Person:Ezra Sanford (2)

Plaque at Sanford Cemetary says:"In memory of Rev. Ezra Sanford Baptist minister first permanent settler, 1834 and donor of this site for cemetery purposes" Erected by the citizens of Cohoctah Township 1934

"Ezra Sanford did not leave the State of New York until three years after his brother John, but came directly to this town, after spending a few weeks visiting with friends in Salem, Washtenaw Co., arriving here July 9, 1835. With him came his wife, five sons, and two daughters, one of them accompanied by her husband, Ziba Stone. For several nights after their arrival they slept in their wagons, and then moved into a house they had erected on the east side of the trail. about twenty rods north of the centre of section 27. There they all lived together through that summer and part of the winter of 1835-36, when they separated, Stone and his wife going to a new dwelling they had erected on their place, on the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 22. Ezra Sanford was a respected and honored citizen, and a deacon in the Baptist Church. He was also a preacher of no mean ability, and on some occasions preached at the church in the town of Burns, and often at his own house. He died in this town, Jan. 2, 1844, and his wife survived him about eleven years. Before his death, Mr. Sanford gave each of his sons a quarter-section of land in this State." From 1880 History of Livingston County pp 437-444.

"Ephraim Sanford and Zephaniah Huff come to Allegany co. from Steuben co. and select land near Caneadea." in 1802, from Allegany County history.