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Thomas Sandford (1762 – December 10, 1808) was an American soldier and politician.

He was born inWestmoreland County, Virginia, in 1762, son of Youell Sanford (d. January 24, 1794 in Cople Parish, Westmoreland County) and Elizabeth Pope (b. 1732), daughter from a family long important in Virginia politics. In 1770, he inherited 150 acres of land from his paternal grandfather, Youell Sanford Sr.[1]

He rose to become a General in theAmerican War of Independence. Following the Revolution, he settled inKentucky, where he had been granted land, in 1792.[2] In his political career, he was a state representative and senator, then a representative in theEighth andNinth Congresses (1803–1807).[3] He drowned in theOhio River nearCovington, Kentucky on December 10, 1808.[4]

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Thomas Sandford was born in 1762. He first married Sarah Redman (1768–1805) around 1786 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. They had two sons:

  • Alfred Sandford was born on February 19, 1788, in Virginia. During theWar of 1812 he was a Major appointed as Adjutant of the First Regiment (Lt. Col. Scott's) Kentucky Volunteers.[5] Before 1843, Alfred built the palatial Sandford House beside Russell Street in Covington that is extant as of 2015.[6] He died on February 2, 1863, at Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri. By his wife, Susan Lewis Martin (1798–1832), he had at least six daughters and two sons.
  • Alexander Pope Sandford (September 21, 1794 in Covington, Campbell County, Kentucky – October 13, 1847 in Covington) married Lucy Mary Berry (February 20, 1807 – 1856); they had three daughters then four sons.

Following the death of his first wife, Thomas Sanford married Margaret Bell (1771–1845). Their son Cassius Bell Sandford (June 17, 1808 in Covington - FEB 1871 in Covington) married Francis Susan Leathers (1815 - May 27, 1879). Their sons were Thomas C. Sandford (1836–1864) and John Leathers Sandford (1837–1895), the banker and formerCSA colonel[7] who was shot to death by a political rival,William Goebel.

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  1. ^[1] Ancestry.com: "Youell Sanford in the Westmoreland County, Virginia Wills, 1654-1800 (probated on 27 Nov 1770)", paid subscription site, accessed March 10, 2017.
  2. ^Judy L. Neff (2006).Ludlow. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 7–.ISBN 978-0-7385-4333-8.
  3. ^Nancy Capace (January 1, 1999).Encyclopedia of Kentucky. Somerset Publishers, Inc. pp. 1–.ISBN 978-0-403-09740-1.
  4. ^Henry Clay (February 5, 2015).The Papers of Henry Clay: The Rising Statesman, 1797-1814. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 391–.ISBN 978-0-8131-5668-2.
  5. ^Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812
  6. ^The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky, edited by Paul A. Tenkotte, et al., pp. 947-948, accessed March 10, 2017.
  7. ^List of Staff Officers of the Confederate States Army 1861–1865, page 144.

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