James T. Sanders Biography


	This biography appears on page 923 in "History of Dakota 
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				JAMES T. SANDERS. 

	James T. Sanders, secretary and treasurer of the Sioux Falls 
Heating & Plumbing Company, was born in Minnesota, July 30, 1869, a son 
of James and Mary (O'Brien) Sanders. The father, a farmer by 
occupation, became one of the pioneer residents of Minnesota after 
emigrating from Ireland, his native land, to the new world. He was a 
veteran of the Civil war, having served with Company G, Eighth 
Minnesota Infantry, during the period of hostilities with the south. In 
1885 he removed to McCook county, Dakota territory, and remained 
thereafter a resident of the state until his death, which occurred in 
1914. For three years he lived upon a farm but in 1888 removed to Sioux 
Falls. His widow survives. 

	After acquiring his education in the public schools James T. 
Sanders followed various occupations that would yield him a living and 
in 1896 joined his brother, E. M. Sanders, in opening a plumbing 
establishment. Through the succeeding three years James T. Sanders had 
charge of the office work, but at the end of that time the partnership 
was dissolved and he organized the Sioux Falls Heating & Plumbing 
Company, a stock company, of which he was elected secretary and 
treasurer, with J. A. Jacobson as president and J. W. Sanders, vice 
president. From the beginning they have enjoyed a liberal share of 
public patronage, their trade being now of substantial proportions. 
They have installed the heating and plumbing systems of some of the 
principal buildings in the city and elsewhere and their work has given 
uniform satisfaction. 

	James T. Sanders is a Catholic in religious faith, has taken the 
fourth degree of the Knights of Columbus and is a member of Marquette 
Council, No. 815. In politics he is a socialist and studies closely the 
questions and issues of the day as bearing upon all the problems which 
affect state and national welfare.