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William Sanders was born near Frankfort, Kentucky to wealthy attorney Lewis Sanders (Saunders), Jr., and his wife Margaret Hubbel (Price). Through his mother he was a descendent of John Gano, a Revolutionary War patriot. [1] His family moved circa 1839 to Natchez, Mississippi, where he was raised.
The Beekman family (sometimes spelled Beeckman) is a family of Dutch descent that was prominent during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries in the area now known as the state of New York. Members of this family played a critical role in the formation of the United States and served as leaders in business, politics and society.
Sanders' Knoxville Raid (June 14–24, 1863) saw 1,500 Union cavalry and mounted infantry led by Colonel William P. Sanders raid East Tennessee before the Knoxville campaign during the American Civil War. The successful raid began at Mount Vernon, Kentucky and moved south, passing near Kingston, Tennessee.
William Sanders, American statistician; William David Sanders (1951–1999), American teacher and victim of Columbine High School massacre; William Edward Sanders (1883–1917), New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient in World War I; William Joseph Sanders, American vertebrate paleontologist; William P. Sanders (1833–1863), officer in the Union ...
In 1902, Sanders's mother married William Broaddus [6] and the family moved to Greenwood, Indiana. [7] Sanders had a tumultuous relationship with his stepfather. In 1903, at age 12, he dropped out of seventh grade (later stating that "algebra's what drove [him] off") and went to live and work on a nearby farm. [7]
William Sanders (statistician) (1942–2017), senior research fellow with the University of North Carolina William Sanders (writer) (1942–2017), American speculative fiction writer William David Sanders (1951–1999), U.S. teacher and victim of Columbine High School massacre
William David Sanders (born December 2, 1941) is an American real estate businessman and developer. [1] [2] Biography. Sanders was born in 1941 in Ramsey County, ...
In June 1863, Union General William P. Sanders marched through Wartburg and captured 104 Confederate soldiers in the vicinity. [14] In 1870, Morgan County elected to move its county seat from the now-defunct town of Montgomery, which had a population of just 50 residents and had been economically overshadowed by Wartburg. A new courthouse ...