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Uncle Eph Sanders - - This old colored man died at the Colony at Marshall, Missouri, Tuesday, June 1st, 1915. His body was brought to Platte City and interred in the city cemetery Thursday, June 3.
Eph Sanders was an old family servant of the late Miles Harrington and has lived in this county since the earliest settlement of the county. Mr. Harrington came from Clay to Platte County when the latter county was opened for settlement in 1837. His son, Richard T. Harrington, was born in Platte July 21, 1837, and Ephraim was born that same year. He was the third child born in this county. He has been for many years a servant in the family of Colonel R. P. C. Wilson and was a trusted and worthy man.
When Doctor Robert Wilson was appointed Superintendent of the Colony for the Feeble Minded at Marshall he had Uncle Eph to come to that place and installed him as gardener at the Colony.
Eph was one of the old fashioned colored men who attended closely to his own affairs and had the respect of the while people of this community.Date(s) of Creation
6/5/1915
