"C. B. SANDERS is the youngest but one of a family of twelve children of George W. and Rusilla [Drusilla] (BEST) Sanders. The father was born in Virginia in 1787, and partly reared in that State. From there he went to Tennessee, and thence to Jackson County, Ala., where he spent four years.

In 1831 he entered land in Huntsville, and a short time later removed near the present site of Wesley, where he entered a large tract of valley land, and became one of the large land owners of that section. He was a well-to-do farmer, an early settler and a member of the State Legislature several terms. At one time he was the owner of a mill near Wesley.

His first wife, the mother of our subject, was a native of Virginia, and died about 1836. He afterward married Rhoda (COPE) Waits, by whom he had three children. This lady was born in Alabama.

C. B. SANDERS was born September 14, 1826, and at the age of fifteen left the parental roof and came to Huntsville, where he worked in his brother's store until 1849, then embarking in business for himself. He joined the forty-niners and mined in California successfully until 1851. He then married, and in 1856 returned to California with a drove of cattle. The following year he returned, but during the war went to Texas with his family for seven years, although still interested in business here. Since 1868 he has made this his home, engaged in farming and hotel-keeping. He now lives one-half mile from town on a beautiful farm.

March 11, 1852 he married Viola T. POLK, of this county, and now has four children: Isabella, wife of A. A. BRODIE; Senor, Nat L. and Albert B. Both his wife and two daughters are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He himself is a member of the I. O. O. F., and has been a Mason three years. Politically Mr. SANDERS is a Democrat, and for two years served as county treasurer." (Goodspeeds History of NW AR…)