Mary Jane Sanders
b. 29 October 1848, d. 22 July 1868
- Father: Samuel David Sanders b. 4 January 1822, d. 23 January 1903
- Mother: Martha Johnson Pegues b. 13 December 1824, d. 30 December 1889
- Mary Jane Sanders was born on 29 October 1848 in South Carolina.
- Samuel David Sanders and Martha Johnson Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield District, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Sanders.
- Samuel David Sanders and Martha Johnson Pegues appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Cheraw PO, Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Other members of the household included Mary Jane Sanders.
- She married Robert Lee Harper circa December 1867.
- Mary Jane Sanders died on 22 July 1868 at age 19 in Greenville, South Carolina.
- Her husband Robert Lee Harper became a widower at her death.
- The following appeared on 4 September 1868 in the Southern Christian Advocate: Mrs. Mary Jane Harper, wife of Rev. Robert L. Harper, of the S. C. Conference, and only daughter of Dr. Sam'l D. and Mrs. Martha J. Sanders, formerly of Cheraw, S. C., but now of Jackson, Tenn., was born Oct. 29, 1848, and died in Greenville, S. C., at the residence of Mr. J. A. David, on 22d July 1868. In her 18th year while attending a meeting at the church of her grandmother, Mrs. Jane Pegues in Marlborough Dist., she was soundly converted to God. Eleven months before her death she was happily married to Rev. Robert L. Harper.
- Last Edited: 11 Dec 2013