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Sanderson, Austin A – Sands, John D

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, 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.

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.