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Rev Alexander Hamilton Sands Sr.

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Rev Alexander Hamilton Sands Sr.

Birth
Williamsburg City, Virginia, USA
Death
22 Dec 1887 (aged 59)
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Plot
Section 4 Plot #9
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He was the son of Thomas Sands and Nancy Pryor Sands.

The law firm of Sands, Anderson, Marks and Miller in Richmond, Va. is the oldest family held law firm in Va. and it was started by Alex. H. Sands. Before the Civil War it was known as Howard and Sands, then later on as Sands and Carter (Hill Carter). His son, Alex. H. Sands, Jr. carried it into the modern era.
From the Sands Anderson current website:
"Sands Anderson PC traces its history back to the mid-1800's when Alexander Hamilton Sands (who left William and Mary College in Williamsburg in 1842 to read the law under his brother William) and John Howard shared a practice known as Howard & Sands.
"Alexander Sands was born in Institute (?), Virginia, May 2, 1828, son of Thomas Sands, of York County, Va. He studied at William and Mary in 1838-42, but was not graduated, read law, and in 1843 became deputy clerk of the state superior court. In 1845-49 he held the same office in the United States circuit court. A short time before his death entered the Baptist ministry, serving congregations in Ashland and Glen Allen, Virginia. Besides contributions to periodicals, he published "History of a Suit in Equity" (Richmond, 1854); a new edition of Alexander Tate's "American Form-Book" (1857); "Practical Law Forms": (1872); and "Sermons by a Village Pastor." He compiled "Hubbell's Legal Directory of Virginia Laws," and was the editor of the "Quarterly Law Review" and the "Evening Bulletin" (1859), both in Richmond.
(Taken from VOLUME III ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
By Lyon Gardiner Tyler)
He was the son of Thomas Sands and Nancy Pryor Sands.

The law firm of Sands, Anderson, Marks and Miller in Richmond, Va. is the oldest family held law firm in Va. and it was started by Alex. H. Sands. Before the Civil War it was known as Howard and Sands, then later on as Sands and Carter (Hill Carter). His son, Alex. H. Sands, Jr. carried it into the modern era.
From the Sands Anderson current website:
"Sands Anderson PC traces its history back to the mid-1800's when Alexander Hamilton Sands (who left William and Mary College in Williamsburg in 1842 to read the law under his brother William) and John Howard shared a practice known as Howard & Sands.
"Alexander Sands was born in Institute (?), Virginia, May 2, 1828, son of Thomas Sands, of York County, Va. He studied at William and Mary in 1838-42, but was not graduated, read law, and in 1843 became deputy clerk of the state superior court. In 1845-49 he held the same office in the United States circuit court. A short time before his death entered the Baptist ministry, serving congregations in Ashland and Glen Allen, Virginia. Besides contributions to periodicals, he published "History of a Suit in Equity" (Richmond, 1854); a new edition of Alexander Tate's "American Form-Book" (1857); "Practical Law Forms": (1872); and "Sermons by a Village Pastor." He compiled "Hubbell's Legal Directory of Virginia Laws," and was the editor of the "Quarterly Law Review" and the "Evening Bulletin" (1859), both in Richmond.
(Taken from VOLUME III ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY
By Lyon Gardiner Tyler)

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