Sanderson, J. W.

SANDERSON, SPILLER, DECORE

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SANDERSON, J. W.
Justice of the Peace; res. Division st., Colfax; born in Brooklyn, N. Y. in 1832; came to Jasper Co. in 1867. Owns his residence. Married Miss E. F. SPILLER in 1855; she was born in Canada in 1832; died in 1856; then married Miss Sarah N. COE in 1864; she was born in Thompson, Ct. in 1843; died in April 1875, leaving three children - Edith J. (died in September 1876), Hattie E., Willie E.; then married Mary DECORE in 1877; she was born in Ohio in 1844. Democratic in politics. Member of the G. A. R., and Patron of Husbandry. Joined the navy in 1846 in Boston, Mass.; assisted in taking the towns of Alvarado, Vera Cruz; helped to land the troops under Gen. Scott; came home to Brooklyn in the United States store ship Supply, and by his own request was selected as one of the crew on an exploring expedition under the command of Linch; discharged from the United States navy in December 1848. Enlisted in the 13th Mass. Vol. Inf. in May 1861; participated in the taking of Bolivar Heights; and was promoted to First Lieutenant there for services in the field; had charge as Second Sergeant of 2d Platoon of Co. C, 13th Mass., and the command of which he had charge captured the first gun captured from the rebels by the Army of the Potomac, and was discharged for disability in July 1862, and enlisted as private in Co. A, 51st Mass. Inf. in Oct. 1862; was promoted to First Lieutenant Nov. 1, 1862; served in North Carolina; participated at Whitehall, Kingston, Goldsboro, and others; was mustered out from that regiment in August 1863; then received a commission as recruiting officer from the War Department to recruit for the 57th Mass. Vol. Inf.; mustered in as Captain Jan. 4, 1864; participated in the battles of Wilderness, North and South Anna and Spottsylvania Court House; wounded, and went in hospital; did service at Washington as Assistant Provost Marshal; mustered out Nov. 10, 1864, but served until Jan. 12, 1865. ~ "Washington Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)