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 SANFORD

SANGER

He was a delegate to the Btrlin Congo conference of 18S5-86. He founded the city of Sanford, Fla., in 1870, and engaged in the cultivation of orange trees. lie received the honorary degree of A.M. from Trinity college in 1849. and the degree of J.U.D. from Heidelherg university iu 1854. His official reports were published by congress. He died at Healing Springs. Va.. May 21, 1891.

SANFORD, Joseph Perry, naval officer, was born in Winciiester. Va., in 1816; son of Senator Nathan Sanford. He was warranted midship- man in the U.S. navy. Feb. 11, 1832, and w;us at- tached to Cai)tain Wilkes's exploring expedition, 18.38-42. He was advanced passed midshipman, June 23, 1838, commissioned lieutenant, Nov. 2, 1842, and was an officer on the Cumberland of the Mediterranean squadron, 1842-46. He was on board the U.S. steamer Alleghany in the Gulf of Mexico during the war with Mexico, 1846-47; on duty at the National Observatory, Washington, D.C., and on the Mediterranean squadron until Oct. 8. 1853, when he resigned from the navy, and engaged in business in Albajiy, N.Y., until May 13. 1861, when he was commissioned acting lieutenant in the U.S. navj-. He was promoted commander, June 6, 1861, and ordered to western waters to assist Flag-Officer Foote in creating a fleet in the upper Mississippi. He was lieutenant of ordnance on the staff of Flag-Officer Foote at the battle of Fort Henry on board the flag steamer Benton, and was in command of ordnance at the naval depot, Cairo, 111., 1862-63, and in 1863 was made fleet-captain of the North Atlantic squadron and subsequently senior officer com- manding the West Indian convoy fleet. He com- manded the U.S.S. Vanderbllt, 1865-66, at that time the fleetest steamer in the U.S. navy. He convoyed the monitor Monadnock from New York to San Francisco by way of the Straits of Magellan; was promoted captain, Sept. 27, 1866, and was fleet captain of the North Pacific squadron, 1866-68. and commandant of the Nor- folk navy yard, 1868-69. He resigned his com- mission, March 1, 1869. He died in Stamford, Conn.. D-r. 5. 1001.

SANFORD, Nathan, senator, was born in" Bridgehampton, L.I., N.Y., Nov. 5, 1777; son of Thomas Sanford, and a descendant of Robert and Ann (Adams) Sandford. Robert Sandford emi- grated from England and settled in Hartford, Conn., in 1645. Nathan Sanford was a student at Yale, but did not graduate; was ailinitted to the bar in 1799 and practised in New York city. He served as U.S. commissioner in bankruptcy in 1802; as U.S. district attorney, 180.3-16; as a member of the state assembly, 1810-11, and speaker in 1811; state senator, 1812-15; Democratic U S. senator from New York, 1815-21; and dele- gate to the state constitutional convention in

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1821, where he introduced the amendment adopted, abolishing the necessity of property qualification in voters. He succeeded James Kent as chancellor of the state, 1823-25. and served a second term in the U.S. senate, 1825-31, where he advocated a reform of the currency and favored the French spoliation claims. He was married tliree times, his third wife being Mary Buchanan, granddaughter of Thomas McKean, the signer. They were married at the White house, President John Quincy Adams being her nearest relative. Chancellor Sanford received the honorary degree of LL.D. from Columbia in 1823. He died at Flushing, N.Y., Oct. 17, 1838.

SANGER, Joseph Prentice, soldier, was born in Detroit, Mich., May 4. 1840; son of Henry Kirk- land ajid Caroline (Prentice) Sanger; grandson of Richard and Rachel (Butler) Sanger, aud of the Rev. Joseph and Sarah (Morgan) Prentice, and a descendant of Capt. Thomas Prentice

(1621-1710) of Cam- bridge, Mass., and of George Barbour (161. > 1685) of Dedham, Mass. He attended the University of Michigan; enrolled as lieutenant, 1st Michigan volunteers, April 19, 1861, and served with the light artillery, being bre- vetted captain and major for gallantry in the battles of Bermu- da Hundred and Deep Bottom, Va., 1864 and 1865, He was promoted adjutant of the 1st artillery,18G6, was honor graduate of the artillery school. Fort Monroe, Va., 18G9, and on its re-establishment was appointed its first adjutaiit; commanded a battery in the Brooklyn "Whisky Riots," 1871,. and was professor of military science, tactics and law in Bowdoin college, 1872-75. He was promoted captain, 1st artillery, Feb. 7, 1875; was detailed to accompany Gen. Emory Upton on a tour of inspection of the armies of Japan, Asia. Europe and England, 1875-77; commanded a battery in the 1st artillery, 1877-84, serving in several rail- road riots; was aide to Major-General Schofieid, 1884-88; appointed inspector-general, with the rank of major, Feb. 12, 1889; served as aide and acting secretary to President Harrison, 1891, and as military .secretary to Lieut. -Gen. Schofieid. He was inspector of the South Atlantic inspection district and princi-ial assistant to the inspector- general of the army, September, 1895, to March. 1898, and appointed inspector-general of volun- teers, with rank of lieutenant-colonel, July 7^

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