William W. Sanders Biography


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				WILLIAM W. SANDERS.  

	William W. Sanders, one of the owners and editors of the 
Garretson News, with which he has been continuously connected since the 
1st of January, 1910, was born in Nemaha county, Nebraska, on the 20th 
of August, 1857, his birthplace being one of the old-time dugouts which 
were common in the period of pioneer development in that state. His 
parents were Thomas N. and Julia M. (Hickman) Sanders, the former a 
native of Shelby county, Indiana, and the latter of southwestern Ohio. 
They were married in Edgar county, Illinois, m 1854 and two years 
afterward removed to Nebraska, becoming pioneer residents of that 
state. The father preempted one hundred and sixty acres of land and 
afterward homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres in Pawnee county, but 
was scared out by the Indians and returned to Nemaha county. He died on 
the 18th of December, 1885, but his widow survived for more than two 
decades, passing away December 28, 1907.  

	William W. Sanders pursued his education in the public schools at 
Brownville, Nebraska, to the age of fifteen years, when he entered upon 
an apprenticeship to the printer's trade in the office of the 
Brownville Democrat. The name of this paper was subsequently changed to 
the Nemaha County Granger and Mr. Sanders remained in connection 
therewith for eight years. He worked his way steadily upward from one 
position to another and when he resigned was foreman of the office. 
Following his resignation he purchased the Nemaha Times in 1880 and 
published it through the succeeding four years. He next bought the 
Advertiser at Auburn, Nebraska, and in 1885 sold the Times. In 1887 he 
removed the Advertiser to Nemaha and in 1889 again bought the Times, 
consolidating the two papers which he continued to publish under the 
name of the Advertiser until 1909. In that year Mr. Sanders arrived in 
South Dakota, settling in Garretson, where six months later he formed a 
partnership with his nephew, John P. Sanders, and purchased the 
Garretson News, of which they took possession on the 1st of January, 
1910. Mr. Sanders has since been identified with that publication, 
which is devoted to the dissemination of general and local news and is 
one of the popular newspapers of eastern South Dakota, with a good 
circulation and a liberal advertising patronage. For thirty-five years 
Mr. Sanders has been a newspaper publisher and he has been very 
successful in his chosen field of work.  

	At Brownville, Nebraska, on the 5th of December, 1881, Mr. 
Sanders was united in marriage to Miss Alice R. Berger, of that place, 
and to them have been born a son and a daughter: William F., who is now 
station agent on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad at Bruning, 
Nebraska; and Nellie, the wife of A. J. Rowen, a resident farmer of 
Millelacs county, Minnesota.  

	Mr. Sanders is a republican in politics and publishes his paper 
in the interest of the party. He belongs to Hope Lodge, No. 29, A. F. & 
A. M., of Nemaha, Nebraska, and to the Order of the Eastern Star. He 
holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and served as clerk 
of the school board for five terms. He is interested in all that 
pertains to the material, mental and moral progress of the community 
and gives active aid in furthering movements for the general good, his 
efforts being attended with substantial results.