Re: Alpha Anne T. Roe/Rowe b 1853 GA
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In reply to:
Re: Alpha Anne T. Roe/Rowe b 1853 GA
1/28/02
Jimmy,
When I began my search on my SANDERS, I too thought that Alpha was Elias' 2nd wife, until I did some digging. I found a distant cousin that said in their research they had Alpha as Elias' 1st wife. I also questioned my grandmother- a SANDERS who is still alive- and she told me that Alpha ROE was indeed Elias Harrison SANDERS' first wife. She knows this for a fact because Elias and Alpha's son, Abraham Lincoln SANDERS was her father. Abraham was 13 {the youngest of all the children of Elias and Alpha} at the time of his mother's death in 1908. She was sickly for months and young Abraham took care of her until his father, remarried to Annie Lee HOLMES and Abraham was raised by father and stepmother. Elias and Annie had about 5 or more children that my grandmother remembers being around in her youth down in Anderson Co, SC.
If you don't mind me asking, did you come from Elias and Alpha {1st wife}, or Elias and Annie {2nd wife}? If you descend from Elias and Alpha, which of their children was your next ancestor? Glad to find out I have another SANDERS cousin!!