Mrs. E. W. "Granny" Sanders of Bartow County, Georgia, and Texas - Two Obituaries, 1896

Elvira Wright (Franklin) Sanders 

Two Obituaries

Obituary of Granny Sanders
The Courant-American

Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, 13 February 1896, page 1 

[Extract]: 

Name of Deceased: Granny ??? (Franklin) Sanders 

Age: 79 years 

Residence: Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia 

Date of Death: 07 January 1896 

Place of Death: n/a [originally inferred as Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia, but a second, separate obituary clarifies the place as Texas; see below]

Burial: January 1896, Oak Hill Cemetery, [Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia] 

Birth: 01 December 1916, Warren County, Georgia 

Moved to Cartersville: about 1835 

Father: Mr. Felix Franklin [inferred deceased] 

Husband (deceased): Mr. E. E. Sanders, (died a few years after moving to Cartersville with his bride; buried at Oak Hill Cemetery) 

Year of Marriage: approx. 1835 (or not long before then)  

Daughter (surviving): Mrs. Slaughter, a teacher, residing in Palestine, , Texas 

Son (deceased) [Mr. Sanders], a lawyer, died at the Second Battle of Manassas [est. 1860s, Civil War] 

Brother (deceased): Mr. A. M. Franklin ("died several months ago")  

More: generally praising her good character and kind nature and expressing Christian sentiments 

Author of Obituary: "A Friend" 

[Source]: "Mrs. Sanders--A Tribute: Granny Sanders is Dead!" (obituary), /The Courant-American/ (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1889-1901, 13 February 1896, page 1 (digital image 1), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054137/1896-02-13/ed-1/seq-1/print/image_566x817_from_3144,4076_to_5511,7490/ (clipping; full page accessed 09 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett).

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Further research of the facts in this obituary show some slight discrepancies. Here is another obituary: 

Second Obituary

Mrs. E. W. Sanders in Obituary

The Courant-American

Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia, 16 January 1896, page 5

[Quote]:

"The friends in this community of Mrs. E. W. Sanders will regret to learn of her death, which occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. R. Slaughter, at Palestine, Tex., a few days ago, after an illness of only seven days. Mrs. Sanders was a sister of the late Mr. A. M. Franklin and was 79 years of age." 

[External Research: Deceased had been a long-time resident of Bartow County, Georgia; it is not stated whether she had been living with her daughter in Texas for very long at the time of her death.] 

[Source]: 

Mrs. E. W. Sanders (untitled death mention) in "Affairs in the City" (column 3), /The Courant-American/ (Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia) 1889-1901, 16 January 1896, page 5 (digital image 5), Georgia Historic Newspapers, Digital Library of Georgia (GALILEO). https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn88054137/1896-01-16/ed-1/seq-5/print/image_566x817_from_1759,160_to_2591,1361/ (clipping; full page accessed 09 November 2020 by D.K. Pritchett).