City: Chattanooga
SANDERS, Newell, manufacturer; born Owen County, Ind., July 12, 1850; son of John and Miriam (Coffey) SANDERS; Henry SANDERS of North Carolina a Revolutionary soldier, great grandfather; John SANDERS of North Carolina, grandfather; Nancy (Briscoe) SANDERS of Tennessee, grandmother; Reuben COFFEEY of North Carolina, grandfather; Polly (Dowell) COFFEY of North Carolina, grandmother; reared on a farm; graduated from Indiana University with A. B. degree, 1873; married Corinne DODDS, 1873; merchant, Bloomington, Ind., 1873-1877; began manufacture of plows at- Chattanooga, Tenn., 1878; president and general manager Chattanooga Plow Co., 1882-1901, in which is now a large stockholder; 1901 established Newell Sanders Plow Co., of which he is proprietor; manufactures principally for export trade; director of Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Co.; president of National Association of Agricultural Implement & Vehicle Mfrs., 1907-1908; member of Board of Managers American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1902-1905; Republican; delegate to Republican National Conventions, 1900 and 1908; Chairman of Republican State Executive Committee of Tennessee, 1894-1896 and 1906-1912; member of Baptist Church; home address, Chattanooga, Tenn.
