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SANDERSSiftings an exchange of Sanders/Saunders family research Number 12 January, 1998 four issues per year • $12 per year subscription • edited by Don E. Schaefer, 1297 Deane Street, Fayetteville, AR 72703-1544 Kevin Saunders Is An Inspiration To Many Who Think They “Can’t Do It” A Saunders Find “There’s always a way!” In Houston, Texas Kevin Saunders, the first disabled Several readers have been able to person ever appointed to the President’s visit the Sanders/Saunders collection Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, in the Litchfield, Illinois, Library lives by this motto. He’s a symbol of its since I wrote about it in the April truth. He’s a champion to young and and July issues of 1997. Some have old, abled and disabled. And he’s an found some real good information. inspiration to those who, like himself, Here’s another source! thrive on challenges and approach life Barbara Rushing, 2 Twin Springs with optimism, enthusiasm, and deter- Place, Woodlands, TX 77381, [terush mination. @main.com] has written Sanders Paralyzed from the chest down, Siftings about another good collec- Kevin was injured in a 1981 grain eleva- tion of Saunders/Sanders material. tor explosion in Corpus Christi, Texas. “Miss Katherine Reynolds did The catastrophic blast, considered by years and years of research on officials to be the worst in South Texas Saunders and when she died gave all history, destroyed the building in which her records to the Clayton Genealog- he was working as a federal inspector. ical Library, Houston, Texas. The leaving ten co-workers dead. Kevin was Clayton Library is near the Texas hurled over 300 feet by the explosion, Medical Center. The Saunders suffering a broken back, collapsed lungs, records are extensive. I imagine there and massive internal bleeding. He had are ten or more 4" notebooks of her no use of his limbs and spent the weeks work. She worked with my mother, that followed in intensive care, slipping Janie McMahen in 1969, Mrs. Lucille in and out of consciousness. Doctors achievement. His parents, Donald and Prior, Washington, D.C., Martha said he would not survive his injuries, Freda Saunders, instilled in him and his Harvin of Shreveport, La.; and sever- but through courage, tenacity, and will two brothers a sense of responsibility al others and traveled extensively to live, he beat the odds. and the value of hard work. As he grew doing her research. There was an During the years of hospitalization older he developed a passion for sports, older Dr. Saunders who wrote some and therapy that followed he found for which he trained hard, often running material who had lived in the Orient. inspiration in the words of his mother, alongside his father’s tractor heaving Miss Reynolds never married and “Kevin, things always happen for the bales of alfalfa onto a moving trailer. had no children. best.” Kevin says “I constantly remind In high school Kevin was an out- “She was able to get the Benja- myself that my accident occurred for a standing athlete. His abilities on the mine Saunders’ (b. 1746, m. 1768 purpose—a purpose that will provide football field, track, and basketball court Leah Smith) Rev. War record accept- me with even greater opportunities to earned him a college scholarship at ed by the DAR; his parents were Joel make a positive difference in the lives of Kansas State University. After graduat- Saunders and Charity; he d. 1782 in others.” ing with a degree in agriculture, he went Ga. Benjamine’s daughter Rachel As one of fifty million physically to work for the U.S.D.A. married Lazarus Phillips. She was challenged Americans, Kevin has turned Despite his near-fatal accident, descended from Rachel and Lazarus his personal tragedy into a successful Kevin’s competitive spirit and love of Phillips (m. 1796 in Chatham Co., career as a world and Paralympic cham- sport has continued to bring him suc- N.C.), moved to Henderson Co., pion, a motion picture and television cess and recognition. He has set several Tenn., listed in the 1830 census; actor, a popular motivational speaker, world records in international wheelchair moved to Tishomintgo Co., Miss. and an advocate for physical fitness. competition. A bronze medal in the Both died and are buried there in Shady Grove Cem., Miss.” Ⅵ The son of a Downs, Kansas, farming Olympic Stadium, Seoul, Korea; four family, Kevin learned at an early age that medals at the 1990 Pan American Games; Don Schaefer, editor integrity and hard work are the keys to (Continued on page two) SANDERSSiftings No. 12 Jan/98 Page 2 Kevin Saunders’ Inspiration Genealogical Research Standards of NGS (continued from page one) Standards for sound genealogical ‘possible’ any statement that is based a gold at the 1990 World Track and Field research as recommended by the on less than convincing evidence, Championships; and Best All Around National Genealogical Society: and state the reasons for concluding Wheelchair Athlete in the world are testa- ment to the talent and conviction of this emembering always that they are that it is probable or possible. R accomplished athlete. engaged in a quest for truth, family • Avoid misleading other researchers history researchers consistently— by either intentionally or carelessly [The family historian of the Saunders line in Kevin’s family is Dr. Marvin D. • Record the source for each item of distributing or publishing inaccu- Headley, 2312 NW Acorn Drive, Blue information they collect. rate information. Springs, MO 64014. He has traced his • State carefully and honestly the • Test every hypothesis or theory family back to John Saunders (b. 1757, results of their own research, and against credible evidence, and reject d. 1828 Mecklenburg Co., Va.) and wife acknowledge all use of other those that are not supported by the Millie (d. 30 Sep 1852 Va.) through their researchers’ work. evidence. son Thomas (b. 1785, Va., d. 1842 Va.) • Seek original records, or reproduced • Recognize the collegial nature of who m. Mary “Polly” Morris (b. 1790 images of them when there is rea- genealogical research by making Va., d. 1854 Cass Co., Mo.) on 19 Dec sonable assurance they have not their work available to others 1803 in Mecklenburg Co., Va. Write been altered, as the basis for their through publication, or by placing Marvin for more details.] Ⅵ research conclusions. copies in appropriate libraries or • Use compilations, communications repositories, and by welcoming criti- and published works, whether paper cal comment. Janie Jordan Needs Info or electronic, primarily for their • Consider with open minds new evi- On Lewis Saunders value as guides to locating the origi- dence or the comments of others on nal records. their work and the conclusions they Janie G. Jordan, 58 Fairlie Drive, have reached. Santa Rosa, CA 95403, [RJordan440@ • State something as a fact only when aol.com] is seeking parentage, siblings, it is supported by convincing evi- Copyright © 1997 by National wife, and complete list of children of dence, and identify the evidence Genealogical Society. Permission is Lewis Saunders who had at least three when communicating the fact to granted to copy or publish this material daughters: Elizabeth, Harriet, and others. provided it is reproduced in its entirety, Malinda. These daughters were all mar- • Limit with words like ‘probable’ or including this notice. Ⅵ ried in Botetourt Co., Va. My ancestress is Malinda who married Winston Coley 24 Jan 1839. William G. Saunders Do You Connect To Joshua Sanders of Massachusetts? served as a bondsman for their marriage and may be Malinda’s brother. I located Laura Gaudette Green. P.O. Box 451, Chatterton 15 Jan 1827 in Middlesex, Vt.; Lewis on the 1820 census for Bedford Saxtons River, VT 05154 [mgreen@ Eri, b. 5 Feb 1803, probably in N.H., m. Co., Va., but the first of the above mar- together.net] wishes to correspond with 29 Nov 1826 in Middlesex, Vt. Chartlotte riages in Botetourt Co. was 1828. I have anyone interested in the descendants of Chatterton, d. 17 Sep 1829 in Vt.; Ann b. determined Malinda’s birthyear to be Joshua Sanders, born in Billerica, Mass., 20 Mar 1805 probably in N.H.; Willard, about 1810. A marriage bond in Bruns- in 1763, moved to New Hampshire, and b. 10 Jul 1807; m. Fanny Hoyt 3 Dec wick Co., Va., dated 3 May 1798, for one finally settled in Middlesex, Washington 1835 in Middlesex, Vt.; d. 8 Jan 1893 in Lewis Saunders and Martha Saunders is Co., Vt., about 1820. Interested in what E. Montpelier, Vt.; Asbury, b. in Unity, the best I can come to a correct time became of his descendants, especially the N.H. 6 Apr 1809; m. Maria Wood and frame. This query. published in last ones that left Vermont. I have much Arivilla Wright; d. in Berlin, Vt. 27 Mar issue, had incorrect e-mail address. Ⅵ information to share. 1885; Clarissa, b. 30 Dec 1811, d. 29 Dec ________________ Joshua Sanders married 14 Mar 1785 1812; Jarville, b. 22 Jun 1820 in Betty Lilley, 1197 S. Hamblin Dr., in Chelmsford, Mass. Lydia Middlesex, Vt., m. Ann Gould; d. 25 Aug Kanab, UT 84741. [lilley@xpressweb. Chamberlain. One child: Joshua, b. in 1863, probably in Montpelier, Vt. Ⅵ com] Anyone who has these people in Billrica , Mass. 30 Oct 1785. ________________ their line of Sanders? Samuel A. Joshua Sanders married second Sarah Sanders, (b. 1852 Ark.), m. Malissa Farmer. 13 more children: Oliver, b. 20 Helen D. Sanders, 4895 Herman St., Hardaway (b. 1856 in Ark.) abt 1884. June 1790, m. Lucinda Pike, d. 23 Feb Eugene, OR 97404-3337 is researching a Samuel’s father was called Sam (this is 1881 in E.

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