Arsulie Catherine Coats

Name: Arsulie Catherine Coats

Birth: October 17, 1841, Bedford County, Tennessee

Death: December 3, 1920, Paris, Lamar County, Texas

Burial: Mount Hope Cemetery, Anson, Jones County, Texas

Father: Clairbourn Wilson Coats (1807 - 1896)

Mother: Elizabeth McGuire (Butcher) (1806 - 1872)

Marriage: Elijah Sanders (1825 - 1917) December 1, 1863, in Collin County, Texas

Children:

S. T. (about 1866) - daughter

C. L. T. (about 1868) - son

Effie Jane Sanders (1870 - 1891)

Robert Lee "Bob" Sanders (1872 - 1959)

Thomas Brown Sanders (1878 - 1962)

Etta M. Sanders (1881 - 1968)

Velma Ray "Norma" Sanders (1884 - 1969)

Ruby Laura Sanders (1890 - 1969)

Notes:

1850 Census - Catherine Coats (7) is listed in the home of her parents "Clarbourn" and Elizabeth Coats in Bedford, Tennessee.

1863 - Arsulie Catherine Coats married Elijah Sanders in Collin County, Texas. She is 22 and he is 39. Jesse Coffey signed the marriage certificate as justice of the peace.

1870 Census - Elijah and Catherine Sanders are residing in Lamar County, Texas. W. C. (William Carroll), age 12 is listed in the home. Elijah is not. Children from the second marriage include S. T. (4), C. L. T. (2), and E. J. (1/12).

1880 Census - Elijah and A. C. Sanders are living in Lamar County, Texas. The children include Wm. C. (22), S. T. (14), C. L. T. (12), Effie J. (10), R. L. (7), and Thomas (2).

1900 Census - Elijah and Arsulie Sanders are living in Jones County, Texas. Children at home include Thomas (21), Ella M. (18), Norma R. (15), and Ruby (9).

1910 Census - Elijah and Arsula C. Sanders are living in Jones County, Texas. Their daughter Ruby (19) and grandson David (18) are also living in the home. Their son Thomas Sanders is listed next in the Census record.

1920 - Arsulie Catherine Sanders dies in Paris, Lamar County, Texas. She was living (or visiting) her daughter and son-in-law, Etta and Walter Baird. Walter Baird signed as informant on the death certificate. She is interred in Mount Hope Cemetery in Anson, Jones County, Texas, next to her husband, Elijah Sanders.

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