by all who knew her.
   Funeral services were held at the home, conducted by Rev. 
Stoakes, of Orland.  Burial at Green Lawn cemetery.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Sylvia (Abbott) Sanders, 10 Mar 1835 - 30 Apr 1911, 
married Elijah T. Sanders, 19 Sep 1828 - died after 30 Apr 
1911.  They are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben 
County, Indiana.  Sylvia was the daughter of Chancy Abbott, 
1804 - 1856, and Malvina (Tillotson) Abbott, 08 Jul 1809 - 12 
Oct 1904.  They are buried at Jamestown Cemetery, Steuben 
County, Indiana.

CHILDREN:
   Norman A. Sanders, 07 Mar 1862 - 23 Jun 1948, married Roby 
R. (Chrysler) Sanders, 1868 - 20 Mar 1916.  They are buried 
at Greenlawn Cemetery.  Note:  Her name was Schugar but she 
was reared by John Wesley Chrysler and his 2nd wife, Loretta 
Schugar Chrysler and took the name of Chrysler.
   Effie A. (Sanders) Cooper, 10 Feb 1860 - 09 Apr 1952, 
married Thomas J. Cooper, 1858 - 1945.  Thomas was the son of 
Thomas Cooper, 18 Aug 1829 - 08 Feb 1913, and his 1st wife, 
Mary (Connor) Cooper, 21 Jun 1831 - 12 Jul 1879.  They are 
all buried at Jamestown Cemetery.
   Eugene Sanders, 19 Nov 1864 - 11 May 1887.  He is buried 
at Greenlawn Cemetery.
   Ethel (Sanders) Grier (married name listed in obituary), 
age 11 on the 1880 United States Census, Mill Grove Township, 
Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library Film 
#1254312, NA Film #T9-0312, page #254C.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, pages 94, 401, 402, Vol. 2, pages 1585, 
1586, 1587.
Steuben Republican, 24 Aug 1911, "Old Settlers" death list, 
Sylvia Sanders. 
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Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net