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Benjamin Franklin Sanders

Birth	:	14 May 1832 Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death	:	15 Aug 1918 O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	O'Neill Cemetery, O'Neill, Holt County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4634200, -98.6560600
Description	:	Benjamin Sanders was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on May 14, 1832. He emigrated to America in 1854. By the year 1860, he was farming near Kelso in Sibley County, Minnesota. At the age of 29, he enlisted and was mustered into Company A of the First Minnesota Infantry. He was sick and in the Regimental Hospital in Alexandria, VA, when the battle of Bull Run took place. Ben was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. he was captured on July 3rd and taken away with the retreating rebel army. He was confined at Richmond, VA, and paroled... Read More	Benjamin Sanders was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on May 14, 1832. He emigrated to America in 1854. By the year 1860, he was farming near Kelso in Sibley County, Minnesota. At the age of 29, he enlisted and was mustered into Company A of the First Minnesota Infantry. He was sick and in the Regimental Hospital in Alexandria, VA, when the battle of Bull Run took place. Ben was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg. he was captured on July 3rd and taken away with the retreating rebel army. He was confined at Richmond, VA, and paroled at City Point, VA, on Aug 2, 1863. He reported in at Camp Parole, MD on Aug 3rd. Ben was mustered out with the regiment on May 3, 1864. In 1868, he moved to St Louis, MO, and worked in a boot and shoe store for the Joseph Nolte Co., located at 256 Broadway St. He earned $20 a week. On June 15, 1869, at Yellow Medicine located on the Sioux Indian Agency in southwestern Minnesota, he married Emily E Jones. In 1870, the were living farming near the community of Redwood Falls in Yellow Medicine County. Their one son was born in 1880. By 1900, they had moved to O'Neill in Holt County, Nebraska, where he continued to farm. The 1910 & 1917 roster of the veterans lists his address as Box 552, O'Neill. He died in O'Neill on August 15, 1918. He was 86 years old at the time of his death. Ben's body was buried at the Prospect Hill Cemetery, in O'Neill.

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Benjamin Franklin Sanders's memorial is located at: O'Neill Cemetery, O'Neill, Holt County, USA.
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Benjamin Franklin Sanders death on 15 Aug 1918 in O'Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 42.4634200
Longitude: -98.6560600

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Emily Eleanor Jones Sanders

(1840 - 1911)

Siblings

David Van Norden Sanders

(1812 - 1875)

Carleton Saunders

(1829 - 1911)

George Castlebrook Sanders

(1834 - 1895)

Children

George Richard Sanders

(1870 - 1955)

Alfred Sully Sanders

(1880 - 1957)

Flowers:

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Thank you for serving your country!

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. O'Neill Cemetery
O'Neill, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4634200, -98.6560600

2. Saint Theresa Church Cemetery
O'Neill, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4366770, -98.6484440

3. Prairie Home Cemetery
Emmet, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5005500, -98.8139300

4. Mennonite Cemetery
O'Neill, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5960000, -98.7170000

5. Prospect Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.5966700, -98.5740800

6. Inman Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.3532982, -98.5235977

7. Black Bird Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6241220, -98.6350960

8. Anson Cemetery
Atkinson, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6083650, -98.7985300

9. Page Cemetery
Page, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4005000, -98.4044000

10. Powell Grove Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6107000, -98.4723000

11. Mineola Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6105995, -98.4524994

12. Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6818830, -98.6389230

13. Paddock Cemetery
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Coordinate: 42.6834380, -98.5887760

14. Catalpa Grove Cemetery
Catalpa, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6522800, -98.8435670

15. Lambert Cemetery
Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4300003, -98.3383026

16. Scottville Cemetery
O'Neill, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6834120, -98.5120140

17. Jansen Pioneer Cemetery
Atkinson, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6087040, -98.9327960

18. Wooden Shoe Cemetery
Atkinson, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.6164930, -98.9320870

19. Saint Joseph Cemetery
Atkinson, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5358696, -98.9896088

20. Woodlawn Cemetery
Atkinson, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5377998, -98.9891968

21. Chambers Cemetery
Chambers, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.2115800, -98.7527900

22. Hainesville Cemetery
O'Neill, Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5600000, -98.3240000

23. Phoenix Cemetery
Holt County, USA
Coordinate: 42.7252998, -98.7846985

24. Grimton Cemetery
Walnut, Knox County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5247002, -98.2780991