Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

M. F. SANDERS, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Frankfort Station; our first settler in the 
township, was born in Rutland Co., Vt., Aug. 17, 1819; came to this State and settled in 
Greengarden, Will Co., in 1847; although the township did not, at that time, have a name. 
Since his residence in the township, he has held offices of Supervisor several years, 
Township Clerk, and was the first Justice of the Peace in the township after its 
organization, and performed the first marriage ceremony; his farm consists of 550 
acres, valued at $27,000. He was married to Mrs. Sarah SANDERS Nov. 13, 1844, who was 
born in Windsor Co., Vt., March 31, 1823. They have had seven children, four of whom 
are living, viz., Daphna E., William H., Charles R. and Josephine V.; deceased, George
W., George A. and Frank.