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History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties
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Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro.
1882

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  THOMAS W. SANDERSON was born in Indiana, Indiana county, Pennsylvania, Oct. 17, 1829.  His father, Matthew D. Sanderson, was of Scotch descent.  His mother, Mary (Wakefield) Sanderson, was daughter of Thomas Wakefield, who was born in the town of Wakefield, England, which locality Oliver Goldsmith has immortalized as the scene of his world-famous tale, The Vicar of Wakefield.
     M. D. Sanderson was a farmer, and in 1834 he removed with his family to Youngstown, Ohio, where he continued the business of farming.  He died in 1864.
     T. W. Sanderson attended the schools at Youngstown and afterwards attended a college at Bardstown, Kentucky.  He read law with William Ferguson at Youngstown, and was admitted to the bar by the district court at Canfield in August, 1852.  During the period of his reading law he spent part of the time in land surveying and civil engineering, and, for a period after his admission to the bar, he followed the profession of civil engineer.  In 1854 he commenced the practice of law at Youngstown in co-partnership with his brother-in-law, Frank C. Hutchins, now of Warren, under the firm name of Hutchins & Sanderson, and continued this partnership for a few years.  In 1856 ye was elected prosecuting attorney of Mahoning county, and served one term.
     In 1861 he left the practice of law and entered the United States army as lieutenant and adjutant of the Second Ohio volunteer cavalry.  He remained in the service over four years, passing through the several grades of promotion, and was made brigadier-general in 1864.  During the last two years he commanded brigades and divisions all the time.  He was with General Rosecrans from Stone River, and participated in nearly all the actions of which the army of the Cumberland was engaged.  He continued with this army when it passed under the leadership of General Thomas, and fought at Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain.  When General Thomas was superceded by General Sherman he was connected with it until the fall of Atlanta, and then on Sherman's march to the sea, and again through Georgia and the Carolinas until the surrender of Johnston and the close of the war.  During these years of blood and battle he was always in the field.  It is worthy of remark that he was made brigadier-general for gallantry in action.  At Bear Creek station, south of Atlanta, on the second day of Sherman's march to the sea, with one brigade of Federal cavalry against three divisions of Wheeler's cavalry, he fought the enemy and won the victory.
     On leaving the army he returned to the practice of the law in Youngstown, and stands high in the profession.  He refuses to enter the political arena as a candidate for civil office, yet is decided in his political preferences.  In 1872 he served as a delegate-at-large from the State of Ohio in the National Republican convention which nominated General Grant for re-election as President.
     He was married Dec. 19, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker, of Newcastle, Pennsylvania, a member of one of the oldest families of that State.
Source:  History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches Vol. I - Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882 - Page 218

John Sanzenbacher


Sarah J. Sanzenbcher

 

 JOHN SANZENBACHER AND FAMILYJohn Sanzenbacher was born in the kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, May 5, 1827.  His parents were Jacob and Barbara (Schuger) Sanzenbacher, both natives of Wurtemberg.  Jacob Sanzenbacher was born Aug. 1, 1799, and is still living, a resident of New Springfield, Mahoning county.  Mrs. Barbara Sanzenbacher was born Feb. 12, 1804, and died Dec. 24, 1878.  She was the mother of five sons and two daughters, but of this number only two children remain - John and his brother Jacob.  The latter resides in Southington, Trumbull county.  John was the second child and the oldest son.
     In 1833 he emigrated to the United States with his parents, and lived near Unity, Columbiana County, Ohio, until 1836, when the family moved to Beaver county, now Lawrence county, Pennsylvania.  There his boyhood was passed upon a farm until Aug. 19, 1844, at which date he was bound out to Mr. R. Fullerton for three years and six months to learn the trade of tanning and currying.  At the end of this period he came to Mahoning county, and worked at his trade for William Moore, in Boardman, for ten months.  He next went to New Middleton, in this county, where he worked about nine months, then returned to Boardman, and was employed by Mr. Moore for six months.
     In the winter of 1849-50 he purchased of F. A. Brainard his tannery in Canfield.  Apr. 9, 1850, he came to Canfield, and commenced business with a capital of about $500, out of which he made a payment to Mr. Brainard of $40.  Six hundred dollars was the price paid for the tannery.
     Dec. 24, 1850, having got a little start in his business and having concluded to take a wife, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Oswald, of Canfield township.
     Mar. 3, 1862, in company with Pierpont Edwards, he engaged in the drug and grocery business but continued to carry on tanning.  About the year 1865 he formed a partnership with F. Krehl, of Girard, in the tanning and currying business.  In 1867 he sold out to Mr. Krehl, and also disposed of his interest in the drug store.  The same year he purchased a farm one mile east of Canfield, to which he moved June 20, 1867.  In 1868 he erected a fine large barn and made other improvements upon the place.
     Mr. Sanzenbacher began the manufacture of leather belting in 1865 and carried it on for one year in connection with his other business.  In 1866 he quit tanning, and in the spring of 1867 disposed of his tannery and machinery.  But i 1869 he again resumed the manufacture of belting, and October 20th of that year took P. Edwards as a partner under the firm name of J. Sanzenbacher & Co., which is still the style of the firm.  During the summer of 1872 his firm erected a large building, where they still continue the business.  From the time their new establishment was erected until the present they have been doing a large business.  From the time their new establishment was erected until the present they have been doing a large business both in tanning and in belt making.
     Mr. Sanzenbacher is a man of quiet, social, and agreeable manners, and enjoys the highest esteem and confidence of the better portion of the community.  He is regarded as the friend of every worthy cause, and is never backward in matters of public interest.
     Mrs. Sarah A. Sanzenbacher, the worthy helpmate and companion of the subject of this notice, was born in Canfield township, Nov. 25, 1832.  She is the youngest daughter of Charles and Sarah A. (Harding) Oswald, of Canfield township.  Her father died Sept. 20, 1862, in the fifty-eighth year of his age.  Her mother is still living in her seventy-sixth year, and makes her home with Mr. Sanzenbacher's family.  Mrs. John Sanzenbacher is the youngest daughter of a family of three sons and three daughters.  She has but one sister living, Mrs. Amanda Mahnensmith, Gilman, Iowa, and no brothers.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Sanzenbacher have been born six children, all of whom are living in Canfield.  Following is the family record: Harriet Louisa, born Oct. 26, 1851; married Mar. 31, 1870, to John Neff, of Canfield; has five children, viz: Sadie, Ensign, Martin, Calvin, and an infant son.  Rebecca Caroline, born Aug. 30, 1856; married Irwin Callahan May 20, 1875.  Charles J., born Aug. 25, 1860.  John H., born Dec. 16, 1864.  David L., born Nov. 11, 1869.  Martin L., born July 14, 1871.
Source:  History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches Vol. I - Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882 - Page 36
 

GEORGE SNYDER, SR.

GEORGE SNYDER, SR.

Source:  History of Trumbull & Mahoning Counties with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches Vol. II - Mahoning Co., Publ. Cleveland: H. Z. Williams & Bro. 1882 - Page 284

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