> > Jefferson Co. Surnames: SANFORD, BURFORD, JONES, SPENCER, COCHRANE > > > Researching the Thomas Sanford(b 1816 TN, d 1879 Jefferson Co, AL) family. > > Thomas was first recorded in Jefferson Co in 1836 at age 20. The 1850 & > > 1870 census has his family residing in the Elyton area. He was a > > saddlemaker, farmer and businessman who served as superintendant of > > education, a state legislator and justice of the peace. He was originally > > buried in a private family cemetery, and reburied at Oak Hill Cemetery in > > Birmingham in 1882. Wives: Margaret Burford(1843), Permelia P. > > Jones(1848), Jane Dejarnette (Jones) Spencer(1865). Children: John Burford > > Sanford(1844), Thomas P. Sanford(1850), Samuel Richard Sanford(1853), Jane > > Sanford(1855 or 57). > > > Thomas's first wife died in 1845, his second in 1860 or 63. In 1865 he > > married his second wife's sister, the widow of a Thomas B. Spencer killed > > during the war in 1864. Jane Dejarnette (Jones) Spencer Sanford had no > > children from her first marriage, and took charge of raising her niece, Jane > > Sanford, on the death of her sister in either 1860 or 63. In 1865, she and > > Thomas married and she took charge of raising the boys as well. Jane > > Dejarnette lived on until 1904. > > > Children: John B. Sanford settled in Fayette, AL where he was the mayor and > > a state legislator. Thomas P. Sanford was listed as a house painter in > > 1850. Samuel Richard Sanford graduated from what is now Auburn U. and went > > into the timber business in Escambia Co., AL and later moved to Nashville, > > TN where he was involved in real estate. Jane Sanford remained in Jefferson > > Co and married a Cochrane. > > > Anyone working on these lines, or with information, please contact me for > > coop effort. > > > Tom > > > Tom Sanford(thomas.r.sanford@gte.net)