Henry Chambers Sanford

Generation No. 1 1. Henry Chambers3 Sanford (Hezekiah P.2, Thomas P.1) was born May 20, 1808 in Greenville Dist., SC., and died May 28, 1888 in Cherokee Co., AL.. He married (1) Mary C. Long Feb 18, 1829 in Greenville Dist., SC.. She was born Aug 23, 1809 in SC., and died 1851. He married (2) Mary Elizabeth White Abt. 1859 in AL., daughter of William White and Martha Chandler. She was born May 5, 1824 in GA., and died 1879. He married (3) Emily Greenwood, Mrs. Aft. 1860. Notes for Henry Chambers Sanford: from the Jeritage of Cherokee County page 263 Henry C. Sanford, with his wife, mother and brother, moved from Greenville District, SC to East Tennessee in 1832, and in 1835 to Turkeytown, Cherokee County, Alabama. Henry and his brother ran a trading post in the Gaylesville area of what was Cherokee land at the time. Henry has been called "one of the first settlers of Cherokee County". After a short stay, Henry, his wife and mother and five daughters returned to Tennessee, where he taught school and became a Methodist Minister. In 1850, Henry returned to Cherokee County, Alabama and resided next to his brother, Lemuel J. Sanford in the southern part of the county near a spring which bears the family name (Sanford Springs). In 1853, Henry received Bounty Land (Military Act, 1852) in Cherokee County. In 1854, the first public schools were established in Alabama, Henry "was the first chairman of the Cherokee County Board of Education and the first superintendent of education". Cherokee County, Alabama census records (1850/1860/1870/1880) variously list Henry's occupation as Mill Wright, Methodist clergy, Senator and farmer. There is some confusion regarding Henry's children, due to the names of his children are shown differently in various sources. It is suggested that Henry had nine children by Mary and one, possibly two by Harriet, no children by third wife. Children of henry and Mary wer Leila P., Luvina Eloy, Lumina E., Lucina S. Lucila Safrona, Lemuel Dayden, Looney Long, Luminta or Lumintia and Luminney or Luviney. Children by Henry and Harriet were Henry Bascum and possibly Russell submitted by Lydia Pearl Sanford Hulsey, 503 Cedartown Hwy., Piedmont, AL. 36272

Obit e-mailed to me from Juanita Sanford Bradley (Hand printed across the top) Obituary Cherokee Advertiser SANFORD, HENRY C., member Alabama legislature and the Secession and constitutional conventions of 1861 and 1865, was born May 20, 1808, in Greenville District, S.C. and died May 28rd, 1888, in Cherokee County. He was the son of Hezekiah P. Priscilla Chambers Sanford, a soldier in the War of 1812, grandson of Thomas P. Sanford and wife, a Miss Rutledge, the former a Revolutionary soldier, and of Phillip Chambers, and wife , a Miss Suggs. He attended school only 10 months, but having a vigorous mindinstructed himself and in time becase proficient in arithmetic and algebra and acquired a fair scholarship in Greek and Latin. He also read law but with no intention of entering the practice. About 1832 he went to east Tennessee where he remained for some time , then re-moved to Turkeytown, Cherokee County where he merchandised. He next moved to Gaylesville, but after a short stay, he returned to east Tennessee, where he lived 10 years, engaged in teaching school. During these years he also became a methodist minister. Hi last move was back to Cherokee County which he represented in the legislature 1853-1857. He was a member of the Secession Convention, 1861, and was opposed to the State's withdrawall from the Union. He was also a member of the the Constitutional Convention of 1865. Married (1)February 18, 1829 to Mary C. Long (2) Harriet (3) name unknown. Children:Lucila S. m. Mr. Thompson, 2. Luvina E.; 3. Lumina A. m. Mr. Norton; 4. Lucina S. m. Mr. Erkson; 5. Leila P. m. Mr. Lyboss; 6. L.H.; 7. Looney L.; 8. and twins Luviney S. and Luminta H. married Mr. Hudson; by the second wife: 10. Russell; 11. Henry B..; no children by the third wife. Last residence, Cherokee County. Children of Henry Sanford and Mary Long are: 2 i. Leila P.4 Sanford, born 1830 in SC. She married Lyboss. 3 ii. Luvina Eloy Sanford, born 1832 in SC. 4 iii. Lumina Elmira Sanford, born 1836 in SC.. She married (1) John Bedwell Abt. Sep 1858; born Abt. 1823 in TN.. She married (2) Matthew J. Norton Abt. 1871; born 1845 in AL.. 5 iv. Lucina S. Sanford, born Abt. 1836 in TN.. She married Erkson. 6 v. Lucila Sofrona Sanford, born Abt. 1843 in SC. She married Thompson. Notes for Lucila Sofrona Sanford: 1880 census shows her back with her dad, divorced 7 vi. Lemuel Hayden Sanford, born Oct 9, 1845 in Rhea Co., TN.; died May 3, 1923 in Piedmont, AL.. He married Sarah Jane Naugher Abt. 1866 in AL.; born Dec 26, 1845 in SC; died Aug 15, 1892 in Cherokee Co., AL.. 8 vii. Looney Long Sanford, born Nov 27, 1848 in TN.; died Jan 2, 1922 in Cherokee Co., AL.. He married Mary Jane Firestone Sep 1870 in AL.; born Mar 2, 1852 in AL.; died Dec 28, 1937 in Cherokee Co., AL.. 9 viii. Lumintia Amanda Sanford, born 1851.

Children of Henry Sanford and Mary White are: 11 i. Henry Bascum4 Sanford, born Jul 4, 1860 in Cherokee Co., AL.; died Apr 7, 1944 in Sherman, TX.. He married Eliza Jane Kirkpatrick Abt. 1881 in Cherokee Co., AL.; born Dec 13, 1864 in Cherokee Co., AL.; died Jan 1948 in Portales, NM. More About Henry Sanford and Eliza Kirkpatrick: Marriage: Abt. 1881, Cherokee Co., AL. 12 ii. Russell Sanford.

MEMORIAL PHOTOS 1 FLOWERS 0 Married Feb. 18, 1829 in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a Methodist minister Member of the Alabama legislature 1853 Senate 1868

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