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WAYNE CO., IL

1884 BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES

BARNHILL TWP

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SUNDERLAND, McKenzie., farmer and trader, P. O. Fairfield, was born May 15, 1844, in Belmont County, Ohio, son of Richard P. Sunderland, a native of Maryland. He was a farmer, and came to Wayne County in 1883, and died here.

His father was Cosmo Sunderland. The mother of our subject was Elizabeth (Hance) Sunderland, a native of Maryland. She was the mother of nine children, of whom five are now living, viz., Mc Kenzie, our subject, Ellen Curtis, George B., Jacob M. and Martha Elliot.

Our subject went to school in Athens County, Ohio. He came to this county in 1865, and was married here, October 4, 1866, to Mary J. Hay, born February 12, 1849. She is a daughter of L. P. Hay, and is the mother of five children, viz., Lowery, born September 21, 1867; Eddie L., born February 23, 1871 (he was a bright boy and died December 3, 1882). Dennie, was born February 19, 1873; Henry, was born August 24, 1875; and Lawrence F., May 22, 1882.

Mrs. Sunderland is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Sunderland has a fine farm of 240 acres. He devotes a great deal of his time to trading, and may be considered almost an expert in that line. On February 15, 1864, he and his two brothers, Cosmo and James, enlisted in the Fifty-third Ohio Regiment Infantry Volunteers, Company B, Second Battalion, Second Division, Fifteenth Army Corps. He served till the close of the war, participating in many engagements, as the battles of Jonesboro and Atlanta, and also was with Gen. Sherman's " march to the sea," and finally returned home. His two brothers never reached home. Cosmo was shot at the battle of Dallas, Ga., and died soon afterward in the hospital. James died in the hospital at Chattanooga, with the measles, in 1864.