Background
Sanderson, Joseph was born on May 23, 1823 in near Ballybay, Company Monaghan, Ireland. Son of Samuel and Sarah (Brooks) Sanderson.
Sanderson, Joseph was born on May 23, 1823 in near Ballybay, Company Monaghan, Ireland. Son of Samuel and Sarah (Brooks) Sanderson.
Bachelor of Arts, Royal College, Belfast, 1845. Came to the United States, 1846. Studied theology in Associate Presbyterian Church.
(Doctor of Divinity, University of Columbia, Kitanning, Pennsylvania, 1865. Doctor of Laws, University of Omaha, 1890).
2d, Arminella Gillespie, of New York, October 17, 1865 (died April 10, 1880). Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1849. Pastor Providence, Rhode Island, 1849-1852, New York, 1852-1869, Westport, Connecticut, 1870-1876.
Editor, 1876-1895; secretary for Church Extension and Sustentation Committee, New York Presbytery, 1895-1911, retired. Author: Jesus on the Holy Mount, 1865. Memorial Tributes, 1880.
Thoughts for the Occasion, Patriotic and Secular, 1892. Manual of Funerals, 1894. Story of St. Patrick, 1895.
New York City as a Mission Field, 1900. Man’s Seal to God’s Word, 1902. Address: 264 W. 131st St., New New York.
Married Isabelle Field, of Providence, Rhode Island, June 7, 1850 (died October 6, 1863).