Leland Stanford Jr.

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Leland DeWitt Stanford, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States
Death: March 13, 1884 (15)
Firenze, Toscana, Italia (Italy) (Typhoid Fever - 2 months before his 16th birthday)
Place of Burial: Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Gov. Amasa Leland Stanford and Jane Stanford (Lathrop)

Occupation: His Death caused his parents to create Stanford University in his memory
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About Leland Stanford Jr.

Stanford University was named in memory Leland Stanford Jr.

Another Reference Source:

Tittle: "Stanford Genealogy Comprising the Decendants of Abner Stanford, The Revolutionary Soldier"

Author: Arthur Willis Stanford

Printed By: The Fukuin Printing Co, Ltd, Yokohama

Date: 1906

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Leland Stanford Jr.'s Timeline

1868
May 14, 1868
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California, United States
1884
March 13, 1884
Age 15
Firenze, Toscana, Italia (Italy)
April 1884
Age 15
Stanford Family Mausoleum, Stanford University, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, United States