Anson Sanford (abt. 1816 - 1898)

Born about 1816 in Massachusetts, USA

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Died 1 Aug 1898 at about age 82 in Bowmansville, Erie County, New York, USA

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Anson Sanford, of Bowmansville, was born and spent his early years on a farm in Great Barrington, Mass. He received a common school education and has always followed the occupation of farmer. March 2, 1842, he was joined in the bonds of wedlock with Fanny J. Edgerly, and in 1845, removed to Cheektowaga, Erie County, N. ., where he has, by energy and industry, secured a fair degree of success in business. He was Highway Commissioner of the town of Lancaster from 1854 to 1857 inclusive, and Assessor from 1870 to 1879, and at the present time is trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Bowmansville. He is one of the substantial farmers of his town and is comfortably situated, having an elegant house and a valuable farm.

To Mr. and Mrs. Sanford have been born the following children – Mary E, born in Great Barrington, Mass., March 15, 1843; Allen P, born October 1, 1844; Emily E, born in Cheektowaga, N.Y., August 19, 1848; and Maria B, born in Lancaster, June, 1852, and died June 20, 1873. The two elder children reside in Lancaster, and Emily E., resides in Buffalo, her husband being in the employ of the Erie Railroad Company.

The parents of Mr. Sanford were Elihu Sanford and Penelope Beckwith, the former born in Great Barrington, Mass., June , 1788, and the latter born in Lyme, Conn., 26, 1785. Mrs. Anson Sanford is a daughter of Stephen and Lucy Kingsley Edgerly.(1)

• Fact: Burial Lancaster Rural Cemetery , Lancaster, Erie County, New York, USA

Sources

• HISTORY OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAFHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS. IN TWO VOLUMES. EDITED BY H. PERRY SMITH. SYRACUSE, N.Y.: D. MASON & CO., PUBLISHERS, 1684. SMITH & BRUCE, Printers and Binders 1884. http://purple.niagara.edu/library/buffhist/eriehome.html
• 1850 Census, Lancaster, Erie, New York
• 1860 Census, Lancaster, Erie, New York

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132128073/anson-sanford : accessed 25 June 2022), memorial page for Anson Sanford (1816–1 Aug 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 132128073, citing Lancaster Rural Cemetery, Lancaster, Erie County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Katherine White (contributor 47815240) .