Brief Life History of Henry Seymour
When Henry Seymour Sanford was born on 1 March 1832, in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Hon. David Curtis Sanford, was 34 and his mother, Amelia Selima Seymour, was 22. He married Sophia Claflin Daniels on 13 June 1865, in Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1880. His occupation is listed as lawyer in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. He died on 2 November 1901, in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States.
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- Henry L Lanford, "United States Census, 1870"
- Henry S. Sanford, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
- Henry S. Sanford, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1848 · Slavery is Abolished
In 1840, the American Anti-Slavery Society split and slavery started being outlawed in the state. In Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall started a school for young African American girls. The people got mad and Crandall was taken to court. The case was lost and that was the beginning of many other cases that would be lost, but it was also the start of having slavery abolished.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (Devon): variant of Sandford .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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It is said that the Judge's home on Main St. in New Milford, CT was quite grand. Tim has a print of the whole fancy group of houses. The house is no longer in existence.
New Milford home.
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