Sanford - Vell
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 17 February 1899
Relatives of Vell Sanford received a telegram Sunday morning that he was in a dying condition. He died at the home of his brother, Samuel Sanford, in Muncie, Ill., on Monday morning. His body was brought to Lebanon, Ill., Monday night and the funeral took place at Pleasant View Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock.
Vell Sanford was born near Harrodsburg, Ky., in 1828. With his parents he came to Indiana in 1838 and settled on a farm in what is now Boone. There he grew up, married and lived till the death of his wife thirteen years ago.
Brothers and sisters who survive are George Sanford of New Ross, Ind.; Samuel Sanford and Mrs. Jane Lucas, of Muncie, Ill.; High Sanford, of Bainbridge; Henry Sanford, Tom Sanford and Mrs. Patsy Stipe and Mrs. Evaline Nicely, of Shannondale; and Mrs. Sallie Jones, of Carthage, Mo. His children who survive are James Sanford, of Lebanon, William and George Sanford, of Bainbridge, and Mrs. Wm Helderbran, of Johnson County. - s