WILLIAM B. LANDER, son of HENRY, was born near Winchester, Kentucky, February 10, 1823. For a while he attended school at Lexington, Kentucky, and was fairly well educated. He learned the blacksmith's trade and worked at it a good part of his life. His father gave him a farm in Trigg County, Kentucky. He married CATHERINE SMOOT, of Christian County, Kentucky, and kept a store, post office and blacksmith shop at Bellview, Kentucky, which was in the midst of the LANDER settlement, about ten miles west of Hopkinsville. Later W.B. moved onto a farm closer to Hopkinsville, and finally moved into the city, where he died of Bright's disease in 1898. His wife survived him ten years. He was a Baptist, an influential Mason and an unfailing Democrat. They had eight children, and celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1892. [000:I/p163] "History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky" by David Lander published 1926 Chicago.
WILLIAM B. LANDER, son of HENRY, was born near Winchester, Kentucky, February 10, 1823. For a while he attended school at Lexington, Kentucky, and was fairly well educated. He learned the blacksmith's trade and worked at it a good part of his life. His father gave him a farm in Trigg County, Kentucky. He married CATHERINE SMOOT, of Christian County, Kentucky, and kept a store, post office and blacksmith shop at Bellview, Kentucky, which was in the midst of the LANDER settlement, about ten miles west of Hopkinsville. Later W.B. moved onto a farm closer to Hopkinsville, and finally moved into the city, where he died of Bright's disease in 1898. His wife survived him ten years. He was a Baptist, an influential Mason and an unfailing Democrat. They had eight children, and celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1892. [000:I/p163] "History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky" by David Lander published 1926 Chicago.
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