WILLIAM LANDER, son of HENRY, was born at Hardinsburg, Kentucky, December 2, 1826. He was reared at Knoxville, Illinois, and received a liberal education and learned carpentry in his father's shop. He was a fine specimen of physical manhood. He became a fine musician and was band instructor for many years. He married MARY E. MOSS, a schoolmistress, at Knoxville, Illinois. She wrote that she got the pick of all the brothers. In 1878 he moved to Nebraska, and in 1890 he pushed on to Vancouver, Washington, and died there in 1907, leaving a widow and two twin children. The widow died November 1, 1918. [000:I/p106] History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky by David Lander, published 1926, Chicago.
WILLIAM LANDER, son of HENRY, was born at Hardinsburg, Kentucky, December 2, 1826. He was reared at Knoxville, Illinois, and received a liberal education and learned carpentry in his father's shop. He was a fine specimen of physical manhood. He became a fine musician and was band instructor for many years. He married MARY E. MOSS, a schoolmistress, at Knoxville, Illinois. She wrote that she got the pick of all the brothers. In 1878 he moved to Nebraska, and in 1890 he pushed on to Vancouver, Washington, and died there in 1907, leaving a widow and two twin children. The widow died November 1, 1918. [000:I/p106] History of the Lander Family of Virginia and Kentucky by David Lander, published 1926, Chicago.
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