Edward Sewall Sanford

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Edward Sewall Sanford

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Birthplace: Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
Death: September 09, 1882 (65)
Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Burial: Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Sewall Sanford and Edena Sanford
Husband of Mary Sanford
Brother of Edena Jane Le Favor; Milton Holbrook Sanford and George Francis Sanford

Managed by: Alice Zoe Marie Knapp
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About Edward Sewall Sanford

Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General, Businessman. The President of the American Telegraph Company at the start of the Civil War, his expertise in telegraph communications was called upon by the Union to help defeat the rebellion. Commissioned Colonel, US Volunteers, he served as Military Supervisor of Telegraphic Messages for the Union Army. He was brevetted Brigadier General, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "meritorious services".

Bio by: RPD2
from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28074104/edward-sewall-sanford

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Edward Sewall Sanford's Timeline

1817
March 17, 1817
Medway, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States
1882
September 9, 1882
Age 65
Sharon Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States