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Charles Walton Sanders

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Charles Walton Sanders

Birth
Newport, Herkimer County, New York, USA
Death
5 Jul 1889 (aged 84)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Cortland, Cortland County, New York, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.5938861, Longitude: -76.1880028
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Wife - Elizabeth Barker
Children:
- Charles Walton Sanders, Jr., born March 26, 1847; married Ella A. Wickwire
- Henry Martin Sanders, born Nov. 11, 1849; married Eleanor Butler
- Orace Antoinette Sanders, born May 13, 1853; died May 27, 1857

Charles Walton Sanders came to New York City in 1837, and was the Author of "Sanders Series of School Books." He resided in New York City til his death in 1889.

(from the Genealogy of the Cortland County, N.Y. branch of the Sanders family)

Charles W. SANDERS, author of the well known series of school books bearing his name, died at his home in New York city, July 5, 1889, at the age of nearly 85 years. He was born in Newport, Herkimer county, March 24th, 1805, and moved with his parents to Homer, N.Y. in 1814. Two years later he commenced teaching school, which occupation he followed mainly for about seventeen years, when he began the work which resulted in the publication of his system of readers and spellers. Although the series was vastly superior to any then in use, it was some time before they were adopted in all the schools of the State. The writer remembers very well the first time he ever saw the subject of this sketch. It was away back in the forties and Mr. SANDERS called at the district school where the writer was learning his letters, and explained his system. They were soon after adopted, and in a very short time became the standard, successfully withstanding the efforts of all subsequent publications to dislodge them. The books have been published in nearly every part of the globe, and Mr. SANDERS, in his later years, is said to have received a very large annual income from their sale. Mr. SANDERS was a pleasant speaker and a very graceful writer. He possessed a very cheerful and sunny disposition, and, in consequence, made many warm friends who were sincerely attached to him. In 1842 he married Miss Elizabeth BARKER, of New York, who, with two sons, Rev. Henry M. SANDERS and Dr. Charles W. SANDERS, survive him. He has two brothers yet living, Joshua C. SANDERS, a lawyer of New York, and Martin SANDERS, of this place. The latter is 88 years of age and still quite hale and hearty.
The funeral services were held in the Baptist church in this place, on Tuesday last, at 11 A.M., Dr. Thos. H. ARMITAGE, of New York, preaching the sermon from Mark iv:29. The remains were deposited in the family vault in Cortland Rural cemetery. Rev. Henry M. SANDERS is now in Europe.

(Published in the Cortland County Democrat, 12 Jul 1889)

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Wife - Elizabeth Barker
Children:
- Charles Walton Sanders, Jr., born March 26, 1847; married Ella A. Wickwire
- Henry Martin Sanders, born Nov. 11, 1849; married Eleanor Butler
- Orace Antoinette Sanders, born May 13, 1853; died May 27, 1857

Charles Walton Sanders came to New York City in 1837, and was the Author of "Sanders Series of School Books." He resided in New York City til his death in 1889.

(from the Genealogy of the Cortland County, N.Y. branch of the Sanders family)

Charles W. SANDERS, author of the well known series of school books bearing his name, died at his home in New York city, July 5, 1889, at the age of nearly 85 years. He was born in Newport, Herkimer county, March 24th, 1805, and moved with his parents to Homer, N.Y. in 1814. Two years later he commenced teaching school, which occupation he followed mainly for about seventeen years, when he began the work which resulted in the publication of his system of readers and spellers. Although the series was vastly superior to any then in use, it was some time before they were adopted in all the schools of the State. The writer remembers very well the first time he ever saw the subject of this sketch. It was away back in the forties and Mr. SANDERS called at the district school where the writer was learning his letters, and explained his system. They were soon after adopted, and in a very short time became the standard, successfully withstanding the efforts of all subsequent publications to dislodge them. The books have been published in nearly every part of the globe, and Mr. SANDERS, in his later years, is said to have received a very large annual income from their sale. Mr. SANDERS was a pleasant speaker and a very graceful writer. He possessed a very cheerful and sunny disposition, and, in consequence, made many warm friends who were sincerely attached to him. In 1842 he married Miss Elizabeth BARKER, of New York, who, with two sons, Rev. Henry M. SANDERS and Dr. Charles W. SANDERS, survive him. He has two brothers yet living, Joshua C. SANDERS, a lawyer of New York, and Martin SANDERS, of this place. The latter is 88 years of age and still quite hale and hearty.
The funeral services were held in the Baptist church in this place, on Tuesday last, at 11 A.M., Dr. Thos. H. ARMITAGE, of New York, preaching the sermon from Mark iv:29. The remains were deposited in the family vault in Cortland Rural cemetery. Rev. Henry M. SANDERS is now in Europe.

(Published in the Cortland County Democrat, 12 Jul 1889)

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CHARLES W. SANDERS
Author of Sanders Series of
School Book
BORN
March 24 1805.
DIED
July 5 1889



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