Hairston Family History and Genealogy

Fleming SAUNDERS

HAIRSTON.org ID#1301, b. about 1829, d. 6 February 1886

Father*

Samuel SAUNDERS¹ b. 9 Aug 1783, d. 1852

Mother*

Mary INGLES¹ b. a 1796, d. 1862

Birth*

Fleming SAUNDERS was born about 1829 in Franklin, Virginia.^2,3,4

He was the son of Samuel SAUNDERS and Mary INGLES.¹

Census 1850

Fleming SAUNDERS appeared on the 1850 census of Samuel SAUNDERS on 14 December 1850 in Franklin, Virginia; Samuel 67, Mary 54, Samuel 20, William 17, Crocket 16, Virginia 13, Shields 10, Sarah M. 8 and Fleming 22.²

Marriage*

Fleming SAUNDERS married Sarah "Sallie" Louisa HAIRSTON, daughter of Dr. George Stovall HAIRSTON and Matilda M. MARTIN, on 14 January 1864 in Henry, Virginia. He was 35 and she was 24. Minister was Lee. - FSL 7857819-598.^3,1

Census 1870*

Fleming SAUNDERS was Head of Household on 30 July 1870 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia. Sanders, Fleming 42, Sally 32, Mary F. 5, and Geo H. 3. All born in Virginia. The family of Alice Hairston (the widow of Major Samuel Hardin Hairston) is listed on same page of the census.⁵

Occupation*

He was a Commonwealth Attorney in 1872 in Martinsville, Henry, Virginia.⁶

Census 1880*

He appeared on the census of 11 June 1880 in Danville, Pittsylvania, Virginia. Fleming Saunders 48, Sarah L. 37, Mary F. 15, Geo 12, Maud 8, Maggie 7 and Annie 4. All born in Virginia.⁷

Death*

He died on 6 February 1886 in Richmond, Virginia; FSL 2048592.⁴

Family

Sarah "Sallie" Louisa HAIRSTON b. 8 Apr 1838

Children

Mary Fleming SAUNDERS+^8,1 b. a 1865
George H. SAUNDERS^5,1 b. a 1867
Matilda Maude SAUNDERS^7,1 b. 20 May 1872, d. 10 Feb 1912
Margaret Maggie SAUNDERS^7,1 b. a 1873
Anne Marshall SAUNDERS^7,1 b. a 1876, d. 4 Mar 1951

Charts

Descendant Chart
Descendant Chart Box

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

[S3804] Wingfield, Marshall Pioneer Families of Franklin County Virginia, 1964 The Virginia Book Company., Personal Collection - printed book.
[S1850] 1850 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
[S68] Vestal-Miller, Anne, The Marriage Register of Henry County Virginia Vol I , 1853-1878 Old Mill Printers, Rocky Mount, VA 1998 - FSL 7857819-583, Family Search Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
[S109] Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853–1912 Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled records.
[S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
[S3805] Virginia Birth Registers, 1853-1911. Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, Ancestry.com.
[S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
[S22] Hairston, Elizabeth Seawell, The Hairstons and the Penns and Their Relations, Roanoke, Virginia 1940 https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=13164, Ancestry.com.

Last Edited

28 Oct 2023