SANDERS, J. Y., St. Mary Parish, Louisiana
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J. Y. SANDERS, FRANKLIN.--J. Y. Sanders is a native of St. Mary parish, born
January 29, 1869.  He is the son of J. Y. Sanders, Sr., and Bessie Wafford
Sanders.  J. Y. Sanders was a native of St. Mary parish, and was a planter by
occupation.  He married, in 1867, our subject's mother, a daughter of James M.
and Diana (Coco) Wafford.  They became the parents of nine children, five sons
and four daughters, of whom our subject,  J. Y. Sanders, Jr., is the eldest.
The other children are:  Mary,  S. K.,  B. W.,  J. W.,  H. L.,  Thomas; those
deceased are  Francis,  Leila R.

J. Y. Sanders, Jr., received a limited education, and began business in a
mercantile house at Franklin, where he remained two years, when he turned his
attention to overseeing, in which business he continued until 1889.  He then
moved to Texarkana, Arkansas, where he became editor and proprietor of a
weekly newspaper.  In March, 1890, he became editor of the St. Mary Banner, a
weekly paper published in Franklin.  Mr. Sanders is a gentleman of high mental
discipline and excellent ability as an editor.  His editorials always reach
the point, and he is one of the best informed young men in St. Mary parish.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, p. 383.
Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf Publishing
Company.