THOMAS SANDERMAN, Sec. 24; P. O. Livingston; was born in England January, 1817; came to New York in 1843, and from there to Platteville, where he worked at farming and mining on the Laughton farm, where William Waters now lives; from there he removed to the town of Clifton, where he bought 80 acres of land from the Government, on which he settled, and has lived there ever since; has been on School Board several times. T. Sanderman was married to Martha Thomson at her father's house; they had ten children, of whom eight are living - Hannah, Sarah A., John P., Martha E., Maria J., August, Adeline, Ruth; the deceased are Jonathan and Mary E., both buried in Rock Church Cemetery; his wife Martha, died April 1, 1866, after which he married Sarah Manning in 1868, who died July 26, 1880; was buried in Calvary Church Cemetery; he built the first house in that locality; bought the second reaper that was brought on the prairie, and went to Dubuque for it; has three daughters married, Hannah married Robert Watson, Sarah married Richard Hammon, and Elizabeth married William Warne.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.