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France > England > America.

Connecticut > Vermont > Ohio > Illinois.

Personal Events

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Achievements, Awards & Honors

Athletic, Artistic, Educational, Entrepreneurial, Environmental, Humanitarian, Military, Occupational, Philosophical and Intellectual, Scientific and Technological

Health & Medical

Average life span: 68.45 years

Direct Descendants

William Sanford

2017 -
Illinois

Thomas A. Sanford JR

1987 -
Illinois

Thomas A. Sanford SR

1962 -
Illinois

John F. Kennedy becomes president (1961-1963)

Start of the Vietman War, 1962

Lived through the events leading up to and after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president (1963-1969)

Lived to see the moon landing, 1969.

Richard Nixon becomes president (1969-1974)

1973: The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon.

1974: President Richard Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

Gerald Ford becomes president (1974-1977)

Jimmy Carter becomes president (1977-1981)

Ronald Reagan becomes president (1981-1989)

1989: The Berlin Wall falls, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.

George H. W. Bush becomes president (1989-1993)

Bill Clinton becomes president (1993-2001)

George W. Bush becomes president (2001-2009)

Witnessed the attack on The World Trade Center & The Pentagon which lead to The War On Terror 2001.

Lived to see the invention of the smartphone, combinging mobile communication with computing power & internet access in a single device.

2008: Barack Obama is elected as the first African American President of the United States.

2017: Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States.

2020: The COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the United States, leading to widespread disruptions and deaths.

2021: Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States.

Theodore M. Sanford

1940 - 2000 60 years old
Illinois > Colorado < Illinois

Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president (1933-1945)

1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, leading to the United States' entry into World War II.

1941-1945: The United States enters World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1945: The United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to the end of World War II.

Harry S. Truman becomes president (1945-1953)

Lived to see the invention of transistors leading to the development of computers and other digital devices, 1947.

Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president (1953-1961)

1954: The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregates public schools.

Lived to know the spacecraft sputnik 1 launched into orbit, 1957.

Lived through the invention of the integrated circuits,revolutionizing electronics by making it possible to miniaturize electronic components, 1958.

John F. Kennedy becomes president (1961-1963)

Start of the Vietman War, 1962

Lived through the events leading up to and after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Lyndon B. Johnson beecomes president (1963-1969)

Lived to see the moon landing, 1969.

Richard Nixon becomes president (1969-1974)

1973: The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon.

1974: President Richard Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

Gerald Ford becomes president (1974-1977)

Jimmy Carter becomes president (1977-1981)

Ronald Reagan becomes president (1981-1989)

1989: The Berlin Wall falls, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.

George H. W. Bush becomes president (1989-1993)

Bill Clinton becomes president (1993-2001)

Morris A. Sanford

1904 - 1991 87 years old
Dixon, Illinois

Lived to see the airplane invented, which marked the way for modern aviation, 1903.

William Howard Taft becomes president (1909-1913)

Lived to see the assembly line invented, leading to mass production of goods, 1913.

Woodrow Wilson becomes president (1913-1921)

1914-1918: The United States enters World War I.

1919: The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (Prohibition).

1920: The 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote.

Warren G. Harding becomes president (1921-1923)

Calvin Coolidge becomes president (1923-1929)

Lived to see the television invented, setting the stage for modern visual communication and entertainment, 1927.

Lived to see Penicillian which revolutionized medicine by introducting the first widely used antibiotic

Herbert Hoover becomes president (1929-1933)

1929: The stock market crash marks the beginning of the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president (1933-1945)

1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, leading to the United States' entry into World War II.

1941-1945: The United States enters World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1945: The United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to the end of World War II.

Harry S. Truman becomes president (1945-1953)

Lived to see the invention of transistors leading to the development of computers and other digital devices, 1947.

Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president (1953-1961)

1954: The Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregates public schools.

Lived to know the spacecraft sputnik 1 launched into orbit, 1957.

Lived through the invention of the integrated circuits,revolutionizing electronics by making it possible to miniaturize electronic components, 1958.

John F. Kennedy becomes president (1961-1963)

Start of the Vietman War

Lived through the events leading up to and after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Lyndon B. Johnson beecomes president (1963-1969)

Lived to see the moon landing, 1969.

Richard Nixon becomes president (1969-1974)

1973: The Vietnam War ends with the fall of Saigon.

1974: President Richard Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

Gerald Ford becomes president (1974-1977)

Jimmy Carter becomes president (1977-1981)

Ronald Reagan becomes president (1981-1989)

1989: The Berlin Wall falls, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.

George H. W. Bush becomes president (1989-1993)

Allen Faxton Sanford

1867 - 1950 83 years old
Ashton, Illinois

1865-1877: Reconstruction era begins, aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating newly freed African Americans into society.

1868: The 14th Amendment grants citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

Ulysses S. Grant becomes president (1869-1877)

1870: The 15th Amendment grants African American men the right to vote.

Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president (1877-1881)

Lived to see the telephone invented 1876

Lived to see the invention of the electric lightbulb which transformed society by providing reliable indoor lighting, 1879

James A. Garfield becomes president (1881)

Chester A. Arthur becomes president (1881-1885)

Grover Cleveland becomes president (1885-1889)

Benjamin Harrison becomes president (1889-1893)

Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)

Lived to see the radio invented, revolutionizing the way information was transmitted, 1895

William McKinley becomes president (1897-1901)

1898: The Spanish-American War is fought, resulting in the United States acquiring territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

William McKinley becomes president (1897-1901)

Theodore Roosevelt becomes president (1901-1909)

Lived to see the airplane invented, which marked the way for modern aviation, 1903.

William Howard Taft becomes president (1909-1913)

Lived to see the assembly line invented, leading to mass production of goods, 1913.

Woodrow Wilson becomes president (1913-1921)

1914-1918: The United States enters World War I.

1919: The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol (Prohibition).

1920: The 19th Amendment grants women the right to vote.

Warren G. Harding becomes president (1921-1923)

Calvin Coolidge becomes president (1923-1929)

Lived to see the television invented, setting the stage for modern visual communication and entertainment, 1927.

Lived to see Penicillian which revolutionized medicine by introducting the first widely used antibiotic

Herbert Hoover becomes president (1929-1933)

1929: The stock market crash marks the beginning of the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes president (1933-1945)

1941: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, leading to the United States' entry into World War II.

1941-1945: The United States enters World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1945: The United States drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to the end of World War II.

Harry S. Truman becomes president (1945-1953)

Philemon Sanford

1831 - 1898 67 years old
Sparta, Morrow, Ohio > Ashton, Illinois

Lived to see the telegraph invented enabling rapid long-distance communication between electric signals, 1837

Martin Van Buren becomes president (1837-1841)

William Henry Harrison becomes president (1841)

John Tyler becomes president (1841-1845)

James K. Polk becomes president (1845-1849)

1846-1848: The Mexican-American War is fought, resulting in the acquisition of vast territories in the Southwest, including California and New Mexico.

Zachary Taylor becomes president (1849-1850)

Millard Fillmore becomes president (1850-1853)

Franklin Pierce becomes president (1853-1857)

1861-1865: The American Civil War is fought between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South).

James Buchanan becomes president (1857-1861)

Abraham Lincoln becomes president (1861-1865)

1863: President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in Confederate states.

1865: The Civil War ends with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.

Andrew Johnson becomes president (1865-1869)

1865: The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery.

1865-1877: Reconstruction era begins, aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating newly freed African Americans into society.

1868: The 14th Amendment grants citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

Ulysses S. Grant becomes president (1869-1877)

1870: The 15th Amendment grants African American men the right to vote.

Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president (1877-1881)

Lived to see the telephone invented 1876

Lived to see the invention of the electric lightbulb which transformed society by providing reliable indoor lighting, 1879

James A. Garfield becomes president (1881)

Chester A. Arthur becomes president (1881-1885)

Grover Cleveland becomes president (1885-1889)

Benjamin Harrison becomes president (1889-1893)

Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)

Lived to see the radio invented, revolutionizing the way information was transmitted, 1895

William McKinley becomes president (1897-1901)

1898: The Spanish-American War is fought, resulting in the United States acquiring territories such as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

Hiram Sanford

1802 - 1884 82 years old
Poultney, Vermont > Chana, Illinois

1803: The Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the United States.

James Madison becomes president (1809-1817)

1812-1815: The War of 1812 is fought between the United States and Britain.

James Monroe becomes president (1817-1825)

John Quincy Adams becomes president (1825-1829)

Andrew Jackson becomes president (1829-1837)

1830: The Indian Removal Act is passed, leading to the forced relocation of Native American tribes, notably the Cherokee along the Trail of Tears.

Lived to see the telegraph invented enabling rapid long-distance communication between electric signals, 1837

Martin Van Buren becomes president (1837-1841)

William Henry Harrison becomes president (1841)

John Tyler becomes president (1841-1845)

James K. Polk becomes president (1845-1849)

1846-1848: The Mexican-American War is fought, resulting in the acquisition of vast territories in the Southwest, including California and New Mexico.

Zachary Taylor becomes president (1849-1850)

Millard Fillmore becomes president (1850-1853)

Franklin Pierce becomes president (1853-1857)

1861-1865: The American Civil War is fought between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South).

James Buchanan becomes president (1857-1861)

Abraham Lincoln becomes president (1861-1865)

1863: President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in Confederate states.

1865: The Civil War ends with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.

Andrew Johnson becomes president (1865-1869)

1865: The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishes slavery.

1865-1877: Reconstruction era begins, aimed at rebuilding the South and integrating newly freed African Americans into society.

1868: The 14th Amendment grants citizenship and equal protection under the law to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.

Ulysses S. Grant becomes president (1869-1877)

1870: The 15th Amendment grants African American men the right to vote.

Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president (1877-1881)

Lived to see the telephone invented 1876

Lived to see the invention of the electric lightbulb which transformed society by providing reliable indoor lighting, 1879

James A. Garfield becomes president (1881)

Chester A. Arthur becomes president (1881-1885)

Oliver Sanford JR

1765 - 1835 70 years old
Milford, Connecticut > Poultney, Vermont

1770: The Boston Massacre occurs, escalating tensions between the American colonists and British authorities.

1773: The Boston Tea Party takes place as a protest against British taxation policies.

1775: The American Revolutionary War begins with the battles of Lexington and Concord.

1776: The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Continental Congress, formally declaring independence from Britain.

1781: The British Army surrenders to the Continental Army at the Battle of Yorktown, effectively ending the Revolutionary War.

1787: The U.S. Constitution is drafted and signed in Philadelphia, establishing the framework for the federal government.

1789: George Washington becomes the first President of the United States.

1791: The Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is ratified.

John Adams become president (1797-1801)

Thomas Jefferson becomes president (1801-1809)

1803: The Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the United States.

James Madison becomes president (1809-1817)

1812-1815: The War of 1812 is fought between the United States and Britain.

James Monroe becomes president (1817-1825)

John Quincy Adams becomes president (1825-1829)

Andrew Jackson becomes president (1829-1837)

1830: The Indian Removal Act is passed, leading to the forced relocation of Native American tribes, notably the Cherokee along the Trail of Tears.

Oliver Sanford SR

1744 - 1817 73 years old
Milford, Connecticut > Poultney, Vermont

1770: The Boston Massacre occurs, escalating tensions between the American colonists and British authorities.

1773: The Boston Tea Party takes place as a protest against British taxation policies.

1775: The American Revolutionary War begins with the battles of Lexington and Concord.

1776: The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Continental Congress, formally declaring independence from Britain.

Oliver served in the Connecticut Militia during the Revolution. In April 1777; during the British raid on Danbury, which began with a landing on Compo Beach, he was one of the 42 "minutemen" captured and carried to New York.

1781: The British Army surrenders to the Continental Army at the Battle of Yorktown, effectively ending the Revolutionary War.

1787: The U.S. Constitution is drafted and signed in Philadelphia, establishing the framework for the federal government.

1789: George Washington becomes the first President of the United States.

1791: The Bill of Rights, comprising the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is ratified.

John Adams become president (1797-1801)

Thomas Jefferson becomes president (1801-1809)

1803: The Louisiana Purchase doubles the size of the United States.

James Madison becomes president (1809-1817)

1812-1815: The War of 1812 is fought between the United States and Britain.

David Sanford

1709 - 1751 42 years old
Milford, Connecticut

Lived to see the steam engine invented in 1712, leading to the industrial revolution.

Samuel Sanford

1674 - 1749 75 years old
Milford, Connecticut
Milford, Connecticut

Lived through the Salem witch trials which were in his state.

Lived to see the steam engine invented in 1712, leading to the industrial revolution.

Ephraim Sanford

1646 - 1687 41 years old
Milford, Connecticut

Thomas Sanford

1608 - 1681 73 years old
Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, England > Milford, Connecticut

Came to what is Now America in 1632, after the first permanent English settlement, is established in Virginia, 1607.