Biography of William K Sanders, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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	William K. Sanders, farmer, Cedar Creek, Ark. Mr. Sanders has
passed the uneventful life of the farmer, and has continued steadily to
pursue the even tenor of his way, and is now classed among the prosperous
farmers of Scott County. He was born in Alabama on January 6, 1855, and
was early initiated into the duties of farm life. He came to Arkansas
with his father in the fall of 1867, and the latter settled on the farm
where our subject now lives. William K. received meager educational
advantages, and when eighteen years of he started out to fight life's
battles for himself. His father at that time gave him 100 acres of land,
and this our subject immediately began to improve. He is now the owner of
a good farm of 240 acres in one tract, and of this he has 75 acres under
cultivation. He raises principally corn, cotton and oats, the latter
making a fine crop and doing well in this county. On an average his
cotton yields one-half bale to the acre, and his corn sixty bushels to
the acre. All his buildings are first-class and he has a fine apple and
peach orchard. Aside from this he is interested in raising cattle and
hogs. Sanders was married on November 16, 1884, to Miss Mary J. Austin,
daughter of Samuel Austin of this county, but formerly from North
Carolina. They have three children, all sons: Clyde H., Richard A. and
George E. Mr. Sanders is a member of the Farmers' Alliance, and is vice-
president of the same. He is a liberal supporter of all public
enterprises, and is one of the county's most esteemed citizens.