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Son of Thomas Sands and Eunice Goodridge
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Married first Sarah Ann Hayes, b. abt 1818, ME; d. between 1865 and 1869. They were married February 17, 1839, in Cambridge, MA.

Name: John L. Sands
Spouse's Name: Sarah Ann Hayes
Event Date: 17 Feb 1839
Event Place: Cambridge,Middlesex,Massachusetts
Source: Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910

Sarah died January 1, 1868, from complications of Diabetes.
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Sarah and John were the parents of -

Benjamin Franklin, b. March 15,1840, Cambridge, MA

John Newton, b. September 17, 1844, Cambridge, MA

Orin Edgar, b. April 20, 1850, Cambridge, MA

Martin Winslow, b. August 4, 1852, Cambridge, MA

Sarah E., b. August 23, 1854, Cambridge, MA. Married Daniel Webster Littlefield o Kennebunk, Maine. No children.

Harriet E., b. December 3, 1856, Cambridge, MA. Married Frank E. Mason of Cambridge, MA. They had one son, Howard, b. May 14, 1878; raised in Brooklyn, NY; d. January 27, 1906
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John 54, married second, Kate WOODCOCK Kellogg, 38, on March 24, 1869, in Cambridge, MA. This was her second marriage.

Kate, born about 1831, in Thomaston, ME, was the daughter of Nathan Woodcock and Margaret Waring.

Name: John L Sands
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 24 Mar 1869
Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Mass
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Birth Year: (Estimated) 1815
Birth Place: ME
What Marriage: Second
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Eunice
Spouse's Name: Kate Kellogg Woodcock
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 38
Spouse's Birth Year: (Estimated) 1831
Spouse's Birth Place: Thomaston, ME
What Marriage: Second
Spouse's Father's Name: Nathan Woodcock
Spouse's Mother's Name: Margaret
Source: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

John and Kate were the parents of -

Oliver Cushing, b. abt. 1872, Lyman, Maine. He married 1. Catherine Frances Mabee on January 3, 1893, in Waltham, MA. Catherine was the daughter of James F. Mabee and Margaret A. Fleming. It was the first marriage for each of them.
Oliver married 2. Elizabeth Thompson, September 18, 1920, Cuyahoga County, OH. Ellen was the daughter of John Thompson and Ellen Fallon.

Kate died from complications during Oliver's birth on March 18, 1875, Cambridge, MA.
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John, 62, married third, Martha J. Dearborn, on January 20, 1876, in Cambridge, MA. Martha, 52, b. in Cambridge, MA, was the daughter of Nathaniel Burpee and Catherine Griffin. This was her second marriage.

Name: John L. Sands
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 20 Jan 1876
Event Place: Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Eunice
Spouse's Name: Martha J. Dearborn
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Age: 52
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1824
Spouse's Father's Name: Nathaniel Burpee
Spouse's Mother's Name: Catherine
Source: Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001

Martha, a widow, died December 5, 1899, in Cambridge, MA from complications of pneumonia, buried in Cambridge Cemetery.
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Name: John L. Sands
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 19 Aug 1880
Event Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Residence Place: Cambridge, Mass
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Brick Maker
Birthplace: Lyman, Me
Birth Year (Estimated): 1814
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Eunice
Mother's Birthplace: Newburyfield
Source: Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915

Cambridge, MA Death Records - The cause of John's death at age 66 years, 4 months, 25 days, is listed as "Injury."

From "Historic Homes and Places and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs" - "John was thrown from his carriage and died without recovering consciousness four hours later." John was a member of the Shepard Congregational Church of Old Cambridge.
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