Frederic Henry Sanford, B.A. 1889,

Born June 22, 1867, in Palmyra, N Y.
Died October 17, 1927, in Nutley, N. J

Father, Amos Chapman Sanford, a merchant; son of Isaac P. and Manila (Chapman) Sanford; descendant of Thomas Sanford, who came to America from Essex County, England, in 1632 and settled at Dorchester, Mass , later moving to Milford, Conn.

Mother, Jane Abigail (Clark) Sanford; daughter of Maltby and Jerusha (Jagger) Clark; great-granddaughter of Samuel Clark, who went from Long Island to East Palmyra in 1791

Brother, James C Sanford, ex-%1.

Palmyra Classical Union School • Oration appointments Junior and Senior years. Private secretary to the head of the War Department in
Washington three years; while in Washington studied law at Columbian (now George Washington) University (LL.B. 1893); admitted to bar in New York City in January, 1894, but never practiced law, in October, 1894, went to Para, Brazil, where he engaged in the business of exporting India rubber with the New York Commercial Company (later the house of Adelbert H Alden) for five years; from 1899 to 1903 in the same business in Manaos, Brazil, and while there served as a United States consular agent for two years (1901- 03); spent the year 1903-04 abroad on account of his health and during the next year represented the Chicago Bolivian Rubber Company in Sorata; returned to Manaos in 1906 and was head of the rubber exporting house of Adelbert H Alden until 1913; lived in Muralto, Locarno, Switzerland, 1913-14; in 1915 settled in Nutley, and was partner in firm of H. A. Astlett & Company, importers and exporters, of New York City from 1916 until his retirement on January 1, 1927; during that period spent three years (1920-23) in Rio de Janeiro on the firm's business, member Western Presbyterian Church, Palmyra.

Married July 4, 1900, in New York City, Olive Terry, daughter of Joseph Walker and Louisa (Newton) Corning

One son, Frederic Corning, Dartmouth 1929

Death due to arteriosclerosis. Buried in Palmyra.

Survived by wife and son.

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1925_1952/1927-28.pdf