COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: SANDERS, Jacob H. (published 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887
Page 374

        JACOB H. SANDERS, one of the old and honored pioneers of Jefferson
Township, now deceased, was born in the State of Pennsylvania in 1809. His
father, William Sanders, was one of the heroes of the war of the
Revolution, serving in that memorable struggle for independence directly
under General Washington. Our subject was reared near Philadelphia, and
after reaching manhood he immigrated to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he
was married to Miss Ruth Pennock. The following children born to this union
are still living -Mrs. Hannah Bost, of Portland; John W., of Jefferson
Township; Caleb, living in Texas; Mrs. Sarah Ann McFarland, of Randolph
County, Indiana, and William of Pike Township. Mr. Sanders came to Jay
County and settled near the present site of the village of New Mount
Pleasant about 1836, and became one of the active men of the county. He was
the original owner of the village of New Mount Pleasant, giving the ground
for the old hotel building, which is yet standing, and which was erected by
William Hite, who occupied it for several years. On coming to the county
Mr. Sanders bought 240 acres of land, and soon after he erected on section
15, Jefferson Township, the largest log house ever built in the county.
About 1842 Mr. Sanders bought the hotel from Mr. Hite, moving to the site
of Mount Pleasant, and soon afterward laid out the village plat, and gave
its present name. His wife died at their home in Mount Pleasant in 1851.
About 1858 he removed to Ridgeville, Randolph County, and engaged in the
mercantile business, which he followed until within a few months of his
death, which occurred August 10, 1863. Politically he affiliated with the
Democratic party. He was a prominent man of Jefferson Township, which he
served as trustee and magistrate, and for twenty-five years he held the
position of postmaster.


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