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Joseph Farmer Sanford[1]

Male 1804 - 1871  (67 years)


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  • Name Joseph Farmer Sanford  [2
    Born 1804  Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 28 Jan 1871  Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I21156  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2021 

    Father Lawrence Sanford,   b. 10 Aug 1778, Westmoreland Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1858, Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Apphia Farmer,   b. 1784, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1864, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 1799 
    Family ID F8877  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Agnes J. M. Crawford,   b. 1809, Orange Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1859, Stafford Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Married 6 Aug 1835  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Lawrence Sanford,   b. 2 Nov 1840, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 1901, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
     2. Virginia Martha Sanford,   b. 1845, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1892, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years)
     3. Apphia Farmer Sanford,   b. 23 Sep 1853, Alexandria City, Alexandria, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1922, Alexandria City, Alexandria, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    Last Modified 27 Oct 2021 
    Family ID F7911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Eliza Quincy Lipscomb,   b. 1832, Spotsylvania Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 18 Oct 1865  Spotsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 19 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F8879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Joseph Sanford-Death Notice
    Joseph Sanford-Death Notice
    Alexandria Gazette
    Feb 1, 1871
    Sanford Family Notes of Descendant
    Sanford Family Notes of Descendant
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    Sanford Family Notes of Descendant
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    Sanford Family Notes of Descendant
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  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com.
      Son of Joseph and Agnes J. M. Crawford Sanford.
      Married Louisa Alberta Frazer on 11/19/1863; Georgianna Baker on 6/2/1879; Mrs. Emma Blackley Thompson on 2/14/1901.

      Pollock's Company, Fredericksburg Virginia Light Artillery Battery, Pegram's Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

      Residence Richmond, VA.
      Enlisted on 5/11/1861 in Richmond, he was mustered into Captain Marye's Company, "Hampden" Virginia Light Artillery as a Private. (Captain Marye was a fellow Fredericksburger.)
      On 7/24/1861 he was transferred into Captain Carter Braxton's Company, "Fredericksburg" Virginia Light Artillery. He reported for duty 7/30/1861.
      Reenlisted for 2 more years' service on 2/25/1862; $50 Reenlistment Bounty due.
      He was transferred on 4/6/1862 back into the Hampden Virginia Light Artillery.
      Appears back in the Fredericksburg Light Artillery on the June 30 - Oct 31, 1862 Roll.
      Listed as AWOL on Nov & Dec 1862 Roll.
      Present or accounted for on all subsequent Rolls until Absent, sick on Jan & Feb 1864 Roll.

      The Fredericksburg Light Artillery was organized in June, 1861, with men recruited in Fredericksburg, Virginia. After serving in the Aquia District, it was assigned to R.L. Walker's, W.J. Pegram's, and M. Johnson's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit saw action from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, was involved in the operations against Petersburg and Richmond, then took part in the Appomattox Campaign.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/214380961/joseph-farmer-sanford.
      Joseph Farmer Sanford
      Birth 1804, Stafford County, Virginia
      Death Jan 1871 (aged 66?67), Virginia
      Burial
      Fredericksburg Cemetery
      Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia
      Son of Joseph and Agnes J. M. Crawford Sanford.
      Married Louisa Alberta Frazer on 11/19/1863; Georgianna Baker on 6/2/1879; Mrs. Emma Blackley Thompson on 2/14/1901.

      Pollock's Company, Fredericksburg Virginia Light Artillery Battery, Pegram's Battalion, Artillery, 3rd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.

      Residence Richmond, VA.
      Enlisted on 5/11/1861 in Richmond, he was mustered into Captain Marye's Company, "Hampden" Virginia Light Artillery as a Private. (Captain Marye was a fellow Fredericksburger.)
      On 7/24/1861 he was transferred into Captain Carter Braxton's Company, "Fredericksburg" Virginia Light Artillery. He reported for duty 7/30/1861.
      Reenlisted for 2 more years' service on 2/25/1862; $50 Reenlistment Bounty due.
      He was transferred on 4/6/1862 back into the Hampden Virginia Light Artillery.
      Appears back in the Fredericksburg Light Artillery on the June 30 - Oct 31, 1862 Roll.
      Listed as AWOL on Nov & Dec 1862 Roll.
      Present or accounted for on all subsequent Rolls until Absent, sick on Jan & Feb 1864 Roll.

      The Fredericksburg Light Artillery was organized in June, 1861, with men recruited in Fredericksburg, Virginia. After serving in the Aquia District, it was assigned to R.L. Walker's, W.J. Pegram's, and M. Johnson's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia. The unit saw action from Williamsburg to Cold Harbor, was involved in the operations against Petersburg and Richmond, then took part in the Appomattox Campaign.

    3. [S48] Ancestry Link, https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21201981/person/2001542790/facts.
      Mike Henard Tree

    4. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75533220/eliza-quincy-sanford.
      Eliza Quincy Lipscomb Sanford
      Birth unknown
      Spotsylvania County, Virginia
      Death unknown
      Burial
      Fredericksburg Cemetery
      Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, Virginia
      Eliza Quincy Lipscomb is the sister of Margaret Ellis Lipscomb Gravatt

      b. abt 1831
      Date of Death unknown, added to Cemetery records prior to 1940.
      Family Members
      Spouse: Joseph Farmer Sanford, 1804?1871 (m. 1865)

      Children
      Joseph Lipscomb Sanford, 1867?1933



    5. [S61] United States Census, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/34693378:7667.
      Name: Eliza Q Lipscomb
      Age: 30
      Birth Year: abt 1830
      Gender: Female
      Birth Place: Virginia
      Home in 1860: Berkeley, Spotsylvania, Virginia
      Post Office: Brokenburg
      Dwelling Number: 194
      Family Number: 190
      Household Members Age
      Ira E Lipscomb 65
      Ann F Lipscomb 59
      Sarah J Lipscomb 34
      Eliza Q Lipscomb 30
      Emily L Lipscomb 28
      Bettie F Lipscomb 23
      Ira D Lipscomb 18
      Virginia Lipscomb 15

    6. [S61] United States Census, https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/13970114:6742.
      Name: Q. L. Sanford
      Age: 48
      Birth Date: Abt 1832
      Birthplace: Virginia
      Home in 1880: Manassas, Prince William, Virginia
      Dwelling Number: 349
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
      Marital Status: Widowed
      Father's Birthplace: Virginia
      Mother's Birthplace: Virginia
      Occupation: Housekeeper And Farmer
      Neighbors:
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Q. L. Sanford 48 Self (Head)
      Joseph S. Sanford
      12 Son
      By the 1880 Census for Manassas, Prince William Co., VA Qunicy is widowed with one son, Joseph S. Sanford who is 12 years old. It appears Joseph died in 1871.