Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-William Sandow
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
WILLIAM SANDOW, who carries on general
farming on section 12, Banner Township,
has made his home in Dickinson County
for twenty-one years. He is a native of Germany,
his birth having occurred in Prussia on the 1st of
September, 1859. He is a son of William Sandow,
and his mother bore the maiden name of Amelia
Ihde. When our subject was a lad of about eight
summers they emigrated to America and made their
first settlement in Hannibal, Mo., where they resided
for a year. On the expiration of that period,
they became residents of Davis County, Kan.,
where they spent a few months, and afterward
made their home in Wabaunsee County, Kan.,
where the death of the father occurred in 1869.
In the Sandow family were born four children, two
sons and two daughters, our subject being the
eldest.
The subject of this sketch came with his parents
to Dickinson County and since that time has been
one of the representative citizens of Banner Township.
No event of special importance occurred
during his childhood, and the common schools
afforded him his educational privileges. After
attaining his majority, he was married in Wabaunsee
County, Kan., to Miss Wilhelmina Piper, their
union being celebrated on the 30th of March, 1881.
The lady was born in Germany November 8, 1857,
and is a daughter of August Piper, who married
Wilhelmina Schreck. In 1867 they came to
America, locating in Hannibal, Mo., whence they
removed a few months later to the county in
which the union of our subject and his wife was
celebrated. This was in 1867, and Mr. and Mrs.
Piper there continued to reside until 1892, when
they came to Dickinson County and located in
Banner Township.
Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.
Sandow, as follows: William, Albert, Minnie and
Arthur. Mr. Sandow's fine farm comprises two
hundred acres of valuable land in Banner Township
and is under a high state of cultivation. It
is also well improved with good buildings and all
the necessary improvements which go to make up
a model farm. He and his wife are members of
the Baptist Church. During the twenty-one years
of their residence in Dickinson County, they have
formed a wide circle of acquaintances and have
made many warm friends, who, appreciating their
worth, hold them in high regard.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP