Sanders, Jared Young, 1839-1881

Jared Young Sanders (1791-1862) established a sugar plantation, Inglewood, near Brashear City (now Morgan City), and was Sheriff of St. Mary Parish. He married Rachel Nixon Hulick in 1818, and they had seven children: Elizabeth, Nancy, Jehu, Jared, Alonzo, Evelyn and Henry.

His son, Jared Young Sanders (1839-1881) was educated at Centenary College of La. and South Carolina College. He served in the 26th Louisiana Regiment in the Civil War. After the war, he launched a cotton business venture that failed. He married Elizabeth Alzira Wofford, of Avoca Plantation, St. Mary Parish, in 1868. During the period of Reconstruction, he worked to alleviate the losses of the Sanders and Wofford families.

Jared Young Sanders (1869-1944) was educated at St. Charles College, Grand Coteau. He married Ada Veronica Shaw of Fourke, Arkansas, in 1891. They were divorced in 1912, and he married Emma Dickinson in 1914. For a short time he worked in the newspaper trade, and owned the St. Mary Banner. He received a degree in law in 1893, and went on to establish the firm of Foster, Milling, Godchaux and Sanders, with branches in New Orleans and Franklin.

Sanders began his political career in the 1890s. He was elected state representative in 1892; governor of Louisiana 1908-1912; Representative in Congress 1917-1921; and ran unsuccessfully for the U. S. Senate in 1920 and 1926. He was noted for his work to improve Louisiana roads. After leaving Congress, he moved to Hammond, La., where he spent the remainder of his life.