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     He was born on 1 April 1913 at Indiana, USA.^3,2,5 Merrill married Thelma Marie Cox on 23 May 1933 at Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.^1,5
     Merrill Mounts Sanders died on 15 May 2001 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, at age 88.⁵
     Merrill Mounts Sanders was buried at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.⁵
     Merrill appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana in the household of his parents, Arthur and Sylvia Sanders.²
     Merle appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Wabash Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana in the household of his parents, Arthur and Sylvia Sanders.³
     In the obituary of Leland A. Sanders who died 24 November 1986, his brother, Merrill Sanders, of Lafayette, was listed as a survivor.⁶
     In the obituary of Arthur H. Sanders who died 2 June 1990, his son, Merrill M. Sanders, of Lafayette, was listed as a survivor.⁷

     He was born on 17 November 1915 at Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana, USA.^1,5,2,3,7 Leland married Bertha Beatrice Ross on 16 August 1940 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.^1,8,9,7
     Leland Arthur Sanders died on 24 November 1986 at Home Hospital, Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, at age 71.^1,5,8,4,7
     The following selected information is extracted from the obituary of Leland A. Sanders.
     Leland Arthur Sanders was buried at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.^8,4
     Leland appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Oxford, Oak Grove Twp., Benton County, Indiana in the household of his parents, Arthur and Sylvia Sanders.³
     Leland appeared on the 1930 Federal Census Wabash Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana in the household of his parents, Arthur and Sylvia Sanders.²
     See the footnotes below for a link to his obituary that appeared in the newspaper the Journal and Courier published in Lafayette, Indiana, 25 November 1986.⁷

     She was born on 14 December 1915 at Indiana, USA.² Thelma married Merrill Mounts Sanders on 23 May 1933 at Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.^1,4
     Thelma Marie Cox died on 14 January 1987 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, at age 71.^2,3
     Thelma Marie Cox was buried at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.^2,3

     She was born on 27 February 1918 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.² Bertha married Leland Arthur Sanders on 16 August 1940 at Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.^1,3,2,4
     Bertha Beatrice Ross died on 29 May 2007 at St. Anthony Healthcare, Lafayette, Fairfield Twp., Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA, at age 89.²
     Bertha Beatrice Ross was buried at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA.²
     She was commonly known as Bebe.²
     In the obituary of Leland A. Sanders who died 24 November 1986, hiswife, the former Bertha Ross, was listed as a survivor.⁴

     He was born on 25 September 1920 at New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, USA.^1,2
     Claude Richard Watson died on 1 November 1960 at Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, USA, at age 40 He may have died in 198o per the Social Security Death Index.¹
     Claude Richard Watson died in October 1980 at age 60 SSDI.²

     She was born on 3 March 1949 at Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA.¹
     Sylvia Sue McClanahan died on 6 March 1949 at Charleston, Coles County, Illinois, USA.¹
     Sylvia Sue McClanahan died on 10 March 1949 at Coles County, Illinois, USA.²