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| Name |
Harland David Sanders |
| Title |
Colonel |
| Suffix |
Sr |
| Born |
9 Sep 1890 |
Henryville, Clark, Indiana  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1907 |
| Between 1907 and 1915 Harlan held several railroad jobs. |
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Harlan Sanders RR.
Harlan Sanders RR. |
| Census |
1910 |
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1910 Sanders.
1910 US census, Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, enumeration district 172, Family Number 36, Sanders. Living as a boarder in the household of J.W. Barnes.
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| Census |
1920 |
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1920 Sanders.
1920 US census, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, enumeration district 10, Family Number 385, Sanders. |
| Census |
1930 |
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1930 Sanders.
1930 US census, Nicholasville, Jessamine, Kentucky, enumeration district 57-1, Family Number 844, Sanders. |
| Military Service |
U.S. Army |
| October 1906 to February 1907. |
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Harland David Sanders Sr WWI Draft.
Harland David Sanders Sr WWI Draft Registration. |
| Occupation |
1930 |
| In 1930 Harlan owned a service station in Korbin, Kentucky. |
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Harlan Sanders Service Station.
Harlan Sanders Service Station. |
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Sanders Service Station
The smaller building on the left was Sanders' Service Station. Later he would move acrost the street to the bigger building which became Sanders' Court and Cafe. |
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Sanders Cafe.
The interior of Sanders' Cafe in the late 1930's. |
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Sanders Court & Café.
Along with the Café he began operating a hotel. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1939. It was rebuilt even bigger with the restaurant now seating 140, as seen on this 50's era postcard. |
| Occupation |
1952 |
| Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken |
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Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Kentucky Fried Chicken. |
| Died |
16 Dec 1980 |
Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky |
| Buried |
20 Dec 1980 |
Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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Harland David Sanders Death.
Cave Hill Cemetery Burial Records. |
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Colonel Sanders Grave
Colonel Sanders Grave |
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Colonel Sanders Grave
Colonel Sanders Grave |
 Siblings |
2 siblings |
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| Person ID |
I65943 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
9 Sep 2022 |
| Father |
Wilbert David Sanders, b. 1866, Monroe, Clark, Indiana , d. 1895, Indiana (Age 29 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Margaret Ann Dunlevy, b. 25 Sep 1865, Monroe City, Knox, Indiana , d. 28 Jul 1935, Henryville, Clark, Indiana (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Married |
9 Jun 1889 |
Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana |
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Sanders-Dunlevy Marriage.
Sanders-Dunlevy Marriage. |
| Family ID |
F20617 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Josephine King, b. 2 Oct 1888, Gamble, Walker, Alabama , d. 6 Dec 1975, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky (Age 87 years) |
| Married |
15 Jun 1909 |
Jasper, Walker, Alabama |
| Children |
| + | 1. Margaret Sanders, b. 29 Mar 1910, Jasper, Walker, Alabama , d. 10 Oct 2001 (Age 91 years) [Birth] |
| | 2. Harland David Sanders, Jr, b. 23 Apr 1912, Jasper, Walker, Alabama , d. 15 Sep 1932, Martinsville, Morgan, Indiana (Age 20 years) [Birth] |
| + | 3. Mildred Marie Sanders, b. 15 Aug 1919, Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana , d. 21 Sep 2010, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky (Age 91 years) [Birth] |
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| Last Modified |
8 Sep 2022 |
| Family ID |
F20618 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Claudia Ellen Ledington, b. 7 Sep 1902, London, Laurel, Kentucky , d. 31 Dec 1996, Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky (Age 94 years) |
| Married |
21 Feb 1939 |
Corbin, Whitley, Kentucky |
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Sanders-Ledington Wedding.
Sanders-Ledington Wedding. |
| Last Modified |
7 Sep 2022 |
| Family ID |
F20619 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Died - 16 Dec 1980 - Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky |
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 | Buried - 20 Dec 1980 - Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States |
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