The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-09-12
DEATH OF col. l.. :. SANFORD.
A Man Who Had Eern Connected Will
mn Express COmpuny for rortx Years

- nan VINO hha He"h connected Win
mn Express company Tor Forty Years.
NEW YORK, September ll.-Edwufd
Sewall Sanford. the vice president of tbp
Adams Ernra.s ronn,pv d;od s,,r.,.u
:, NJ
NJ lue eouhrf fesiuehce Vi nus son-in'la~,
\. W. I. Hatch, at G!enoldcn, near Phila-
delphin, Hehsri been spen,iiny s-c.r.I
uoots =, ,b,, ,I,,. win ~, t,n,;,.. 4,
u. -, -. - ,s'rs,I 80 S N ~ ~. 'A,Ny -, AZ
'ious', ne i'au oeeh III iaii'ns health lor
some time, his death wis not expected by
his friends. lie was in the companv's
ot,.a ;,,h;s c;,y on lac. ,yaJ.o,I,
- ~" e'Ne'uAs' ~
.enu'ns 10 pus'ness. Inc cause OF his
death was paralysis OF heart.
/. Mr.. Sanford was one Of the hest tnour
,,,a, ,mor,, ,ho ,,,.;,o,, .,o.,;ss ~.
'e po''ioh VI lnis
community ha'lhs Deen Identified with
the Adams Express Company, and the firm
from which it sprung. for over fort y vaars oars
most oiwhicb time he WAS ronnectaj u.;,b
the business in this ci,y. IIr wns horn in
Midway. Mass, in 1910. lis f,lhrr was NJ
the village clergyman. and r,ve N his ci,ii.
dren all the educational a,iyau,ny,,s wLirb
bis means pcrp,itted Unon irawsrs s,.hnni
he went to Boston. and there m,n,r.J T ~
secure n ,o,itiou us nm nnaar risrt. ~
Ha,nden,s Express Otl;ce which vac tt.n ~
the only eynrrss ,,,n,,,nv in tb. co,,n,.r
the pioneer Of The euormons hns;nass
which now spreads its arms over the en,ira
continent. Her. he learned ,bn rnJ;ma',,s
| of the express business. and tool I,;s 6ts,
lessons in ,he.r.at work towbich bc devntsJ m,si
lis lie. In,iSlO Alvin Adams If Ros.In
conceived the idea al cstahl;sh;ry nn
opposition TO IJamden's E.nrsss Cnmnonu n
in Massachusetts. aad he be,,an hns,nscs
with P. 3. Burke. under the firm nana oi
Adams ( Burke, between Worcester nnJ
Boston. This was Nh. germ from ub;ch
grew the Adams EXPRESS Comn,nv Tba
business grew slowly and in lsiS 4 dams
had extcnded his lines from Worres,ar i anJ
Boston TO Norwich. New London md ,h;s H.
city The entire ou,sid. hus;nsss nf Jo,;n
ery even then was conducted bv two "
three men and a boy. The ofI;re in ,b;s
city was in n basement in Williams s,raa,
near Wall street. and in his ,hnmbl. ml,c.,
Edward S, SInforl first onnonraJ in no,
uretion with iLe Adams Cn,nnanv u -
engaged MS a clerk, us was also Wm p P
Dinsmore, now President of iLe cmnn,,r -
The express business of Adams ( ~ ~:
creased rapidly, and in lSlG Mr. S"n;orL
wns made genera agent of the comnnnw ] N,
philadelphia. Here. under h;s mana,a. @
r.ent, tht. business grew rapidly in prouer.
ticn, and he n,aiut lined his nns;,inr mt,
1854, when the Adams J. Company,
me namden Company. Thompson &
cnn,so,i,ints,, u, dare rndar de ~, Go' 49, we're
Eypr, 81 Company. Mr. Sanford was % made
one Of the Directors Of the new company.
Mr. Sani9ra was also one OF the Directors
md I in rs iSrH nss ;,s peas;,iarl. piial' Gimpahy,
breaking ou, of the war, Secretary Of War
Stanton tenderes him the position OF
supervisor ol Military IslegraPhs, an ap-
tinnI,~ w,s ;rdnraI :, ,S. u'I,'eu, pn.
solicitation OF President Lincoln who was
one Of his most intimate friends. He
served the Government IN this capacity
ns ,s VIZ ~ , ia NV @ S's M Io,one nn!li me
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