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CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERS

Charles William Sanders was born at Jackson's
Ferry, in Wythe County, Virginia, on September 19th,
1852, his parents being Dr. Richard Walton and Lizzie
(McGhee) Sanders.
During the Civil War
his father was the only
practicing physician in
several Southwest Virginia
counties, and it
was decided that his
services were more
needed at home in attending
the ill, than in
the Army of the Confederacy.
Charles
William Sanders
attended the schools of
Max Meadows, Liberty
Academy at Chilhowie,
and Emory & Henry
College, after which he
was employed by the
Wythe Lead and Zinc
Mine Company at Austinville, Virginia. Five years
later he entered the Railway Mail Service, under the
Cleveland Administration. Later he removed to Radford,
after having gained a most valuable experience
as a traveling salesman for a Philadelphia house, where
he engaged in the real estate business. Later he purchased
an interest in the Radford Steam Laundry, and
on September 1st, 1895, moved to Roanoke, where
under the same firm name he has succeeded in building
up one of the largest and most successful businesses in
his line in Southwest Virginia.

Mr. Sanders was married first to Carrie Keener, a
daughter of David and Margaret Keener of Baltimore.
Five children were born to them of whom one son,
Marion S. Sanders survives. He now resides in Wytheville.
Carrie (Keener) Saunders died in November,
1901. Charles Williams Sanders married, secondly,
Virginia Shields, daughter of the late James W. and
Harriet D. Shields. To this union three children have
been born, of whom one son survives, Charles Hamilton
Sanders.

Mr. Sanders is a wide-awake citizen of the city. He
is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the
Retail Merchants' Association. Religiously he is a
member of Christ's Episcopal Church and is a vestryman
and is treasurer of the congregation.