Military Matters
Recognizing members of our family who have served in the Armed Services of our Country, or who have contributed to war efforts in a civilian capacity.
Laodicea “Dicey” Langston Springfield
A Revolutionary War heroin recognized by Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The following is from the Springfield Family files of Legacy Keeper Donna Thompson:
William Woods
William Woods and his wife, Susannah Wallace Woods. The following is from the Woods Family files of Legacy Keeper Sandra Scott.
John Thomas Woods
Andrew Jackson and his soldiers entering Pensacola on November 7, 1814. From the files of Legacy Keeper Sandra Scott.
George Harrison Sanders
This information is from the Sanders files of Legacy Keeper Janis McCoy and details the Civil War legacy of George Harrison Sanders (1845 – 1910).
William Richard “Dick” Bomar
The following information is from the files of Edna Sanders, mother of Legacy Keeper Donna Thompson and wife of Prentice Sanders. The newspaper obituary is from the files of Frances Cunningham Wojtusik, daughter of Cosby and Myra Sanders Cunningham.
Thomas Ferrell Cunningham
From the Cunningham Family files of Legacy Keeper Sandra Scott.
Clara Sanders Perkins and the Bullet Factory
From the Sanders Family files of Legacy Keeper Donna Thompson
Charles T. “Charlie” Sanders
From the Sanders Family files of Legacy Keeper Donna Thompson.
Gaston Kent Sanders helped build Oak Ridge, Tennessee
From the Sanders Family files of Legacy Keeper Donna Thompson
Glenn Cunningham
The following information was told by Glenn to Legacy Keeper Sandra Scott.