Nehemiah
Curtis
Sanford
Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Stephen Sanford
and Sarah (Curtis) Sanford
Brother of
John Sanford
Husband of
Nancy Bateman (Shelton) Sanford
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Shelton Sanford
Died
at about age 49
[location unknown]
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Biography
Nehemiah Curtis Sanford (1792–1841) was an American industrialist and politician.
He was a son of Sarah Curtis (1771–1856) and her husband Stephen Sandford I (1769–1848). He was a brother to John Sanford, the founder of the Amsterdam, New York branch of the Sanford family.
Nehemiah Sanford became one of the chief founders of Birmingham, Connecticut (today called Derby) and in 1833 was elected to the Connecticut Senate for the 16th District. He married Nancy Bateman Shelton (1800–1880), a direct descendant of Thomas Welles, a Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Their only son, Henry Shelton Sanford became an important American diplomat who founded the city of Sanford, Florida.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Nehemiah Curtis Sanford
- The Farther Frontier: Six Case Studies of Americans and Africa, 1848-1936 by Lysle E. Meyer
- New York Times article November 6, 1877
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