STEPHEN SANDERS. Washington county has received a number of her most valued citizens from New Jersey, and among the most worthy of these is the Sanders family. Stephen Sanders, a native of New Jersey, was among the first to enter land in Morris township, where he died in 1825. His son, Daniel, but a boy when his father removed to Pennsylvania, was born in 1783. In 1804 he married Catherine Rutan, a daughter of Samuel Rutan, of Morris township, and of this union were born the following children: Eleanor, Stephen, Phoebe, Sarah, Ann, Daniel and Eunice, of whom Eleanor, Sarah and Daniel are deceased. Stephen Sanders was born in 1809, and reared to farm life, which he has always followed. In 1834 he was married to Catherine , and to their union were born eight children: Simeon, Samuel, Jacob, Isaac Newton, Henry, Absalom, Azariah and Sample. Of these, Samuel, Isaac Newton, Henry and Absalom are still living, Isaac Newton and Henry being prosperous young farmers of Morris township. Mrs. Sanders died in 1887, and since that time Mr. Sanders has made his home with his son Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton Sanders married, October 17, 1872, Hannah, daughter of Obadiah and Elizabeth Clutter, and by her had four children: William Emmor, Stephen Byard, Estella Belva and Bertha May. He is a member of Upper Ten-Mile Church. Henry Sanders married Elizabeth Dille, June 19, 1871, and of their union have been born five children: Hugh (who died at the age of nineteen), and Lillian, Cora, Grace Edna and Florence, all living. Samuel Sanders, of Waynesburgh, Penn., married Hattie Balset, and had one child, Katherine Elizabeth Lee. Absalom Sanders, of Clarkestown, Penn., was married, in 1880, to Rebecca Huffman, and has no children. Jacob Sanders was married March 30, 1865, to Mary Axtell, and died March 19, 1869, leaving two children: Clarissa and Sarah Ellen. Simeon Sanders, during the Civil war, enlisted in the Federal army from Iowa, and died of fever at Little Rock, Arkansas. Obadiah Clutter, father of Mrs. Isaac Newton Sanders, was a shoemaker by trade, lived in Amity and died there. On January 17, 1836, he married Elizabeth Yoder, daughter of George and Sarah (Coulter) Yoder. They died in Greene county, where Elizabeth was born, near Rice's Landing. To Mr. and Mrs. Clutter were born the following children: Sarah, wife of John Kelly, of Cumberland, Md.; Phoebe, Mrs. John Gaines, of Amwell township; Mary J., in Washington; Eli Webb; George Brown; Margaret Ann; Catherine, wife of Warren Sanders, Bellaire, Ohio, Hannah (Mrs. Isaac Newton Sanders); Samuel Clawson; William M. (deceased). Mr. Clutter died in Amity in 1872, and Mrs. Clutter has since that time made her home with her children.

Text taken from page 926 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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