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Joseph Bynum Saunders 1922 – 2002 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 5 Nov 1922

Birth Location: Macon County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 8 Oct 2002

Death Location: Hopewell, Virginia, USA

Father: Joseph Sanders

Mother: Harietta Tippett

Spouse(s): Virginia Middleton

Children(s): Joseph Saunders, Stephen Saunders, Richard Saunders, Karen Pollard

Joseph Bynum Saunders Jr was born in 1922 in Macon County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Joseph Bynum Sanders and Harietta "Etta" Tippett. Joseph Bynum Saunders Jr later married Virginia Richerson Middleton, and together they raised children including Joseph Bynum Saunders, Stephen Leigh Saunders, Richard Dierick Saunders and Karen Marie Saunders Pollard. In 2002, Joseph Bynum Saunders Jr passed away in Hopewell, Virginia, USA.

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Parents

Joseph Sanders
1892 – 1979
Birth Location: Macon County, North Carolina, USA
JS
Harietta Tippett
1896 – 1985
Birth Location: Macon County, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Virginia Middleton
1923 – 2012
Birth Location: Charlotte County, Virginia, USA
VM

Children(s)

Joseph Saunders
1944 –
Birth Location: Hopewell, Virginia, USA
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Stephen Saunders
1949 – 2021
Birth Location: Hopewell, Virginia, USA
SS
Richard Saunders
1955 – 2025
Birth Location: Hopewell, Virginia, USA
RS
Karen Pollard
1957 –
Birth Location: Hopewell, Virginia, USA
KP

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 5 Nov 1922
    Event Place: Macon County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, North Carolina, Birth Indexes, 1800-2000, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, U.S., Korean War Era Draft Cards, 1948-1959, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 642, Year: 1940; Census Place: Millshoal, Macon, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02939; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 57-12, Year: 1930; Census Place: Whistler and Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2339775, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975; Record Group Number: 147; Series: Post-WWII through Vietnam Era Selective Service Records, Virginia; Series Number: 147-76-29, 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: Hopewell, Ho

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1930
    Event Place: Whistler and Plateau, Mobile, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1930 United States Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Whistler and Plateau, Mobile, Alabama; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 0015; FHL microfilm: 2339775

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Millshoal, Macon, North Carolina
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Millshoal, Macon, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02939; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 57-12

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: Millshoal, Macon, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Millshoal, Macon, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02939; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 57-12

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1942
    Event Place: Hopewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Virginia, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 642

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Hopewell, Hopewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 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: Hopewell, Ho

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Hopewell, Virginia
    Record Source: U.S., Korean War Era Draft Cards, 1948-1959, National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926–1975; Record Group Number: 147; Series: Post-WWII through Vietnam Era Selective Service Records, Virginia; Series Number: 147-76-29

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Oct 2002
    Event Place: Hopewell, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014

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