Michael Sanders was long and favorably know to the people of Danville, and held many positions of public trust, all of which he filled with honestly and fidelity. On the 1st of November, 1872, he met a terrible death. On that fatal night his residence, in the Second Ward of Danville caught fire from a coal oil lamp, and was totally consumed. He was tax collector at that time, and ventured into the burning building to save the money and papers belonging to the public. The floor gave way, he went down in the crash and never returned alive. Over-powered by the flames he sacrificed his life in fidelity to a public trust. He was seventy- two years of age. Michael Sanders was a good man, a christian by practice as well a profession.
