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 534 SANFORD. SANGER. tion he now holds. He has been justice of the peace since 1881. He was master of Paul Revere Lodge, F. & A. M., from 1867 to '69 ; high priest of Satucket R. A. Chapter from 1869 to '72 ; eminent com- mander of Bay State Commandery, K. T., from 1875 t0 '78 ; a 1'fe member of the Massachusetts Consistory (,53d degree) since March 27, 1870 ; was elected senior grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, F. & A. M., December 8, 18S6, and grand scribe in the Grand R. A. Chapter of Massachusetts in 1876. He was president of the Security Co- operative Loan Fund Association in 1878 and '79, and was elected treasurer of the Brockton Gas Light Company in 1886. He is a director in the Masonic Mutual Relief Association of Springfield, having held the office since 1SS5 ; dictator of Brockton Lodge No. 2 18, Knights of Honor, in 1873 ; commander in Excelsior Council No. 16, A. L. of 14., in May, 1879, and a permanent member of the Grand Council, A. 1,. of H. He is recorder of the Bay State Commandery, K. T. (having held the office ten years), and has been treasurer and secretary of the Commercial Club five years. SANFORD, Frederick Coleman, son of Giles and Margarett Sanford, was burn in Nantucket, Nantucket county, February 3. 1S09. lie attended the various schools on the island until fourteen years old. He then made a voyage to the Pacific Ocean, visit- ing many places of intense interest at that time, including many of the islands dis- covered by Captain Cook. He returned home and decided to learn the watchmaker's trade. In 1828 he began business for himself in Nantucket, and continued in the same for ten years. In the meantime he went into shipping, whal- ing, etc.; he was successful, and selling his last ship, retired from active business in 1S56. Previous to this, in 1849, he went into some California enterprises, fitting four ships for San Francisco that year, and in 1850 went out to San Francisco to meet one of his vessels. He remained two years, receiving ships and cargoes from his east- ern friends. After a successful season he returned home, but shortly again went back, remaining until September, 1854, when, after realizing handsomely on his investments, he returned to Nantucket. Mr. Sanford was married in Nantucket, October 7, 1831, to Mary Coleman, daugh- ter of William C. Allen. Of this union were seven children, all deceased, except Amelia Coffin Sanford, who married Thomas A. Scott of Boston. Mr. Sanford was an intense Jackson Democrat. When the war broke out he was found among those who sustained the government, and finally became an ardent Republican, and has since remained in affiliation with that part}-. He was among the first to show perfect confidence in United States securities, and was ready to exchange his entire property for bonds, if necessary, to carry on the war. He went to England in 1855, to receive the " Great Republic," the largest mer- chant ship at that time afloat. He' char- tered her to the French government, and was in that employ fourteen months. Mr. Sanford remembers his sojourn in. Califor- nia as the pleasantest part of his life. While in New Zealand, in 1839, he saw the need of an American consul there — sev- enty American ships in port and no gov- ernment representatives — and railed the attention of the state department to the fact. Mr. Forsythe, secretary of state, courteouslv responded, and appointed a gentleman recommended by Mr. Sanford, James R. Clendon, residing there, and doing a large business. He has been a man of remarkable en- ergy and push, has preserved his integrity and dignity, both at home and with foreign commercial agents, with whom he has an extensive acquaintance. lie is chairman of the Humane Society, a position held for twenty-live years, and has been president of the Pacific National Bank of Nantucket for twenty-two years. SANGFR, Chester F., eldest son of Warren and Lucy J. (Allen) Sanger, was born in Somerville, Middlesex county, De- cember 22, 1858, .md is a direct descendant of Richard Sanger who came over from England in 1636, and settled in Htngham. He received his first education in the primary school of Cambridge, whither he was sent by special arrangement, and his father soon after removing to that city, he- passed through every grade of the Cam- bridge public schools and entered Harvard in 1876, graduating in 1880. Almost immediately after graduation he entered the law office of Morse & Allen in Boston, where he studied for three years. He was admitted to the Suffolk bar in [883, and since that time has been engaged in the active practice of his profession. On the 25th of June, 1884, Mr. Sanger was married, in Cambridge, to Gertrude F., only daughter of Horace P. and Lydia I..