Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Giles Sanford and Laura Goodwin




Husband Giles Sanford 1 2 3

           Born: 18 Sep 1783 - Norwich Farms (later Franklin), New London Co, CT 1
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           Died: 13 Feb 1866 1
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       Marriage: 6 Oct 1816 - Aurelius, Cayuga Co, NY 1



Wife Laura Goodwin 3

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Children
1 F Lavinia Stanley Sanford 4 5

           Born: 1 Sep 1817 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 2
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           Died: 29 Sep 1886 2
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         Spouse: Judah Colt Spencer (1813-1885) 4 5
           Marr: May 1837 2


2 F Laura G. Sanford 1

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3 M Myron Sanford 1 3 6

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           Died: 26 Nov 1886 3
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         Spouse: Susan Mary Lawrence (1838-Aft 1893) 6
           Marr: 8 Apr 1869 3



General Notes: Husband - Giles Sanford


He was descended from John Sanford, President of Rhode Island in 1655, and who had been disarmed in 1637 for his sympathy with Wheelright. These with Coddington, Hutchinson and other eminent colonial men, had purchased Rhode Island, and resided at Portsmouth. On the maternal side he was descended from Richard Edgerton, who, in 1655, was one of the thirty-eight original proprietors of Norwich, Connecticut.

He came to Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1810, and for many years was a partner of the prominent and successful business man R. S. Reed, Esq. They were the only merchants in that region during the War of 1812, Erie being then a naval station and the depot for supplies for the Upper Lakes. Great business talent and energy were requisite to provide for the construction of Perry's fleet, with the country sparsely settled, the market for supplies distant, roads miserable and badly equipped, and almost no facilities for transportation by water. The mercantile firm in his name, in 1823, had subsistence contracts with the Government for Fort Dearborn (Chicago), Mackinaw, Fort Howard (Green Bay) and St. Mary. Chicago had not even a name at this time, requiring sustenance for only 100 men, and this was sent all the way from Erie! In 1824, when a delegate at the Canal Convention which met at Harrisburg, Mr. Sanford was instrumental in giving initiatory impetus to internal improvements, and was ever a generous and disinterested friend of all enterprises for the public good. He assisted substantially in the promotion of local agricultural and horticultural interests, and may truly be termed the father of the Natural History Society. Having been favored by the acquaintance and friendship of Hon. Henry R. Schoolcraft, and aiding him in one of his explorations in the mineral fields of the Northwest, an agreeable acquaintance and correspondence on literary subjects ensued, which continued for some years. Though not a professor of religion until middle age he was among the foremost in contributing to charitable and Christian objects. In consequence of his business connections, habits of observation and general information, he rendered valuable assistance in a history of Erie County, published by his daughter, Laura G. Sanford, in 1862, and from which later historians derived much data. [HEC 1884, 945]

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Sources


1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 945.

2 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 259.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 131.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 945, 954.

5 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 257.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 97.


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