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Sanders Cemetery
Sanders, Benewah County, Idaho

Lat: 47° 06' 05"N, Lon: 116° 45' 51"W
T43N RW Sec 6

Transcribed by Maggie Rail, Aug 12, 2003, last edited Feb 21, 2018 [mrail@asisna.com]. Total records = 40.

To reach cemetery from Hwy 95, about two miles south of Tensed ID turn left onto Sanders Road. Continue for about 2 mi, the church will be on your left. From there continue for .9 mi where you turn left onto a lane for another .7 mi then right into the woods, and you can see the fenced in cemetery ahead.

Marlo Thompson, the pastor at the Free Methodist church in Sanders, was so kind to assist me in finding this cemetery. He also has the only records I could find for both this and Mountain View Cemetery. 208-274-2059. church

This cemetery is where the first town of Sanders was. Some refer to this cemetery incorrectly as Old Sanders. In truth there was a new town of Sanders which developed, but it has no cemetery. Now both are no longer towns, however they still are communities.

In about the center of this cemetery we find a fenced in area where Jacob Sanders is buried. Jacob is the man the town was named after.

I was able to compare my readings with the sexton files. Those with and asterisk * I was not able to find, so I do not have a photo of those stones. It is possible they never did have a marker.

I used my digital camera to read the cemetery, walking the cemetery on Jun 14, 2003. Additions added from obits and other research.

- Maggie Rail

Bloomquist, Frank, no dates, Pioneer??*
Brown, Elmer, b. Jul 10, 1885, d. Oct 07, 1961, h/o Marie, R-6 #6
Cushen, Verna Marie Miller, b. May 18, 1919, d. Dec 00, 1978
Dutton, Carlos Allen 'Carl', b. Dec 20, 1931, d. Jun 00, 1983, h/o Margaret Spray, ns
Elliott, Hilbert S, b. Dec 28, 1911, d. Dec 04, 1991
Elliott, Myrtle Edna Miller, b. Apr 15, 1909, d. Nov 12, 1997, w/o Hilbert S
Hamp, Georgia Ann, b. Sep 26, 1936, d. Oct 11, 1936, d/o George & Louisa
Hill, LaVerne, b. Dec 04, 1912, d. Apr 19, 1913, R-4 #7
Inscore, Phillip, b. 1918, d. 1919, R-4 #10
Magers, Charles M, b. Feb 17, 1892, d. Mar 08, 1961, s/w Vina L, R-3 #2
Magers, Everett, b. Sep 00, 1886, d. Sep 12, 1912, age: 26yr, R-3 #9*
Magers, Marget Marcia Dilla, b. Feb 06, 1866, d. Apr 15, 1934, s/by William, R-3 #6
Magers, Merry Sunshine, b. 1918, d. May 04, 1928, s/w Baby, R-3 #4*
Magers, Ona, b. no date, d. Jun 09, 1914, R-3 #8*
Magers, Robert, b. 1916, d. 1916, baby, s/w Merry Sunshine, R-3 #5
Magers, Vina L, b. Nov 25, 1895, d. Sep 06, 1991, s/w Charles, R-3 #
Magers, William Cyrus, b. May 25, 1864, d. Jul 02, 1941, R-3 #7
Mays, Boney Nelson, b. Jun 11, 1916, d. Jan 11, 1917, baby, R-5 #10
Melzer, Jennie, b. 1872, d. Mar 11, 1934, age: 62yr*
Miller, Charles Marshall, b. Sep 07, 1892, d. Oct 25, 1968, Uncle Chas
Miller, George M, b. 1862, d. 1926, s/w Mary J, R-5 #4
Miller, Louisa B, b. Dec 28, 1837, d. Mar 19, 1901, Daughter, R-4 #5
Miller, Mary Jane, b. Jan 17, 1858, d. Sep 21, 1943, s/w George M, R-5 #3
Miller, Nora Isabelle Kenoyer, b. Aug 05, 1887, d. Dec 21, 1941, Mother
Miller, Olive Lousia, b. Aug 02, 1920, d. Jan 06, 1934, Daughter, sic, R-4 #2
Miller, Robert Vance, b. Feb 12, 1886 NC, d. 1931, Father, h/o Nora, R-4 #3
Miller, Thomas C, b. Jan 24, 1820, d. Oct 25, 1902, s/o M&M George, R-4 #6
Miller, Vera Jane, b. 1915, d. Dec 28, 1925, bur. Dec 29, 1925, R-4 #4
Miller, William Charles, b. 1892, d. 1968, R-5 #5*
Mollendorf, Alvin R, b. Oct 13, 1906, d. May 00, 1982, s/w Helen I
Mollendorf, Helen I Mollendorf, b. Jul 20, 1911, d. Oct 15, 2000, s/w Alvin R
Myers, James A, bur. Jun 06, 0000, s/o Robert & Myrna
Preston, Elmer H, b. Mar 31, 1847, d. Jun 01, 1919, R-6 #7
Price, Thelma E, b. 1917, d. 1982, s/w J.R. Seivers
Sanders, Anna Engelman, b. Germany, d. Jun 17, 1906, w/o and s/w Jacob, R-4 #6
Sanders, Jacob, b. Germany, d. Jun 20, 1905, town of Sanders ID is named after Jacob, R-4 #5
Seivers, J. R., b. 1914, d. 1985, s/w Thelma Price
Smith, Myrtle Catherine, b. Feb 24, 1939, d. Feb 24, 1939*
Smith, Robert E, b. Dec 02, 1919, d. Oct 15, 1923, R-2 #12
Thurno, Baby, no dates, R-3 #4*