Wm Sanborn, born in 1632, sailed from England March 9, 1633, arrived in Boston, June 3, 1632. Wm Sanborn, born in 1650, lived at Hampton; Hon. John Sanborn, born Nov 6, 1680, in Hampton; Jermiah Sanborn, Feb 12, 1703; John Sanborn, born in Hampton, Jan 25, 1742, served in Revolutionary war; John Sanborn, born at Bride Hill, Feb 16, 1787; John Sanborn, born at Sanbornton, April 18, 1815; E L Sanborn, born Feb 16, 1867.
John Sanborn, Jr, was born in the village of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, in 1815, being a son of John Sanborn, Sr, of Bride's Hill. The family were well situated financially and thus it became possible for him to secure better advantages than were offered to most young men of his day and locality. Upon completing the studies of the common schools he took a college course and studied medicine but did not graduate. Later he came west with an uncle, passing through Chicago when it contained only three frame houses and was known as Fort Dearborn. Thence they proceeded across the state of Illinois and on to Davenport, Iowa. Later the young man was married at Allen's Grove to Julia Burgoon, a native of Sandusky, Ohio. After his marriage he began housekeeping near Dubuque and continued on the same place until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and took up land four miles east of Faribault, Rice county. The country was then in the infancy of its agricultural development. The nearest markets were far distant, improvements were conspicuous only by their absence, and the crude conditions of the frontier prevailed; however, on the other hand, there was an open-handed, generous-hearted hospitality that graced the giver and cheered the recipient, giving to the pioneer era a charm which later civilizations miss. During March, of 1865, John Sanborn, Jr, came to Blue Earth county and bought land in Sterling township, where he spent his remaining years. Of a quiet, retiring disposition, he took no part in public affairs, and at no time sought official honors, yet was always to be depended upon to discharge every duty falling upon patriotic men.
Ten children comprised the family of John Sanborn, Jr, and four of these still survive, three remaining in Minnesota, and one residing in Iowa.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
John Sanborn, Jr, was born in the village of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, in 1815, being a son of John Sanborn, Sr, of Bride's Hill. The family were well situated financially and thus it became possible for him to secure better advantages than were offered to most young men of his day and locality. Upon completing the studies of the common schools he took a college course and studied medicine but did not graduate. Later he came west with an uncle, passing through Chicago when it contained only three frame houses and was known as Fort Dearborn. Thence they proceeded across the state of Illinois and on to Davenport, Iowa. Later the young man was married at Allen's Grove to Julia Burgoon, a native of Sandusky, Ohio. After his marriage he began housekeeping near Dubuque and continued on the same place until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and took up land four miles east of Faribault, Rice county. The country was then in the infancy of its agricultural development. The nearest markets were far distant, improvements were conspicuous only by their absence, and the crude conditions of the frontier prevailed; however, on the other hand, there was an open-handed, generous-hearted hospitality that graced the giver and cheered the recipient, giving to the pioneer era a charm which later civilizations miss. During March, of 1865, John Sanborn, Jr, came to Blue Earth county and bought land in Sterling township, where he spent his remaining years. Of a quiet, retiring disposition, he took no part in public affairs, and at no time sought official honors, yet was always to be depended upon to discharge every duty falling upon patriotic men.
Ten children comprised the family of John Sanborn, Jr, and four of these still survive, three remaining in Minnesota, and one residing in Iowa.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
Wm Sanborn, born in 1632, sailed from England March 9, 1633, arrived in Boston, June 3, 1632. Wm Sanborn, born in 1650, lived at Hampton; Hon. John Sanborn, born Nov 6, 1680, in Hampton; Jermiah Sanborn, Feb 12, 1703; John Sanborn, born in Hampton, Jan 25, 1742, served in Revolutionary war; John Sanborn, born at Bride Hill, Feb 16, 1787; John Sanborn, born at Sanbornton, April 18, 1815; E L Sanborn, born Feb 16, 1867.
John Sanborn, Jr, was born in the village of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, in 1815, being a son of John Sanborn, Sr, of Bride's Hill. The family were well situated financially and thus it became possible for him to secure better advantages than were offered to most young men of his day and locality. Upon completing the studies of the common schools he took a college course and studied medicine but did not graduate. Later he came west with an uncle, passing through Chicago when it contained only three frame houses and was known as Fort Dearborn. Thence they proceeded across the state of Illinois and on to Davenport, Iowa. Later the young man was married at Allen's Grove to Julia Burgoon, a native of Sandusky, Ohio. After his marriage he began housekeeping near Dubuque and continued on the same place until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and took up land four miles east of Faribault, Rice county. The country was then in the infancy of its agricultural development. The nearest markets were far distant, improvements were conspicuous only by their absence, and the crude conditions of the frontier prevailed; however, on the other hand, there was an open-handed, generous-hearted hospitality that graced the giver and cheered the recipient, giving to the pioneer era a charm which later civilizations miss. During March, of 1865, John Sanborn, Jr, came to Blue Earth county and bought land in Sterling township, where he spent his remaining years. Of a quiet, retiring disposition, he took no part in public affairs, and at no time sought official honors, yet was always to be depended upon to discharge every duty falling upon patriotic men.
Ten children comprised the family of John Sanborn, Jr, and four of these still survive, three remaining in Minnesota, and one residing in Iowa.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
John Sanborn, Jr, was born in the village of Sanbornton, New Hampshire, in 1815, being a son of John Sanborn, Sr, of Bride's Hill. The family were well situated financially and thus it became possible for him to secure better advantages than were offered to most young men of his day and locality. Upon completing the studies of the common schools he took a college course and studied medicine but did not graduate. Later he came west with an uncle, passing through Chicago when it contained only three frame houses and was known as Fort Dearborn. Thence they proceeded across the state of Illinois and on to Davenport, Iowa. Later the young man was married at Allen's Grove to Julia Burgoon, a native of Sandusky, Ohio. After his marriage he began housekeeping near Dubuque and continued on the same place until 1855, when he came to Minnesota and took up land four miles east of Faribault, Rice county. The country was then in the infancy of its agricultural development. The nearest markets were far distant, improvements were conspicuous only by their absence, and the crude conditions of the frontier prevailed; however, on the other hand, there was an open-handed, generous-hearted hospitality that graced the giver and cheered the recipient, giving to the pioneer era a charm which later civilizations miss. During March, of 1865, John Sanborn, Jr, came to Blue Earth county and bought land in Sterling township, where he spent his remaining years. Of a quiet, retiring disposition, he took no part in public affairs, and at no time sought official honors, yet was always to be depended upon to discharge every duty falling upon patriotic men.
Ten children comprised the family of John Sanborn, Jr, and four of these still survive, three remaining in Minnesota, and one residing in Iowa.
[source: History of Blue Earth County and biographies of its leading citizens, by Thomas Hughes, pub 1909]
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