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Sanford Sullivan Follett (1834 - 1919)

Sanford Sullivan [uncertain] Follett
Born in Berkshire, Franklin, Vermont, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of , , , and
Husband of — married 25 Jan 1865 (to about 1866) in Deerfield, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States of Americamap
Husband of — married 14 Feb 1881 (to 20 Dec 1901) in Coloma, Waushara County, Wisconsinmap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died at about age 84 in Seward, Kansas, United Statesmap
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Biography

Sanford Follett was born in Vermont.

Sanford was born in 1834 in Berkshire, Vermont, near Enosburgh.[1][2][3] He was the son of Henry Follett and Clarissa Pond.

The 1850 Census shows Sanford at age 16 working with his father as a farmer in Richford, Franklin, Vermont.[4] But, sometime between 1850 and 1859 the whole family moved to Wisconsin, along with other families from Vermont. The area in Wisconsin in which they settled they named Richford, after where they had come.[5] They were farming in Richford in 1860.[6]

On January 25, 1865, Sanford married the young Cornelia Mudget (1849-1902).[7] The marriage did not last as Cornelia had a child with her second husband in 1867. (See Cornelia's profile.) In 1870, Sanford was living with his parents, farming. They lived next to his brother Luther and Luther's family.[8]

By 1880 Sanford had moved to his own farm in nearby Coloma, Wisconsin.[9]

He married Rosella C. Keeler in 1881 in Wisconsin.[10] Interestingly, they remarried in 1885.[11] Perhaps, a divorce had gone through with his first wife in between those dates. Sanford and Rosella had eight children, but a daughter Blanche (b. 1888) had died the day of her birth, and the last child, born in 1900, Violet, also died the day of her birth. [12] In 1885 Sanford, Rosella and their first two sons were living in Coloma.[13] The last three children were all born in Richfield, Adams, Wisconsin,[12] where Sanford owned a farm, as shown in the 1895 state census [14] and the 1900 census.[15]

Children

Orno Follett (1882-1960)[1]
Orlando Follett (1885-1942)[2]
Austin Follett (1887-1978)[16]
Blanch Follett (1888-1888)[12]
Matilda Follett (1892-1942)[17]
Aaron Follett (1895-1918)[3]
Dewey Follett (1898-1995)[18]
Violet Follett (1900-1900)[12]

After the death of baby Violet, Sanford and Rosella separated on December 20, 1901.[12] Sanford and Orno went to California for Orno to attend nursing school. They both contracted tuberculosis there and Orno had to leave nursing school[19], so they went to Kansas, where they were enumerated in 1905.[20] Rosella married again to widower Henry Hartley in 1904.[21]

Sanford was living in Fargo, Kansas in 1909, where Orno and Orlando were farming.[22] Austin was also nearby.[23] By 1912, Sanford was living at Route 1 in Haynes, Kansas.[24]

Sanford passed away in 1919 in Seward County, Kansas, at the age of 84. He was buried in the Liberal Cemetery in Liberal, Kansas.[25]

Research Notes

Sanford also seemed to have owned land in Nebraska or to have at least loaned money to someone to buy land in Nebraska, as there is notice of a foreclosure in Ord, Nebraska.[26][27]

No census record has been found for Sanford in 1910. However, based on the newspaper clippings and the census records for all of his children, he was likely living in Kansas.

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR2K-RLH : 11 February 2018), Sanford Follett in entry for Orno Follett, 26 Mar 1882; citing Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin, reference item 1 p 95; FHL microfilm 1,305,606.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR2K-RL8 : 11 February 2018), Sanford Follett in entry for Orlando Follett, Jan 1885; citing Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin, reference item 1 p 95; FHL microfilm 1,305,606.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRHQ-2Z1 : 11 February 2018), Sanford Fallett in entry for Aaron Fallett, 08 Jun 1895; citing Richfield, Adams, Wisconsin, reference No 964; FHL microfilm 1,306,420.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC2Z-YGQ : 12 April 2016), Sanford Follett in household of Harry Follett, Richford, Franklin, Vermont, United States; citing family 152, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  5. ↑ Family story told by Barbara Follett Schweger to Culley Schweger Bell.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW96-MLX : 12 December 2017), Sanford Follit in entry for Henry Follit, 1860.
  7. ↑ "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR2W-HD7 : 16 March 2018), Sanford Follett and Cornelia Mudget, 25 Jan 1865; citing Deerfield, Washara, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,607.
  8. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSX-29Z : 12 April 2016), Sanford Follet in household of Henry Follet, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 10, family 83, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,243.
  9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNH5-Y14 : 14 September 2017), Sanford Follett, Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district ED 185, sheet 282D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1452; FHL microfilm 1,255,452.
  10. ↑ "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-79KN : 15 March 2018), Sanford Follett and Rosella C Keeler, 14 Feb 1881; citing Waushara, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,608.
  11. ↑ "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-7MYM : 15 March 2018), Sanford Follett and Rosella C Keeler, 04 Jun 1885; citing Waushara, Wisconsin, United States, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,275,608.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 David Alavezos, Family Bible of Sanford Follett, family information page, and email of June 2006 and April 2007 with Bonnie Follett (Follett-757), a copy posted on this page.
  13. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1885", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMS4-N7S : 20 February 2021), Sanford Follett, .
  14. ↑ "Wisconsin State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM97-1YD : 19 February 2021), Sanford Follett, Richfield Town, Adams, Wisconsin; citing reference 27, State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,032,705.
  15. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMVT-3XK : accessed 26 August 2018), Sanford Follott, Lincoln & Richfield towns, Adams, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 9B, family 190, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,777.
  16. ↑ "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR22-HZG : 11 February 2018), Sanford Follett in entry for Austin Follett, 28 Aug 1887; citing Coloma, Waushara, Wisconsin, reference item 1 p 164; FHL microfilm 1,305,606.
  17. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVD-SDG5 : 9 June 2021), Matilda Follett, ; Burial, Liberal, Seward, Kansas, United States of America, Liberal Cemetery; citing record ID 11456744, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  18. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29J6-6VS : 24 December 2021), Dewey Follett, 1917-1918.
  19. ↑ Hardy, Frank W. "Follett, Orno (1882–1960)." Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists. April 28, 2021. Accessed January 05, 2022. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=D9AX.
  20. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1905", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP8K-YJ4C : 23 September 2019), Sanford Follett, 1905.
  21. ↑ "Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRJ7-NG4 : 30 January 2020), Rosella Follett in entry for Henry Hartley, 1904.
  22. ↑ The Liberal Democrat. Liberal, Kansas. Fri, Jun 18, 1909. Page 3
  23. ↑ The Liberal Democrat. Liberal, Kansas. 03 Feb 1911, Fri. Page 6
  24. ↑ The Liberal Democrat. Liberal, Kansas. 29 Mar 1912, Fri. Page 6
  25. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10544611/sanford-sullivan-follett : accessed 15 April 2018), memorial page for Sanford Sullivan Follett (6 Jun 1834–1919), Find A Grave Memorial no. 10544611, citing Liberal Cemetery, Liberal, Seward County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Oz (contributor 46520830) .
  26. ↑ Valley County Journal. Ord, Nebraska. 27 Mar 1885, Fri. Page 4
  27. ↑ The Ord Quiz. Ord, Nebraska. 17 Apr 1885, Fri. Page 5

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