New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-09-01

cur, WAC ROM IN NETWORK CITY. BUT HAS
lived N NEw-JERsEY FOR SIXTY YEARS
HISTORICAL "REMINISCENCES.
,,,-,,.. cooatord of Bloomfield n. j., daughter Of
,,,n,orr sanford of the United States. appears
an the list of surviving widows ana daush'e'e Vi
revolutionary soldiers. as taken from the Pe"''0"
,ols dating from June 30 last, by H. Gay r'",'s
commissioner of Pensions, who IS preP"'"e ms
annual report. ,,,rs on
a., IN ust eavs ..The Bloomfield Citizen. ana
Mice sanford Is the only Of those sixteen sur
yivors who belongs in New-Jersey. she Is eighty
ono wears old and travels about dall! anu 10 iI'''
active Miss Sandford is member OF Nova
Caesarea Chapter. Daughters OF the America"
Revolution. -
MANY tales that were told by her father are re-
lated bv Miss sandford. He was born in TO- on
one of the farms which extended along bo'h SUES
Of the Passaic River and took in what Is no"
portion Of Belevile-ave. Miss SANFORD HVed ior
MANY wears on the farm. and says she saw her best
DAYS there She was born in New-1orK Cltg.
In 1868 the Sandfords ancestors came from Bar
bados and settled In New-York. William Saiuloiu
when twenty -four years Old. narrieu Aiii" ~
ford his cousin. They had seVerai chiIui'i'' ~
then came the upon when was 10 "ePo''' '''0
Yufure of this country. William SANFORD re-
snonded 70 the call to arms and served until the
Revolution was at end, and returned to his
home with the rank Of sergeant Soon after his
return his wife died. He was married again TO MISS
Anna Chapman. Among the children by the secoi'u
marriage was Eliza Sanford.
The old Sanford homestead property has long
ago passed into other hands, some having been soid
and some having been given away. Mr.. SANFORD
died in 1912. During the Revolution he was maze
prisoner and on one occasion he escaped probable
death by hiding in a wheat field until the enemy
had departed.
The mention Of the name OF General Lafayette
pleases Miss Sanford. and she recalls a day. in
1924. when she only eight years old, upon which
she saw the famous general in Newark. He rode
through a line of soldiers drawn up on Broad-st.
The occasion was the reception TO him upon ms re-
turn from France. monster bower had been
stretched across the street where the old Trinity
Miss sandfords mother given pension and
that Dp'S only yf first Wives va" Of Reyoutonary soldiers
should receive a pension, but later 1t was mad 10
were given pensions. Miss Sanford, after she had
gone 10 great deal of trouble; was placed on the
a pension was passed through the efforts Of Con
Dsqshters of the American Revolution. Miss Sand
mas In her god spoon iha1 WAS
airy soldiers as authorized by act of Congress for
III. In her stories about early. days Miss, Sanford
tells now at time her father sailed & vessel
from Watsessing Lane. which was then nearly OPP
posi- ossite me present Foster Home at No. pa Belle
NI!e-ave.. 70 New-York for groceries, hardware
S ana U %as Snppes for number Of people TINS
iaie waS aa'srward closed up. and now there Is
MISS SdIuio!v mas in her possession three pieces
or the Revolutionary money. five-dollar and eight
dolar certLcateS and a seventy-fve-cent note. all
the following
TGIs bill entities the bearer TO receive eight
or silver. according to a resolution of Congress
passed at Philadelphia. November 2 l776"
This is signed by G.. Catcher in black ink and
D. Griffith in red ink; At the top of the bin are
sides. Continental Currency" On the reverse side
are the names Of the printers. Hall and Sellers"
and '1778"
This aged daughter Of the Revolutionary soldier
has only sister living. and she lives at Dan
Vile. n. Y. Mr.. SANFORD was the father OF
eighteen children. twelve by ais first wife and six
by the second. but only the two sisters referred
to are left. When Miss sandfTd,s father died he
ninety years Of age. while her grandmo, her
Sanford had reached the century marx
80. you see.' said Miss SANFORD we are long
livers"
Miss Sanford is a member of w. s. Plerson Post
Relief Corps. and also the Oldest member OF Christ
Episcopal Church Bloomfield She IL now Visiting
her sister Danville.
Miss Sanford resides at No. 12S Orange-st
Bloomfield and is widely known, having lived I'm
the township for sixty years.