HON. ALMON C. SANFORD.
The farming and stock dealing interests have a worthy representative in the person of Mr. Sanford, who has engaged extensively in this vocation since the early settlement of Wells county, and has one of the best estates in the county. His farm is in township 148, ranges 60 and 70, and is one of the pleasant homes of the locality. Mr. Sanford has a residence in Cathay where he resides during the winter months, but spends his summer seasons on the farm and personally superintends the operation of the same. Our subject was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, in 1855. His father, William Sanford, was of American birth, and was a farmer by occupation, and his ancestors of the name of Chamberlain were in the early American wars, and Joe Chamberlain, of this family, killed a famous Indian chief. Two brothers of the family who came to America prior to Revolutionary times, stood for colonial government and one was opposed to this government. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Parsons, and was born on a farm in Michigan and was of English-Irish parentage. Mr. Sanford was the third in a family of eight children, and when four years of age moved with the family to a farm and was there reared. He attended the country schools, and the high school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and at the age of eighteen years left home and went to St. Louis, where he engaged in clerking, and also farmed and traded in stock. He returned to Michigan later where he engaged in farming. He went to Wells county, North Dakota, in 1882, and settled on land and during 1882-83 farmed near Jamestown. He built a claim shanty on his farm in 1884 and a barn, and his parents went to Dakota in 1882 and resided with our subject, who had experienced bachelor life previous to that. He hauled all supplies from Jamestown and vicinity, and his first crop in Wells county was six hundred and twenty-eight bushels of wheat and four hundred bushels of oats. In the fall of 1994 he lost his granary and one thousand bushels of oats, and one thousand two hundred bushels of wheat, and five to six hundred bushels of wheat in shock, by fire, entailing a total loss of one thousand five hundred dollars. He began stock raising in 1884, and was the first to attempt this line in Wells county, and he has continued the same since with success. He raises Durham and Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep, and has at present one hundred and forty-five head of the former and nine hundred sheep. He followed threshing from 1883-86, and in 1884, while taking his outfit from Jamestown the bridge gave way over the James river, with the engine and tank, and they went into the river with the engine steamed up. Ten days' time and six hundred dollars in money, and a large crew of men were required to get them out of the stream, but during the season he did an extensive business in threshing. He again began threshing in 1895, in partnership with William Snure, Richard Wikey and David Pros, and they have a steam rig of eighteen-horse power. Mr. Sanfords owns one thousand one hundred and twenty acres of land, with eight hundred acres under cultivation, and has a complete set of farm buildings, and all farm machinery for garnering and disposing of the crops. He has the best grove of forest trees in Wells county, and with four hundred and eighty acres of land owned by his father, has one of the largest estates in the county. The farm is named "Willowdale," and during the spring and summer is one of the most beautiful places in Wells county. He moved his family to Cathay in 1894, where he owns a lot and residence. Our subject was married, in 1885, to Miss Hattie Teeple. Mrs. Sanford was born on a farm in Michigan, near Grand Rapids, and was a daughter of George Teeple, a farmer by occupation. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford, named Roy and Leland. Mr. Sanford was elected to the state legislature, in 1892, and served one term. He is actively interested in the general welfare of his community, and is a member of the Democratic party politically, and has served as chairman of the county central committee six years, and as a member of the state central committee a number of years, and has attended as a delegate numerous county and state conventions. He holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, pub. 1900.
Contributor: Alison Andrus (48698150)
The farming and stock dealing interests have a worthy representative in the person of Mr. Sanford, who has engaged extensively in this vocation since the early settlement of Wells county, and has one of the best estates in the county. His farm is in township 148, ranges 60 and 70, and is one of the pleasant homes of the locality. Mr. Sanford has a residence in Cathay where he resides during the winter months, but spends his summer seasons on the farm and personally superintends the operation of the same. Our subject was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, in 1855. His father, William Sanford, was of American birth, and was a farmer by occupation, and his ancestors of the name of Chamberlain were in the early American wars, and Joe Chamberlain, of this family, killed a famous Indian chief. Two brothers of the family who came to America prior to Revolutionary times, stood for colonial government and one was opposed to this government. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Parsons, and was born on a farm in Michigan and was of English-Irish parentage. Mr. Sanford was the third in a family of eight children, and when four years of age moved with the family to a farm and was there reared. He attended the country schools, and the high school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and at the age of eighteen years left home and went to St. Louis, where he engaged in clerking, and also farmed and traded in stock. He returned to Michigan later where he engaged in farming. He went to Wells county, North Dakota, in 1882, and settled on land and during 1882-83 farmed near Jamestown. He built a claim shanty on his farm in 1884 and a barn, and his parents went to Dakota in 1882 and resided with our subject, who had experienced bachelor life previous to that. He hauled all supplies from Jamestown and vicinity, and his first crop in Wells county was six hundred and twenty-eight bushels of wheat and four hundred bushels of oats. In the fall of 1994 he lost his granary and one thousand bushels of oats, and one thousand two hundred bushels of wheat, and five to six hundred bushels of wheat in shock, by fire, entailing a total loss of one thousand five hundred dollars. He began stock raising in 1884, and was the first to attempt this line in Wells county, and he has continued the same since with success. He raises Durham and Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep, and has at present one hundred and forty-five head of the former and nine hundred sheep. He followed threshing from 1883-86, and in 1884, while taking his outfit from Jamestown the bridge gave way over the James river, with the engine and tank, and they went into the river with the engine steamed up. Ten days' time and six hundred dollars in money, and a large crew of men were required to get them out of the stream, but during the season he did an extensive business in threshing. He again began threshing in 1895, in partnership with William Snure, Richard Wikey and David Pros, and they have a steam rig of eighteen-horse power. Mr. Sanfords owns one thousand one hundred and twenty acres of land, with eight hundred acres under cultivation, and has a complete set of farm buildings, and all farm machinery for garnering and disposing of the crops. He has the best grove of forest trees in Wells county, and with four hundred and eighty acres of land owned by his father, has one of the largest estates in the county. The farm is named "Willowdale," and during the spring and summer is one of the most beautiful places in Wells county. He moved his family to Cathay in 1894, where he owns a lot and residence. Our subject was married, in 1885, to Miss Hattie Teeple. Mrs. Sanford was born on a farm in Michigan, near Grand Rapids, and was a daughter of George Teeple, a farmer by occupation. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford, named Roy and Leland. Mr. Sanford was elected to the state legislature, in 1892, and served one term. He is actively interested in the general welfare of his community, and is a member of the Democratic party politically, and has served as chairman of the county central committee six years, and as a member of the state central committee a number of years, and has attended as a delegate numerous county and state conventions. He holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, pub. 1900.
Contributor: Alison Andrus (48698150)
HON. ALMON C. SANFORD.
The farming and stock dealing interests have a worthy representative in the person of Mr. Sanford, who has engaged extensively in this vocation since the early settlement of Wells county, and has one of the best estates in the county. His farm is in township 148, ranges 60 and 70, and is one of the pleasant homes of the locality. Mr. Sanford has a residence in Cathay where he resides during the winter months, but spends his summer seasons on the farm and personally superintends the operation of the same. Our subject was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, in 1855. His father, William Sanford, was of American birth, and was a farmer by occupation, and his ancestors of the name of Chamberlain were in the early American wars, and Joe Chamberlain, of this family, killed a famous Indian chief. Two brothers of the family who came to America prior to Revolutionary times, stood for colonial government and one was opposed to this government. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Parsons, and was born on a farm in Michigan and was of English-Irish parentage. Mr. Sanford was the third in a family of eight children, and when four years of age moved with the family to a farm and was there reared. He attended the country schools, and the high school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and at the age of eighteen years left home and went to St. Louis, where he engaged in clerking, and also farmed and traded in stock. He returned to Michigan later where he engaged in farming. He went to Wells county, North Dakota, in 1882, and settled on land and during 1882-83 farmed near Jamestown. He built a claim shanty on his farm in 1884 and a barn, and his parents went to Dakota in 1882 and resided with our subject, who had experienced bachelor life previous to that. He hauled all supplies from Jamestown and vicinity, and his first crop in Wells county was six hundred and twenty-eight bushels of wheat and four hundred bushels of oats. In the fall of 1994 he lost his granary and one thousand bushels of oats, and one thousand two hundred bushels of wheat, and five to six hundred bushels of wheat in shock, by fire, entailing a total loss of one thousand five hundred dollars. He began stock raising in 1884, and was the first to attempt this line in Wells county, and he has continued the same since with success. He raises Durham and Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep, and has at present one hundred and forty-five head of the former and nine hundred sheep. He followed threshing from 1883-86, and in 1884, while taking his outfit from Jamestown the bridge gave way over the James river, with the engine and tank, and they went into the river with the engine steamed up. Ten days' time and six hundred dollars in money, and a large crew of men were required to get them out of the stream, but during the season he did an extensive business in threshing. He again began threshing in 1895, in partnership with William Snure, Richard Wikey and David Pros, and they have a steam rig of eighteen-horse power. Mr. Sanfords owns one thousand one hundred and twenty acres of land, with eight hundred acres under cultivation, and has a complete set of farm buildings, and all farm machinery for garnering and disposing of the crops. He has the best grove of forest trees in Wells county, and with four hundred and eighty acres of land owned by his father, has one of the largest estates in the county. The farm is named "Willowdale," and during the spring and summer is one of the most beautiful places in Wells county. He moved his family to Cathay in 1894, where he owns a lot and residence. Our subject was married, in 1885, to Miss Hattie Teeple. Mrs. Sanford was born on a farm in Michigan, near Grand Rapids, and was a daughter of George Teeple, a farmer by occupation. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford, named Roy and Leland. Mr. Sanford was elected to the state legislature, in 1892, and served one term. He is actively interested in the general welfare of his community, and is a member of the Democratic party politically, and has served as chairman of the county central committee six years, and as a member of the state central committee a number of years, and has attended as a delegate numerous county and state conventions. He holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, pub. 1900.
Contributor: Alison Andrus (48698150)
The farming and stock dealing interests have a worthy representative in the person of Mr. Sanford, who has engaged extensively in this vocation since the early settlement of Wells county, and has one of the best estates in the county. His farm is in township 148, ranges 60 and 70, and is one of the pleasant homes of the locality. Mr. Sanford has a residence in Cathay where he resides during the winter months, but spends his summer seasons on the farm and personally superintends the operation of the same. Our subject was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, in 1855. His father, William Sanford, was of American birth, and was a farmer by occupation, and his ancestors of the name of Chamberlain were in the early American wars, and Joe Chamberlain, of this family, killed a famous Indian chief. Two brothers of the family who came to America prior to Revolutionary times, stood for colonial government and one was opposed to this government. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Mary Parsons, and was born on a farm in Michigan and was of English-Irish parentage. Mr. Sanford was the third in a family of eight children, and when four years of age moved with the family to a farm and was there reared. He attended the country schools, and the high school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and at the age of eighteen years left home and went to St. Louis, where he engaged in clerking, and also farmed and traded in stock. He returned to Michigan later where he engaged in farming. He went to Wells county, North Dakota, in 1882, and settled on land and during 1882-83 farmed near Jamestown. He built a claim shanty on his farm in 1884 and a barn, and his parents went to Dakota in 1882 and resided with our subject, who had experienced bachelor life previous to that. He hauled all supplies from Jamestown and vicinity, and his first crop in Wells county was six hundred and twenty-eight bushels of wheat and four hundred bushels of oats. In the fall of 1994 he lost his granary and one thousand bushels of oats, and one thousand two hundred bushels of wheat, and five to six hundred bushels of wheat in shock, by fire, entailing a total loss of one thousand five hundred dollars. He began stock raising in 1884, and was the first to attempt this line in Wells county, and he has continued the same since with success. He raises Durham and Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep, and has at present one hundred and forty-five head of the former and nine hundred sheep. He followed threshing from 1883-86, and in 1884, while taking his outfit from Jamestown the bridge gave way over the James river, with the engine and tank, and they went into the river with the engine steamed up. Ten days' time and six hundred dollars in money, and a large crew of men were required to get them out of the stream, but during the season he did an extensive business in threshing. He again began threshing in 1895, in partnership with William Snure, Richard Wikey and David Pros, and they have a steam rig of eighteen-horse power. Mr. Sanfords owns one thousand one hundred and twenty acres of land, with eight hundred acres under cultivation, and has a complete set of farm buildings, and all farm machinery for garnering and disposing of the crops. He has the best grove of forest trees in Wells county, and with four hundred and eighty acres of land owned by his father, has one of the largest estates in the county. The farm is named "Willowdale," and during the spring and summer is one of the most beautiful places in Wells county. He moved his family to Cathay in 1894, where he owns a lot and residence. Our subject was married, in 1885, to Miss Hattie Teeple. Mrs. Sanford was born on a farm in Michigan, near Grand Rapids, and was a daughter of George Teeple, a farmer by occupation. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford, named Roy and Leland. Mr. Sanford was elected to the state legislature, in 1892, and served one term. He is actively interested in the general welfare of his community, and is a member of the Democratic party politically, and has served as chairman of the county central committee six years, and as a member of the state central committee a number of years, and has attended as a delegate numerous county and state conventions. He holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, pub. 1900.
Contributor: Alison Andrus (48698150)
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