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 SANFORD. SANFOKD. 533 4, 1874, in which dual business he is still occupied. Mr. Sanderson was married in Littleton, November 27, 185 1, to Charlotte Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund and Louisa (Fletcher) Tuttle. Of this union were six children : Elizabeth Webster (Mrs. CharlesF. Flagg), Mary Louisa (Mrs. Josiah P. Thatcher), George Augustus, Charlotte Tuttle, Fannie Adams, and Gertrude Fletcher Sanderson. He was selectman in Littleton six years ; a member of the school board, at intervals, upwards of thirty years ; a member of the House of Representatives, 1877, serving on the committee on public charitable institu- tions ; a member of the state Senate in 1884 and '85, serving on the committee on towns, engrossed bills, printing, agriculture, Hoo- sac Tunnel, and Troy & Greenfield R. R. lie has been chairman of the board of trustees of the public library, from its open- ing in 1886. He is a director in the Aver National Hank, and a trustee of the North Middlesex Savings Bank. SANFORD, ALPHEUS, son of Joseph 1'. and Mary C. (Tripp) Sanford, was born m North Attleborough, Bristol county, July 5. .856. ALPHEUS SANFORO. He attended the primary school at North Attleborough until his removal to Melrose, where he attended the grammar and high schools. He then moved to Boston, where he attended the Boston Latin school. He entered Bowdoin College in 1872, and was graduated therefrom in 1876. He was president of the class, a member of the Kappa chapter of Psi Upsilon Fraternity, and captain of the college base-ball nine. He first began the study of law in the office of the late Joseph Nickerson ; was admitted to the Suffolk bar in October, 1879, and has continued the practice of law in Boston, where he has since resided. Mr. Sanford was married in Acushnet, September 20, 1883, to Mary C. V., daugh- ter of William H. and Charlotte E. (Read) Gardiner. Of this union is one child : Gardiner Sanford, born in Boston, October 27, 1888. Mr. Sanford has been a member of the Republican ward and city committee of Boston for the past five years ; two years chairman of the ward 17 Republican com- mittee, and for the last two years, secre- tary of the Boston Republican ritv com- mittee. He was a member of the Boston common council in 1886. He was a member of the House of Rep- resentatives in 1S88, serving as House chairman of the committee on election laws. He reported the reform ballot bill known as the "Australian Ballot Act." SANFORD, BAALIS, son of Baalis and Abby (Burt) Sanford, was born in Easl Bridgewater, Plymouth county, October 1, 1833. The common schools of his native town furnished his early educational training, this being supplemented by an attendance upon the Bridgewater and East Bridge- water academies. April 1, 185 1, he began work as a book- keeper for Robinson & Barry in what was then known as North Bridgewater. Feb- ruary 1, 1858, he was admitted as a mem- ber of the firm of H. W. Robinson & Co., of Brockton, of which house he has ever since been a member, and is now financial manager. Mr. Sanford was married in North Bridge- water (now Brockton), August 19, 185O, to Lucy Cotton, daughter of Benjamin and Anna (Whitman) Hapgood. Of this union were three children : Irene G., Anna Cora (who died in i860), and Mabel Louise San- ford (who died in 1869). Mr. Sanford was a member of the lower branch of the Legislature in 1878; secre- tary of the town school board from 1875 to '85, inclusive. He was elected city auditor of Brockton in 1882, being the first auditor under the city charter, which posi-