Viola Sanderson b. 24 Feb 1882 Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Nov 1970 Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA: Smith Family Tree

Viola Sanderson

1882 - 1970 (88 years)

Name	Viola Sanderson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Birth	24 Feb 1882	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10]
Gender	Female
Census	1900	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [3, 4]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Census	1910	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [2, 4]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Census	1920	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [1, 4]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Census	1930	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [8]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
Census	1950	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [9]
	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Widowed of Hiram Foster
Religion	Madison Street Church of Christ
Residence	Dec 1963	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [11]
	Mrs Viola Foster
Funeral	McReynolds Funeral Home, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
Death	15 Nov 1970	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [4, 10]
Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA [10]
		Riverview Cemetery (originally known as the City Cemetery) Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee Find a Grave: #17796
Person ID	I26536	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Benjamin Franklin 'Frank' Sanderson, b. 7 Jan 1850, Stewart County, Tennessee, USA d. 5 Jan 1922, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA (Age 71 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Arminta Green 'Mint' Harrison, b. 20 Oct 1851, Oakwood, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 27 Oct 1929, Oakwood, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 78 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	1870 [3, 12]
Family ID	F8422	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Hiram Eugene Foster, Jr, b. 11 Jul 1881, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Mar 1949, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA (Age 67 years)

Marriage 27 Oct 1901 Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA [10]

Children

	1. Herman Eugene Foster, b. 8 Jul 1909, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 8 Jul 1945, Clarence, Calhoun, Michigan, USA (Age 36 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Leila Foster, b. 6 Dec 1906, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 7 Feb 1932, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 25 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Addie Lois Foster, b. 23 May 1904, Woodlawn, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Jan 1988, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Ada Mae Foster, b. 19 Dec 1902, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Nov 1984, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11615 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2	Odell Stagner, b. Abt 1919, Tennessee, USA
Family ID	F2514	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 24 Feb 1882 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - 1900 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Marriage - 27 Oct 1901 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1910 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife - 1920 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife - 1930 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Widowed of Hiram Foster - 1950 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Residence - Mrs Viola Foster - Dec 1963 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Death - 15 Nov 1970 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
	Burial - - Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA

= Link to Google Earth

People		FOSTER-Hiram (Family) Ada Mae Foster Bartee (1902-1984), Addie Lois Foster Chester (1904–1988), Leila Foster Shepherd (1906–1932), Viola Sanderson Foster (1882-1970), Herman Eugene Foster (1909–1945), and Hiram Eugene Foster Jr (1881–1949)
People		SANDERSON-Family Portrait BACK ROW from left - standing Papa Elliott Sanderson, standing Uncle Lynard Sanderson standing Aunt Ada (married Claudie Smith), standing Aunt Callie (married Will Mennahan), standing Aunt Viola (married Hiram Foster), FRONT ROW standing Uncle Burton Sanderson, seated Grand-Pa Franklin Sanderson, standing Uncle Mannie…

Sources

[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 505.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1756; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 137
[S11466] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0120; FHL microfilm: 1375526.

1910 United States Federal Census
Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1513; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0120; FHL microfilm: 1375526
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: 1590; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1241590.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 4, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: 1590; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 0027; FHL microfilm: 1241590
[S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online.
[S8] Ancestry.com, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).
[S471] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).

Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950
[S432] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2015;).

Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: District 7, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: 2265; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 2341999.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: District 7, Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: 2265; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0008; FHL microfilm: 2341999

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Clarksville, Montgom.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Clarksville, Montgom

[S7353] Find a Grave: SANDERSON Viola Foster 1882-1970, Viola Sanderson Foster.
BIRTH 1882 DEATH 1970 (aged 87–88) BURIAL Riverview Cemetery Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee PLOT Section 07, Row 14 MEMORIAL ID 5426262
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5426262
[S4184] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Mannie Sanderson • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - Dec 1963, (Name: The Leaf-Chronicle; Location: Clarksville TN; Date: 28 Dec 1963;), FORMER SHERIFF SANDERSON DIES, FUNERAL SUNDAY.
MW Sanderson, former sheriff, died Friday in Memorial Hospital. His death was attributed to Injuries suffered in a traffic accident on December 16.
Funeral services will be held Sunday at Murphy Chapel. The Rev John Laida and the Rev HA Hamby will officiate and burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. Mr Sanderson was a lifelong resident of Clarksville, son of the the late Benjamin Franklin Sanderson and Araminto Harrison Sanderson.
He served eight years as Montgomery county sheriff. He was first elected in 1944 and served two years. In 1948 he was again elected sheriff and served three two-year terms.
Mr Sanderson was also a former member of Montgomery county quarterly court, served seven years as sanitary inspector for the Montgomery county health department, and was with the Title Division of the State for several years. He was a member of the First Baptist church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs Gertrude Turner Sanderson; two daughters, Mrs Ashley Dabbs of this city and Mrs James (Booster) Moore of Nashville; two grandchildren, Ashley C Dabbs Jr of Clarksville and Mrs Rachel Loggins Dorris of Nashville, and two sisters, Mrs Callie Minnehan and Mrs Viola Foster, both of Clarksville.
Active pallbearers will be Hillard Dabbs, Robert Sykes, Joseph Slate, John Hancock, Ray Harris and Harry Dunn. Honorary pallbearer will be Drs HL Durrett, Bryce F Runyon, John Ledbetter, WG Lyle, Pat Edwards, Frank J Malone Jr, Gov Frank Clement, James C Cunningham, Halbert Harvill, Noel Bagwell, Lawrence McMillan, Walton N Smith, Matt Lynch, Frank Riley, Oscar L Rankin, George Stanflll, Charlie Vaden, Foard Harris, William Edmondson, Jim Biggers, Charlie Crow and HW Smith.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/353464350/?article=7d437442-b7cb-4847-88b1-61cf5fa212c4&focus=0.37968794,0.7136247,0.61074257,0.9756905&xid=3355

Obituary-SANDERSON Mannie W
Obituary of MANNIE WAIN SANDERSON • The Leaf-Chronicle • Clarksville, Tennessee • Sat, Dec 28, 1963 • Page 1
[S6832] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Sanderson): HARRISON Armenta Sanderson, (Name: SmithLC.com;), HARRISON Armenta Green “Minnie” Sanderson 1851-1929.
Wife of Benjamin Franklin Sanderson
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115321068/armenta_green_sanderson

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