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Frederick Lewis Sanderson

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Birth	:	27 Sep 1840 Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	10 May 1886 Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.4907990, -72.1750031
Description	:	Frederick Lewis Sanderson was the son of,Lewis Sanderson and Sarah Prentice Willard.His grandmother was, Eunice Spooner Sanderson the daughter of,Captain Wing Spooner ,a soldier in the fight for American Independence.His paternal Great Grand father,Jonathan Sanderson also served in the American War of Independence. Frederick took his first rudiments at the "Bell schoolhouse,"followed by obtaining a good education at other sources.Worked on the farm in his boyhood,and enlisted in the 53d Regiment in 1862. Here he came to be one of the bravest soldiers in Company F.He was wounded in the right shoulder and went to the hospital,... Read More	Frederick Lewis Sanderson was the son of,Lewis Sanderson and Sarah Prentice Willard.His grandmother was, Eunice Spooner Sanderson the daughter of,Captain Wing Spooner ,a soldier in the fight for American Independence.His paternal Great Grand father,Jonathan Sanderson also served in the American War of Independence. Frederick took his first rudiments at the "Bell schoolhouse,"followed by obtaining a good education at other sources.Worked on the farm in his boyhood,and enlisted in the 53d Regiment in 1862. Here he came to be one of the bravest soldiers in Company F.He was wounded in the right shoulder and went to the hospital, before recovery, and contrary to all precedent,he left his quarters without the surgeon's knowledge or consent, took part in another action, received another shot in the same place, was put in an ambulance, conveyed over 15 miles of rough road, crazed with pain and agony. The hospital reached and the good right arm was given up, with a narrow escape from death. 'Good bye, old arm!' the soldier said, As he clasped the fingers cold. And down his pale but manly cheeks The tear-drops gently rolled. 'My strong right arm, no deed of yours, Now gives me cause to sigh; It's hard to part such trusty friends. Good bye, old arm, good bye.' " As he was returning home it was said to him,"pity it hadn't been the other arm." he replied quietly "The choice was not left to me,".He taught himself to write with his left hand, and became mail agent for 8 years,then back to work on the old farm where he did a man's work and all kinds of farm labor,until the sad and sudden-end came with his death in 1886. He stood high with his towns men,was one of the selectmen,and at the time of his decease was chairman of the school committee. Source "Sketches of Petersham Natives and Adopted Citizens"

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Frederick Lewis Sanderson death on 10 May 1886 in Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 42.4907990
Longitude: -72.1750031

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Lewis Sanderson

(1809 - 1881)

Sarah Prentice Willard Sanderson

(1809 - 1884)

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Siblings

Horatio Willard Sanderson

(1838 - 1862)

William Curtis Sanderson

(1843 - 1872)

Charles Franklin Sanderson

(1849 - 1870)

Caroline Augusta Sanderson

(1852 - 1855)

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1. East Street Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4907990, -72.1750031

2. Petersham Center Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4877720, -72.1861520

3. Ledgeville Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4897500, -72.1587300

4. Coolidge Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4651500, -72.2020800

5. West Street Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4881900, -72.2216500

6. Harvard Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5305000, -72.1896100

7. Williams Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4786500, -72.1148400

8. Northwest Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5210991, -72.2268982

9. Nichewaug Cemetery
Petersham, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4431700, -72.1930600

10. South Cemetery
Phillipston, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5318985, -72.1267014

11. Stratton Cemetery
Athol, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5407872, -72.2151265

12. New Sherborn Cemetery
Athol, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5402985, -72.2166977

13. Adams Road Cemetery
Athol, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5425560, -72.2133610

14. Number 9 Cemetery
Barre, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4725000, -72.0910800

15. Harty Cemetery
Hubbardston, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4791550, -72.0888520

16. Upper Cemetery
Phillipston, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5512820, -72.1339770

17. Lower Cemetery
Phillipston, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5583000, -72.1425018

18. Fay Cemetery
Athol, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5466300, -72.2364200

19. Number 10 Cemetery
Barre, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4176300, -72.1782400

20. Ellinwood Cemetery
Athol, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.5589400, -72.2142600

21. Lincoln Cemetery
Barre, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4313120, -72.1125470

22. Jenkins Cemetery
Barre, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4157000, -72.1573900

23. Brown's Family Cemetery (Defunct)
Dana, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4229200, -72.2223600

24. Dana Center Cemetery (Defunct)
Dana, Worcester County, USA
Coordinate: 42.4222300, -72.2275700