Rudolphus Sanderson (1818 - 1898)

Born 30 May 1818 in Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth M. (Adams) Sanderson — married 22 Mar 1849 in Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

Died 6 Oct 1898 at age 80 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA

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Biography

Rudolphus Sanderson, 1818–1898 (LDS Profile LJY7-FQ9)​​

Rudolphus Sanderson BIRTH: 30 May 1818, Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, USA DEATH: 8 Sep 1898 (aged 80) Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA BURIAL: Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA PLOT: Section D, Lot 17, Rt 8, MEMORIAL ID: 15836716

Rudolphus Sanderson is the son of Levi Sanderson, and Sally (Bean) Sanderson.

Parents: Levi Sanderson, 1782–1867 (LDS Profile 2CY7-SXR) and ​​Sally Bean, 1784–1850 (LDS Profile KZXK-WX2) Marriage: Jan 1806, Wheatley, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

Spouse #1: Ruth M. Adams Sanderson, 1826–1896 Marriage: 22 March 1849, Milton, Chittenden, Vermont, United States

Children with Ruth:

Henry Sanderson, 1850–Deceased • L2PH-GLX​​

Mabel "Belle" Sanderson, 1866–1897 • MK6N-1C7​​

Edna Sanderson, Deceased • L2PH-GBD

Spouse #2: Marian Butterfield, 1871–1913 (LDS Profile L2M6-SF5) Marriage: 6 July 1898, Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada (See Image: News story on the murder of Rudolphus).

AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF EMINENT AND SELF AND SELF-MADE MEN, Michigan Volume, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1878, page 83

Sanderson, Hon, Rudolphus, of Battle Creek, ex-member of the Legislatures of Vermont and Michigan, was born in Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, May 30, 1818. His father, Levi Sanderson, who was of Irish descent, came from Massachusetts to vermont, in 1804, and bought a farm, on which he lived until his death in 1807. His mother, Sally (Bean) Sanderson, was born in Nova Scotia, and was of Scotch [Scottish] descent.

Early History of Michigan: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888 - Michigan, page 571-572

Rudolphus Sanderson was born in Milton, Chittenden County, Vermont, May 30 1818 He was brought up on a farm and received a common school education. He was first a clerk, then a merchant in Milton, Vermont, and served two terms in 1849 and 1850 in the Vermont legislature. On coming to Michigan, he purchased a farm in Newton, Calhoum county, where he resided twenty-one years, afterwards moving to battle Creek. He was supervisor of Newton for nine years, also alderman of Battle Creek. He was a Representative in 1865, also in 1873-4. At first a Whig, since 1854, a Republican.

Sources

• AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF EMINENT AND SELF AND SELF-MADE MEN, Michigan Volume, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1878, page 83

• findagrave.com/memorial/15836716/rudolphus-sanderson

• familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LJY7-FQ9
• Saline, Michigan Observer, Thursday, November 3, 1898 edition (Newspaper story on ground glass in oatmeal murder)