Elizabeth Cheney Sanders was born 10 March 1857 in Springville, Utah County, Utah, United States to Elam Cheney (1825-1912) and Margaret Wimmer (1829-1908) and died 5 February 1940 San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California, United States of unspecified causes. She married Moses Martin Sanders (1853-1926) 23 November 1872 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
Elizabeth Ellen Cheney Sanders (1857-1940)
LDS Pioneer
Vital Stats
- Daughter of Elam Cheney (1825-1912) and Margaret Wimmer (1829-1908)
- 1857-Mar-10 : Birth at Springville, Utah Co, Utah Territory, USA
- 1872-Nov-23 : Marriage to Moses Martin Sanders (1853-1926) in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory
- 1940-Feb-5 : Died San Gabriel, Los Angeles Co, California, USA
- 1940-Feb-9 : Burial - Mountain View Cemetary in Pasadena, CA
Biography
The daughter of Mormon pioneers, Elizabeth Ellen would become a pioneer herself when in 1886, she and her husband led their young family to help the settle the new Mormon Colonies in Colonia Diaz, Mexico. They lived their many years running a cattle ranch, until Poncho Villa's raiders forced them out in 1912.
Because of US laws prohibiting polygamy, she and Moses could not live together. She went with the older children to live in Idaho, while Moses stayed in Arizona to help raise the younger children from his later marriage there.
Children of Elizabeth Cheney and Moses Sanders
- Martin Franklin Sanders (1875-1957) -
- David William Sanders (1876-1953)
- Joseph Le Roy Sanders (1879-1965) -
- John Elam Sanders (1880-1970) -
- James Richard Sanders (1883-1958) -
- Ethel May Sanders (1884-1957) -
- Moses Elijah Sanders (1885-1928) -
- George Henry Sanders (1888-1955) -
- Hyrum Peter Sanders (1890-1918) -
- Charles Alma Sanders (1892-1940) -
- Francis Francis Sanders (1895-1983) =
- Lee Washington Sanders (1897-1989) -
Children
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Sarah Jane Cheney (1857-1895) | |||
| William Wells Cheney (1859-1927) | |||
| Hannah Mariah Cheney (1861-1863) | |||
| John Elam Cheney (1864-1865) | |||
| Samuel Cheney (1866-1870) | |||
| Mahitable Cheney (1868-1908) | |||
| Orsen Cheney (1871-1871) | |||
| Ezekiel Thomas Cheney (1872-1922) | |||
| Moroni Cheney (1874-1875) | |||
| Orin Cheney (1874-1874) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| John Robert "Jack" Edgehill (1866-1922) | |||
| Isaac Cheney (1867-1867) | |||
| Abraham Cheney (1868-1868) | |||
| George Cheney (1871-1906) | 22 August 1871 Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah, United States | 27 February 1906 Concho, Apache County, Arizona, United States | Mary Elizabeth Owens (1871-1950) |
| Melinda Cheney (1871-1876) | |||
| Melvina Cheney (1873-1903) | |||
| Melvin Cheney (1875-1875) | |||
| Margaret Ellen Chaney (1876-1968) | |||
| Ezra Cheney (1878-1878) | |||
| Juliette Cheney (1879-1892) | |||
| Rosalia Cheney (1881-1883) | |||
| James Cheney (1882-1882) | |||
| Hyrum Elam Cheney (1883-1961) | |||
| Charles Cheney (1887-1918) | |||
Research Notes
- Elizabeth Cheney
- Cheney Family
- Cheney in Utah County, Utah
- Cheney in Salt Lake County, Utah
- Cheney in Los Angeles County, California
- Benjamin Cheney Immigrant Ancestors -
- Cheney Family Ancestry - Lineage back to Norman Knights and the Battle of Hastings
- John Cheney List of Famous Descendants -
- Genealogy of Dr Levi Cheney - Mormon Pioneer and California 49er.
- Conover Genealogy
Vital Records
1880 US Census
Residence : Fairview, Sanpete Co, Utah
- Martin Sanders (M-27) - Head of household / Ocp: Stockman
- Elizabeth Sanders (F-23) - spouse / Ocp: keeping house
- Martin F Sanders (M-5)
- Dana W Sanders (M-3)
- Jos L Sanders (M-1)
- Larna Ann A Sanders (F-22) - spouse / Ocp: keeping house
- William Danson (M-37) / Ocp: Laborer
Notable Ancestors
Ludlow Family Ancestry
A direct descendant of the Ludlow Family (mother, ECheney, MWells, SWells, JWells, MBrewster, TBrewster, SLudlow, ...) This family has connections to several notable lines of early European ancestry including the following:
- Nathaniel Brewster (1620-1690) - A member of the first graduating class of Harvard University (1642), he became a minister of the church in Ireland where he married Sarah Ludlow (1635-1695), a daughter of Roger Ludlow. They then sailed back to America where he served a long time as minister of the church in Setauket and Brookhaven on Long Island, New York
- Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) - Notable early English immigrant. co-founder of Colony of Connecticut, and author of its earliest legal codes.
- Edward I of England (1239-1307) - King of England, m. Eleanor of Castile (1202-1244) - See Plantagenet Family Line for a continuation of his ancestry.
- William I, King of England (1027-1087) - (aka: William the Conqueror) - In 1066 became first Norman king of England.
- Emporer Charlemagne (747-814) - King of the Franks and from 800 the first emperor in western Europe since the collapse of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier.
Cheney Family
- Elam Cheney (1825-1912) (father) - At age 12 he witnessed a miraculous vision in the Kirtland Temple.
- Benjamin Cheney Immigrant Ancestors -
- Cheney Family Ancestry - Lineage back to Norman Knights and the Battle of Hastings
- John Cheney List of Famous Descendants -
See Also
- Elizabeth Cheney
- Cheney Family
- Cheney in Salt Lake County, Utah
- Cheney in Utah County, Utah
- Sanders in Salt Lake County, Utah
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