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studied l;iw, and afterward took a course in diviuity at Aiidover TlKH)logical seminary ; was a tutor at Dartnioutli, is;r» ; professor of Latin and CJret'k languages, 18:{.>-57. and professor of Latin language and literature, 1837-39. He was married. Dec. 11, 1837, to Mary Ann, daugiiter of Ezekiel Webster, and niece of Daniel Webster. He was professor of chussical literature and his- tory, Wjvshington university, St. Louis, Mo., 1859- 63 ; professor of oratory and belles-lettres at Dartmouth. 1S3-S0 : librarian. lSGG-74 ; Winkley professor of Anglo Saxon and English language and literature. 1880-t<2, and professor emeritus, lS8'2-8o. He was elected to the state legislature several times. He received the degree of LL.D. from the University of Vermont in 1859 and from Dartmouth in 1879. He is the author of : Lectures on E'hicotion ; A Eulogy on Daniel IVebster (IBU'i); Histori/ nf Xew Hampshire (1875). He died in NVw Y..i-k city. Dec. 29. 1SS5.

SANBORN, Franklin Benjamin, journalist and reformer, was born in Hampton Falls, N.H., Dec. 15, 1831 ; son of Aaron and Lydia (Leavitt) Sanborn ; grandson of Benjamin and Hannah (Blake) Sanborn and of Thomas and Hannah (Melcher) Leavitt, and a descendant of Lieut. John Sanborn, who settled in Hampton about 1638, and married Anne, the daughter of the Rev. Stephen Bachiler. His brother, Charles Henry, was a prominent physician in New Hamp- shire, a member of the state legislature and author of "The North and the South" (1856). Franklin Benjamin Sanborn attended Phillips Exeter academy, and was graduated from Har- vard college in 1855 ; taught school in Concord, Mass., 1855-03; was chosen secretary of the M:issachusetts state Kansas committee in 1856, and was secretary of tlie state board of charities, 1863-68; a member. 1870-76. and chairman, 1874- 76, and state inspector of charities, 1879-89. He was treasurer of the first National conference of charities, 187-1, and again in 1886-88 ; president in 1880-81 ; was one of the organizers of the American Social Science association in 1865, and its secretary, 1865-98 ; a founder of the National Prison association ; the National Con- ference of Charities ; the Clarke School for the Deaf, and the Concord School of Philosophy. He was a lecturer at Cornell, Smith and Wellesley colleges, and at the Concord School of Philosophy. He was twice married ; first, Aug. 23, 1854, to Ariana, daughter of Jane ajid Sarah (Smith) Walker of Peterborough, N.H. ; and secondly, July 15. 1862. to L<^)uisa. daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Yendell) Leavitt of Boston, Mass. He was editor of the Boston Commonicealth, 1863-04, the Springfield Republican, 1868-72, and the Journal of Social Science, 1876-97 ; editor of twenty state reports on charities and labor, and

of Channing's" Wanderer "(1871); Alcott's " Son- nets and Canzonets" (1882), and "New Con- necticut" (1887) ; also of Channing's " Poems of Sixty-Five Years" (1902); " Thoreau, the Poet- Naturalist " (1902). He is the author of two biographies of Emerson, three of Thoreau, one of A. Bronson Alcott, one of Dr. S. G. Howe, two of Joim Brown, and one of Dr. Earle ; also of a History of New Hampshire (19U3). A bronze bust of Mr. Sanborn by F. E. Ehvell was presented to the Histoi'ical Society of Kansas, and was placed in the state capitol at Tojjeka, in October, 1902.

SANBORN, John Benjamin, soldier, was born in Epsom, N.H., Dec. 5, 1826. He attended Dartmouth college, studied law, was admitted to the bar in July, 1854, and removed to St. Paul, Minn., where lie established himself in practice. He was appointed adjutant-general and quarter- master-general of the state, and upon the out- break of the civil war, he organized five regi- ments of infantry, a cavalry battalion, and two artillery batteries, which he sent to the field. He was appointed colonel of the 4th Minnesota volunteers, and commanded the 1st brigade, 2d division, Army of the Mississippi, under Major- Geueral William S. Rosecraus at the battle of luka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862. He commanded the 4th Minnesota regiment attached to the 1st brig- ade, Srd division. Army of the Mississippi, at the battle of Corinth, Oct. 3rd-4th, 1862, and com- manded the 1st brigade, 7th division, 17th army corps, Army of the Tennessee, under General Grant, in the Vicksburg campaign, taking part in the battle of Jackson, Champion's Hill, and in the assault on Vicksburg, IMay 22, 1863, and he led the advance after the surrender of Vicks- burg. He commanded the district of Southwest Missouri, at Springfield, and took part in the pursuit of Gen. Sterling Price through Missouri. In 1865 he was engaged against the Indians in Upper Arkansas, and concluded a treaty at the mouth of the Little Arkansas, in October, 1865, and was appointed by President Johnson to settle the Indian difficulties in the southeast. He was a member of the Indian peace commission, 1867- 68, and served as a representative in the Minne- sota legislature, 1872 and 1881, and state senator, 1891. He was three times married : first, on March 17, 1857, to Catharine Hall of Newton. N.J. ; secondly, on Nov. 26, 1865, to Anna Nixon of Bridgeton, N.J., and thirdly, on April 18. 1880, to Rachel Rice of St. Paul, Minn. In 1903 he was still practising law in St. Paul, Minn.

SANBORN, Katherine Abbott, author, was born in Hanover, N.H., July 11, 1839 ; daughter of Professor Edwin David (q.v.) and Mary Ann (Webster) Sanborn. She taught a day-school at Hanover, N.H., 1858-60; at Mary institute, con-