1891 Biography - J. Y. Sanders

J. Y. SANDERS, FRANKLIN. -- J. Y. Sanders is a native of St. Mary parish, born January 29, 1869. He is the son of J. Y. Sanders, Sr., and Bessie Wafford Sanders. J. Y. Sanders was a native of St. Mary parish, and was a planter by occupation. He married, in 1867, our subject's mother, a daughter of James M. and Diana (Coco) Wafford. They became the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters, of whom our subject, J. Y. Sanders, Jr., is the eldest. The other children are: Mary, S. K., B. W., J. W., H. L., Thomas; those deceased are Francis, Leila R.

J. Y. Sanders, Jr., received a limited education, and began business in a mercantile house at Franklin, where he remained two years, when he turned his attention to overseeing, in which business he continued until 1889. He then moved to Texarkana, Arkansas, where he became editor and proprietor of a weekly newspaper. In March, 1890, he became editor of the St. Mary Banner, a weekly paper published in Franklin. Mr. Sanders is a gentleman of high mental discipline and excellent ability as an editor. His editorials always reach the point, and he is one of the best informed young men in St. Mary parish.

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Contributed 2021 Nov 04 by Mike Miller, from Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, published in 1891, Biographical Section, page 383.

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