Tuesday, November 1, 2011

WILLIAM SANDERSON




William Sanderson was born December 5, 1845 in Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. William was a private in Company I, 114th Regiment, Ohio Infantry in the Civil War. He lost a leg during one of the battles. He came to Kansas with his father in 1868-1870. He married Nellie May Putnam September 30, 1886. They had two children: Maud Ellen and Floyd Elmer. Nellie died 20 March 1891. Will's second marrage was to Anna F. McCreary. They were married 25 May 1893. They had five children: Mary L., George William, Nellie Frances, Alice L., and Frank James.

Despite his injuries in the Civil War, William lived to be 77 years old. He died 17 July 1922 near Holton, Kansas. His second wife Anna McCreary Sanderson died in 1912. He left a posterity of seven children and many grandchildren.

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