Page:The Biographical Dictionary of America, vol. 09.djvu/241

 SANDERS

SANDERSON

Frayser's Farm. In the last-named battle he was severely wounded. Promoted to the colonelcy of his regiment, he led it at Fredericksburg, and was conspicuously gallant at Salem Churcli. At Gettysburg he was wounded, and in the winter of 1863-64, he was president of the division court- martial. At the Wilderness he commanded his regiment, and after General Perrin fell, he led the brigade to the assault of the horse-shoe salient, recapturing a part of the lost works. For his gallantry liere on May 31, 1864, he was made a brigadier-general. His brigade consisted of the 8th, 9th, lOtli 11th, and 14th Alabama regi- ments. In an assault on the enemy's lines, June 23, 1864, near Petersburg, General Sanders was the first to mount the breastworks, and the brigade captured more men than it numbered. The brigade fought, June 28, 25, 29, and 30, the last being the battle of the Crater, when it re- took the lost position. At Deep Bottom, Aug. 16, he again distuiguished himself while com- manding his own and a North Cai'olina brigade. On Aug. 21, he led the brigade against the heavy force of the enemy which had seized the Weldon railroad. The Confederates drove back two lines of battle, but upon emerging from the woods, they were confronted by a line of defences and were obliged to seek shelter in the woods. Gen- eral Sanders, who had advanced on foot, was struck by a minie ball which passed through both thighs, severing the femoral arteries. His death occurred on the following day, Aug. 22, 1864.

SANDERS, Thomas Jefferson, educator, was born near Burbank, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1855; son of Isaac and Mary (Stratton) Sanders, and grand- son of Henry Sanders. He was graduated from Otterbein' university, A.B., 1878, A.M., 1881, and was married in June, 1878, to Gertrude, daughter of the Rev. Charles A. and Emeline Slater of Burbank. He was superintendent of public schools, 1878-91; tenth president of the Otterbein university, also occupying the Westerville chair of philosophy, 1891-1901, and in 1901 assumed the John Hulitt chair of philosophy there. He re- ceived the degree of Ph. D. from Wooster uni- versity in 1888. He is the author of: Philosophy of the Christian Religion (1888); Transcenden- talism (1889); God: the Ultimate a priori Condi- tion {19,^0); The Unconscious in Education (1887); Tlie Place and Purpose of the College (1890); The Nature and End of Education (1889).

SANDERS, Wilbur Fiske, senator, was born at Leon, N.Y., May 2, 1834; son of Ira and Free- dona (Edgerton) Sanders. He removed to Ohio, where he taught school, studied law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1856. In 1858 he was married to Harriet P. Fenn. He was commissioned 1st lieutenant in the 64th Ohio volunteers in 1861; was acting assistant adjutant-general on the staff

of Gen. J. W. Forsyth; was employed on the de- fences south of Nashville, 1862, and resigned in 1863, because of ill health. He then removed tO' Montana, where he practised law, engaged in min- ing and was active in the prosecution of robbers and murderers before the " law and order" tribu- nals. He was attorney for the Northern Pacific railroad company; unsuccessful Republican can- didate for delegate to congress, 1864, 1867, 1880 and 1896; a delegate to the Republican national con- ventions of 1868, 1872, 1876, 1884; a member of the legislative assembly of Montana, 1872-80; de- clined the appointment of U.S. attorney for Montana; was president of the Montana His- torical society, 1865-90, and U.S. senator, 1890- 93, having been elected on Dec. 30, 1889, by the Republican members of the state legislature. On Jan. 7, 1890, the Democratic members elec- ted William A. Clark. Senator Sanders was seated for the short term expiring, March 3, 1893, and was a candidate for re-election when a deadlock in the legislature prevented a choice from Jan. 11, to March 2, 1893, when Senator Clarke was elected. Senator Sanders's name being withdrawn, Feb. 10, 1893.

SANDERSON, Joseph, clergyman and author, was born near Ballyboy, county Monaghan, Ire- land, May 23, 1823; son of Samuel and Sarah (Brooks) Sanderson, and of Scotch Irisli ancestry. His grandparents, James and Margaret Sanderson, came from Scotland about 1700. He was gradu- ated with honors from Royal college, Belfast, in 1845, came to the United States in 1846, was an instructor in Washington institute. New York cit}^, 1847-48, studied theology in the Associate Presbyterian cliurch, 1847-49, and was licensed to preach in the latter year. He was pastor in Providence, R.I., where he built a church, 1849- 52; in New York city, where he built a church, 1852-69, and in Westport, Conn., 1870-76. He was married, first, June 7, 1850, to Isabella Field, who died, Oct. 6, 1863; and secondly, Oct. 17, 1865, to Arminella Gillespie, who died, April 10, 1880. He was the editor of the Homiletic Monthly, 1876-83, of the Pulpit Treasury, 1883-95, and was made secretary of the church extension com- mittee of the New York presbytery in 1896. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon liim in 1865 by the University of Columbia (now ex- tinct), Kittarfning, Pa., and that of LL.D. by the University of Omaha in 1890. He is the author of: Jesus on the Holy Mount (1869); Memorial Trib- utes (1883); Thoughts for the Occasion, Patriotic and Secular (1892); The Bow in the Cloud (1888); Shots at Sundry Targets (1886); Manual for Fu- nerals (1894); The Story of St. Patrick (1895); Man's Seal to God's Word (1902): Neiv York City as a Mission Field (1900). In 1903 Dr. Sanderson was residing in New York city.