Mitchell Sanford (February 24, 1799 in Greenville,

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– March 29, 1861 in

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Life

On September 27, 1823, he married Sarah Wells (1804–1878), and they had three children. He was a member of the

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(Schoharie Co.) in

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. He was a Whig member of the

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. In March 1861, Sanford was retained to defend Assemblyman Jay Gibbons at the latter's trial before the Assembly on charges of bribery, but Sanford died unexpectedly. He and his wife were buried at the Greenville Cemetery.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 132, 145, 221 and 301; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
''Journal of the Assembly'' (84th Session)
(1861; pg. 757 and 774)

from Greenville Cemetery, at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanford, Mitchell 1799 births 1861 deaths New York (state) state senators People from Greenville (town), New York People from Schoharie County, New York Politicians from Brooklyn New York (state) Whigs 19th-century American politicians Members of the New York State Assembly