Sanders, William Price – Sanford, Thaddeus
Sanders, William Price
soldier, was born Aug. 12, 1833, in Lexington, Ky.
He engaged in the battles of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Mechanicsville and Hanover Court-House during the Virginia peninsular campaign; and became brigadier-general of volunteers in 1863. He died Nov. 18, 1863, in Knoxville, Tenn.
Sanderson, Austin A
lawyer, jurist, was born Jan. 4, 1848, in New York city. During 1891-97 he was judge of the superior court of San Francisco. He was one of the ablest of San Francisco's many judges, and is now regarded as among her foremost lawyers.
Sanderson, Frederick H
clergyman, lecturer, was born Sept. 3, 1855, in Toronto, Canada. He received his education in the Collegiate institute and theological department of the Victoria university of Coburg, Ontario, Canada. In 1882 he moved to Iowa, and immediately came into prominence through his abilities as a clergyman and popular lecturer. He was chaplain of the sixth regiment Iowa national guards; president of the Iowa state Epworth league; and was chosen as one of the eminent preachers at the Iowa state fair. In 1894 he moved to Omaha, Neb., where he is pastor of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal church.
Sanderson, John
educator, author, was born in 1783 in Carlisle, Pa. He was an educator of Philadelphia, classical professor in the high school in 1836-44, and of some note in his day as a humorist.
He was the author of The American in Paris; The American in England; and the first two volumes of the Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. He died April 5, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Sanderson, John Philip
soldier, author, was born Feb. 13, 1818, in Lebanon county, Pa. He was an officer in the federal army; and the author of Views and Opinions of American Statesmen on Foreign Immigration; and Republican Landmarks. He died Oct. 14, 1864, in St.
Louis, Mo.
Sanderson, Joseph
clergyman, author, was born May 23, 1823, in Ireland. He is a presbyterian clergyman in New York and other localities; and the author of Jesus on the Holy Mount; Memorial Tributes; and The Bow in the Cloud.
Sandford, Edward
lawyer, jurist, state senator, was born Sept. 22, 1809, in Ovid, N. Y. He began practice in New York city, and in 1842 was appointed judge of the criminal court of that city.
He was a member of the New York senate in 1843. He died Sept. 27, 1854, at sea.
Sandford, John
state senator, congressman. He was a representative in congress from 1841 to 1843; and was a member of the New York senate in the extra session of 1851. He died in October, 1857, in Amsterdam, N. Y.
Sandford, Jonah
state legislator, congressman. He was a member of the New York assembly in 1827 and 1830, from the county of St. Lawrence; and was a representative in congress from 1830 to 1831.
Sandford, Lewis Halsey
lawyer, jurist, author, was born June 8, 1807, in Ovid, N. Y. He removed to New York city in 1833, and in 1843 was chosen assistant vice-chancellor of the first circuit. He became vice-chancellor in 1846, and from 1847 till his death was associate justice of the superior court of New York. He published Catalogue of the New York Law Institute; New York Chancery Reports; and New York Superior Court Reports. He died July 27, 1852, in Toledo, Ohio.
Sandford, Thomas
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1762 in Westmoreland county, Va. He was a member of the state constitutional convention of 1799; was several times a member of the Kentucky legislature; and was a representative in congress from 1803 to 1807. He was drowned Dec. 10, 1808, in the Ohio river.
Sandidge, John M
planter, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 7, 1817, in Franklin county, Ga. He served as a member of the legislature of Louisiana from 1846 to 1855; and was speaker of the house in the Louisiana legislature in 1854 and 1855. He was elected a representative from Louisiana to the thirtyfourth and thirty-fifth congresses.
Sandiford, Ralph
author, was born in 1693 in England. He published A Brief Examination of the Practice of the Times, by the Foregoing and Present Dispensation. He died May 28, 1733, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Sands, Alexander Hamilton
lawyer, author, was born May 2, 1828, in Williamsburg, Va. He was a lawyer of Richmond, Va., wno entered the baptist ministry not long before his death. He was the author of History of a Suit in Equity; Recreations of a Southern Barrister; Practical Law Forms; and Sermons by a Village Pastor. He died Dec. 22, 1887, in Richmond, Va.
Sands, Benjamin Franklin
naval officer, was born Feb. 11, 1811, in Baltimore, Md. He entered the navy in 1828; served with distinction in the Mexican and civil wars; was commissioned rearadmiral in 1871; and placed on the retired list three years later. He died June 30, 1883, in Washington, D. C.
Sands, John D
clergyman, was born Feb, 8, 1815, in England. He is an eminent congregational clergyman; and during the war was chaplain in the nineteenth regiment Iowa volunteer infantry. He has filled pastorates in Essex, Vt.; several churches in Iowa; and now fills the pastorate in the Congregational church of Belmond, Iowa.
Sands, Joshua
soldier, lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born in 1758 in Queens county, N. Y. During the war of 1775 he was a member of the Brooklyn home guards; in 1797 was appointed collector of customs for the port of New York; and was at one time a magistrate in Kings county. He also took an active part in the revolutionary war to its close.
He was a member of the New York senate from Kings county from 1792 to 1799; and was a representative in congress from 1803 to 1804, and again from 1825 to 1827.
He died Sept. 13, 1835, in Queens county, N. Y.
Sands, Joshua Ratoon
naval officer, was born May 15, 1795, in Brooklyn, N. Y. In 1812 he became a midshipman; lieutenant in 1818; commander in 1840; captain in 1854; and commodore on the retired list in 1862.
Sands, Robert Charles
journalist, author, poet, was born May 11, 1799, in Flatbush, L. I. He was a journalist and verse-writer of New York city who wrote a Life of Paul Jones; The Talisman; and co-author with Eastburn of the once noted poem Yamoyden. He died in December, 1832, in Hoboken, N. J.
Sanford, David
clergyman, was born Dec. 11, 1737, in Milford, Conn. He was ordained pastor of the Congregational church at Medway, Mass., where he passed the remainder of his life, with the exception of a brief period, during which he served as a chaplain in the revolutionary army. He early resisted the oppression of Great Britain, and relinquished his salary for a time. He died April 7, 1810, in Medford, Mass.
Sanford, Edward
journalist, state senator, poet, was born July 8, 1805, in Albany, N. Y. In 1838 he was made assistant naval officer at the port of New York, and also held the office of secretary to the commission to restore the duties on goods that had been destroyed by the great fire of 1835. In 1843 he was elected to the state senate. Among his bestknown compositions, only a few of which appeared over his own name, are a poetical address to Black Hawk; and The Loves of the Shell-Fishes. He died Aug. 28, 1876, in Gowanda, N. Y.
Sanford, Ezekiel
author, was born in 1796 in Ridgefield, Conn. he was the author of A History of the United States Before the Revolution; and a novel entitled The Humors on Utopia. He died in 1822 in Columbia, S. C.
Sanford, Henry C
lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 11, 1833, in Maine. This prominent lawyer of Akron, Ohio, has been prosecuting attorney of his city and county; and for two terms has served as a member of the Ohio state legislature.
Sanford, James T
agriculturist, congressman, was born in Virginia. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1823 to 1825. Having acquired a large property in the pursuits of agriculture, he appropriated a part of his wealth to the establishment of Jackson college. He died about 1880.
Sanford, Jonah
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, was born in 1789 in Cornwall, Vt. In 1829 and 1830 he represented his county in the New York state legislature; and was a representative in congress to fill a vacancy in 1830- 31. He was one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas. He died Dec. 25, 1867, in Hopkinton.
Sanford, Laura G
historian. She is the author of a History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, which is considered one of the most meritorious local histories of that state.
Sanford, Nathan
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Nov. 5, 1771, in Bridgehampton, L. I. He was United States commissioner of bankruptcy for New York in 1802; was United States district attorney for New York from 1803 to 1816; and was speaker of the He was afterward assembly in 1811. state senator; and was a United States senator from 1815 to 1821, and again from 1825 to 1831. He was chancellor of New York from 1823 to 1825. He died Oct. 17, 1838, in Flushing, N. Y. a
Sanford, Stephen
manufacturer, congressman, was born May 26, 1826, in Amsterdam, N. Y. The Amsterdam Reservoir company, by which a thousand acres have been flooded with the waters of the Chuctanunda creek, supplying an immense water power for his own and other manufactories, originated with him, and has been managed by him as president. He also founded and became president of the Amsterdam city national bank. He was a representative from New York to the forty-first congress.
Sanford, Thaddeus
journalist, banker, was born in 1791 in Connecticut.
In 1828 he became the editor and proprietor of the Mobile Register. He continued to conduct that journal, with the exception of the period between 1837 and 1841, for twenty-six years. In 1833 he was elected president of the bank of Mobile, and in 1853 he was appointed collector of the port, holding the office throughout Buchanan's administration. He died April 30, 1867, in Mobile, Ala.