Sixth Generation

1730. Senator Newell Sanders^6547,6548 was born on 12 July 1850 in Bloomington, Monroe Co., IN. He appeared in the census on 14 April 1930 in Lookout Mountain, Hamilton Co., TN.⁶⁵⁴⁹ Senator Sanders died of pernicious anemia on 26 January 1939 at the age of 88 in Lookout Mountain, Hamilton Co., TN and was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN.^6550,6551

"Sanders, Newell, a Senator from Tennessee; born on a farm near Bloomington, Owen County, Ind., July 12, 1850; attended the rural schools; graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington in 1873; owned and operated a book store in Bloomington, Ind., 1873-1877; moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1877 and became a manufacturer of agricultural implements; member of the school board 1881-1882; alderman 1882-1886; president of the Chattanooga Plow Co. 1882-1901; member of the board of directors of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway; appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert L. Taylor and served from Apr. 11, 1912, to January 24, 1913, when a successor was elected; was not a candidate for election; chairman, Committee on National Banks (Sixty-second Congress); continued his former manufacturing pursuits; died at his home on Lookout Mountain, Tenn., January 26, 1939; interment in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn."

Senator Newell Sanders and Corinne Dodds were married circa 1873. They appeared in the census on 15 June 1880 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN.⁶⁵⁵² They⁶⁵⁵² appeared in the census on 12 June 1900 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN.⁶⁵⁵³ Newell and Corinne⁶⁵⁵³ appeared in the census on 5 May 1910 in Lookout Mountain, Hamilton Co., TN.⁶⁵⁵⁴ They⁶⁵⁵⁴ appeared in the census on 2 January 1920 in Lookout Mountain, Hamilton Co., TN.⁶⁵⁵⁵ Corinne Dodds, daughter of Clelland Finley Dodds and Mary Elizabeth Orchard, was born on 4 July 1852 in Bloomington, Monroe Co., IN. Corinne died of bronichal pneumonia on 11 June 1929 at the age of 76 in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN and was buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN on 12 June 1929.^6556,6557 Corinne also had a Bachelors of Science degree from Indiana University. Her name appears in the university bulletin, Vol. 2, Issue 4 as an 1872 graduate and as Mrs. Newell Sanders of "510 W. Montgomery Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn. President of the Free Kindergarten Association."

Senator Newell Sanders and Corinne Dodds had the following children: