Veteran of the Civil War - taken prisoner and contracted "consumption" TB.
Biographical sketch of William Miles Sanders, written by himself in 1882, for publication in "History of Perry and Fairfield Counties, Ohio".
Sanders, William Miles, Merchant, Hemlock, Ohio; was born 2/25/1843, in Perry County, Ohio; son of Benjamin and Susan (Smith) Sanders. Was brought up on the farm, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry. Served his term of enlistment in Virginia, and was honorably discharged at Zanesville, Ohio. He then re-enlisted in Company D, Thirty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years, or during the war, and served until September 1862, when he enlisted at Nashville, Tennessee, in Company M, Fourth United States Cavalry for three years, from which service he was discharged at San Antonio, Texas, December 18, 1865. While in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was engaged in the following battles: Mill Springs, Siege of Corinth, Perryville, Shepherdsville, Gage's Ford, and the Battle of Stone River. While he was in the Calvary Service, he was in the following engagements: Chickamauga, and was on Sherman's March to the Sea; the fell back to Nashville, and was in the battle between Hood and Thomas, and in Wilson Calvary's famous raid. His Regiment captured Andersonville, and took Wertz the commander prisoner; captured April 18, and held prisoner at Libby six days, when he was paroled, and about a month later rejoined his Company, with which he remained until discharged. Except for one month on detach duty as an escort for General Corse to carry dispatches from Nashville to a point three hundred miles up the Red River. Upon discharge from the service, he returned home and remained four weeks, when he went to New Pittsburg, Indiana, where he was married August 31, 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Alice Fowler. They are the parents of four children, vix: - Spencer Elmer, Martin Leicester, Rosilla Viola, and Benjamin Alvin Sanders, all born in Clarke County, Iowa. In the fall of 1866, he went to Clarke County, Iowa where he purchased a farm upon which he lived until 1877, when he went to Johnson County, Nebraska. The following year, he moved to Ruch County, Kansas, where he remained until January 1880, when he drove overland to St. Louis, Missouri, thence by steamboat to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence overland by wagon to the home of his father and mother on the old homestead near Hemlock, Ohio, reaching his destination August 1880. In the following September he purchased his present store. Mr. Sanders was the Greenback candidate of Perry County in the fall of 1881, for Representative.
Biographical sketch of William Miles Sanders, written by himself in 1882, for publication in "History of Perry and Fairfield Counties, Ohio".
Sanders, William Miles, Merchant, Hemlock, Ohio; was born 2/25/1843, in Perry County, Ohio; son of Benjamin and Susan (Smith) Sanders. Was brought up on the farm, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry. Served his term of enlistment in Virginia, and was honorably discharged at Zanesville, Ohio. He then re-enlisted in Company D, Thirty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years, or during the war, and served until September 1862, when he enlisted at Nashville, Tennessee, in Company M, Fourth United States Cavalry for three years, from which service he was discharged at San Antonio, Texas, December 18, 1865. While in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was engaged in the following battles: Mill Springs, Siege of Corinth, Perryville, Shepherdsville, Gage's Ford, and the Battle of Stone River. While he was in the Calvary Service, he was in the following engagements: Chickamauga, and was on Sherman's March to the Sea; the fell back to Nashville, and was in the battle between Hood and Thomas, and in Wilson Calvary's famous raid. His Regiment captured Andersonville, and took Wertz the commander prisoner; captured April 18, and held prisoner at Libby six days, when he was paroled, and about a month later rejoined his Company, with which he remained until discharged. Except for one month on detach duty as an escort for General Corse to carry dispatches from Nashville to a point three hundred miles up the Red River. Upon discharge from the service, he returned home and remained four weeks, when he went to New Pittsburg, Indiana, where he was married August 31, 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Alice Fowler. They are the parents of four children, vix: - Spencer Elmer, Martin Leicester, Rosilla Viola, and Benjamin Alvin Sanders, all born in Clarke County, Iowa. In the fall of 1866, he went to Clarke County, Iowa where he purchased a farm upon which he lived until 1877, when he went to Johnson County, Nebraska. The following year, he moved to Ruch County, Kansas, where he remained until January 1880, when he drove overland to St. Louis, Missouri, thence by steamboat to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence overland by wagon to the home of his father and mother on the old homestead near Hemlock, Ohio, reaching his destination August 1880. In the following September he purchased his present store. Mr. Sanders was the Greenback candidate of Perry County in the fall of 1881, for Representative.
Veteran of the Civil War - taken prisoner and contracted "consumption" TB.
Biographical sketch of William Miles Sanders, written by himself in 1882, for publication in "History of Perry and Fairfield Counties, Ohio".
Sanders, William Miles, Merchant, Hemlock, Ohio; was born 2/25/1843, in Perry County, Ohio; son of Benjamin and Susan (Smith) Sanders. Was brought up on the farm, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry. Served his term of enlistment in Virginia, and was honorably discharged at Zanesville, Ohio. He then re-enlisted in Company D, Thirty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years, or during the war, and served until September 1862, when he enlisted at Nashville, Tennessee, in Company M, Fourth United States Cavalry for three years, from which service he was discharged at San Antonio, Texas, December 18, 1865. While in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was engaged in the following battles: Mill Springs, Siege of Corinth, Perryville, Shepherdsville, Gage's Ford, and the Battle of Stone River. While he was in the Calvary Service, he was in the following engagements: Chickamauga, and was on Sherman's March to the Sea; the fell back to Nashville, and was in the battle between Hood and Thomas, and in Wilson Calvary's famous raid. His Regiment captured Andersonville, and took Wertz the commander prisoner; captured April 18, and held prisoner at Libby six days, when he was paroled, and about a month later rejoined his Company, with which he remained until discharged. Except for one month on detach duty as an escort for General Corse to carry dispatches from Nashville to a point three hundred miles up the Red River. Upon discharge from the service, he returned home and remained four weeks, when he went to New Pittsburg, Indiana, where he was married August 31, 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Alice Fowler. They are the parents of four children, vix: - Spencer Elmer, Martin Leicester, Rosilla Viola, and Benjamin Alvin Sanders, all born in Clarke County, Iowa. In the fall of 1866, he went to Clarke County, Iowa where he purchased a farm upon which he lived until 1877, when he went to Johnson County, Nebraska. The following year, he moved to Ruch County, Kansas, where he remained until January 1880, when he drove overland to St. Louis, Missouri, thence by steamboat to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence overland by wagon to the home of his father and mother on the old homestead near Hemlock, Ohio, reaching his destination August 1880. In the following September he purchased his present store. Mr. Sanders was the Greenback candidate of Perry County in the fall of 1881, for Representative.
Biographical sketch of William Miles Sanders, written by himself in 1882, for publication in "History of Perry and Fairfield Counties, Ohio".
Sanders, William Miles, Merchant, Hemlock, Ohio; was born 2/25/1843, in Perry County, Ohio; son of Benjamin and Susan (Smith) Sanders. Was brought up on the farm, and followed agricultural pursuits until 1861, when he enlisted in Company C, Seventeenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer infantry. Served his term of enlistment in Virginia, and was honorably discharged at Zanesville, Ohio. He then re-enlisted in Company D, Thirty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry for three years, or during the war, and served until September 1862, when he enlisted at Nashville, Tennessee, in Company M, Fourth United States Cavalry for three years, from which service he was discharged at San Antonio, Texas, December 18, 1865. While in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he was engaged in the following battles: Mill Springs, Siege of Corinth, Perryville, Shepherdsville, Gage's Ford, and the Battle of Stone River. While he was in the Calvary Service, he was in the following engagements: Chickamauga, and was on Sherman's March to the Sea; the fell back to Nashville, and was in the battle between Hood and Thomas, and in Wilson Calvary's famous raid. His Regiment captured Andersonville, and took Wertz the commander prisoner; captured April 18, and held prisoner at Libby six days, when he was paroled, and about a month later rejoined his Company, with which he remained until discharged. Except for one month on detach duty as an escort for General Corse to carry dispatches from Nashville to a point three hundred miles up the Red River. Upon discharge from the service, he returned home and remained four weeks, when he went to New Pittsburg, Indiana, where he was married August 31, 1866 to Miss Elizabeth Alice Fowler. They are the parents of four children, vix: - Spencer Elmer, Martin Leicester, Rosilla Viola, and Benjamin Alvin Sanders, all born in Clarke County, Iowa. In the fall of 1866, he went to Clarke County, Iowa where he purchased a farm upon which he lived until 1877, when he went to Johnson County, Nebraska. The following year, he moved to Ruch County, Kansas, where he remained until January 1880, when he drove overland to St. Louis, Missouri, thence by steamboat to Cincinnati, Ohio, thence overland by wagon to the home of his father and mother on the old homestead near Hemlock, Ohio, reaching his destination August 1880. In the following September he purchased his present store. Mr. Sanders was the Greenback candidate of Perry County in the fall of 1881, for Representative.
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