THOMAS SANDERS, a prominent farmer of Morris township, is a son of Stephen Sanders, and the only living representative of his family. Our subject was born in 1825, and received a limited education at the subscription schools of the section in which his father lived. The only business training he received was on the farm, on which he labored until maturity. In 1846 he married Jane Baldwin, born in 1827, a daughter of Selah Baldwin, at the time a resident of Morris township, but who afterward moved West. Mr. Sanders has resided at his present place of residence, three miles northeast of Prosperity, since his marriage. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Sanders has come one child, Lavina, born in 1847; she was married to A. O. Wilson, and is now a resident of Morris township. Mrs. Sanders died February 16, 1866, and in 1867 Mr. Sanders married Catherine McCullough, who was born April 7, 1836. To this union were born five children: Hannah Jane, born December 2, 1867; Manan, born January 4, 1870; Judson B., born August 9, 1872; John Forrest, born April 23, 1875; and Addie Arizona, born April 21, 1877, all of whom are living and make their homes with their father. In politics Mr. Sanders is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are members of the Mt. Hermon Baptist Church. In 1882 he erected the handsome dwelling which they now occupy, and he has retired from the active labor of the farm, which is carried on by his sons under his personal supervision.

Text taken from page 1415 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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