Biographical Sketch of John Sanders, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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John Sanders, of the firm of Sanders & Hawman, merchants, was born in
Toronto, Canada, February 24, 1838, and was there reared and educated.
For a number of years he pursued the vocation of school teaching.  In
1861, went to California, and engaged in mining, and also for a time
worked on the Comstock Lode, at Virginia City.  After five years, he
returned to Canada.  Sojourned a short time there, and then came to
Stewartsville, Missouri, and engaged in merchandising, the firm being
McCrosky & Sanders, afterwards Sanders & McCrosky, and later Mr. 
Sanders became sole proprietor.  In the spring of 1880, he came to
St. Joseph, and during the winter of 1881 engaged in trade.  He was
married in 1868, to Miss Emily Johnson.  They have three children:
Mabel, Luella and Annie.  His father, Henry, and his forefathers, were
natives of New York.  Mr. Sanders is a member of the I.O.O.F.

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