An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 426

	WILLIAM SANDYS, junior member of the firm of Sandys Brothers, is one of the
proprietors of the mills situated three miles east of La Center. This business
was established by Sandys Brothers about eleven years ago, and although the
plant is unpretentious they have conducted a good local trade. It is one of the
most important industries ofí the neighborhood, having a capacity of 2,000 feet
daily, and being in operation eight months of the year. The machinery is so
adjusted as to run by either steam or water power, the latter being utilized a
part of the season. The product of the mill is plain and dressed lumber,
flooring and ceiling; there is also an attachment for grinding graham flour and
chopping feed, which provision is of great advantage to customer. The machinery
is of modern invention and is kept in excellent order by these thrifty millers.
	William Sandys is a native of Baltimore, Maryland, born April 9, 1846, and
the youngest of the six children of Samuel and Annie Sandys; the father was a
native of England, and his wife was born in the city of Baltimore. The family
removed to the West in 1856, and located in Nemaha county, Kansas. In 1873 our
worthy subject pushed his way to the coast, and located in Clarke county. Here
he owns forty acres of land well suited to agriculture; twenty acres are in an
advanced state of cultivation, and he has a small orchard of choice varieties of
fruits.
	Politically Mr. Sandys adheres to the principles of the Republican party,
believing that those principles made practical would greatly increase the
prosperity of the country. He has always been one of the most industrious and
economical of men, and has done his share in developing and establishing the
industries that have placed Clarke county in the front ranks of Washington's
brilliant assemblage. Mr. Sandys is unmarried.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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