Brief Life History of Sanford
When Sanford Silvey was born on 5 August 1841, in Townsend Township, Sandusky, Ohio, United States, his father, Orlin Selvey, was 29 and his mother, Harriet Greenman, was 29. He married Anna Rebecca McNitt on 22 February 1867, in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Green Creek, Sandusky, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Ohio, United States in 1916. He died on 28 December 1916, in Adams Township, Seneca, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Parkhurst Cemetery, Clyde, Sandusky, Ohio, United States.
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- Sautfort Silvey, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sanford Selvey, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Sanford Silvey, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps from the Middle English personal name Silveyn, with loss of final -n; see Selwyn 2. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Selvy .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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