Brief Life History of Sanford
When Sanford Kendall was born in 1845, in Boothsville, Marion, Virginia, United States, his father, Mansfield Kendall, was 36 and his mother, Hannah Shuman, was 39. He lived in Marion, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Greene, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. He died in 1878, in Metz, Marion, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 33.
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- Sanford Kendall in household of Mansfield Kendall, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sanford Kendle in household of Mansfield Kendle, "United States Census, 1860"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established
Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.
1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Kendal in Cumbria, which takes its name from the river Kent + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’, or from the valley of the river Kent itself.
English (of Welsh origin): from an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Cynddelw, which was borne by a famous 12th-century Welsh poet. It probably derives from a Celtic word meaning ‘exalted, high’ + delw ‘image, effigy’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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