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- EBENEZER CLEVELAND SANBORN was born 12 June 1794 in Bath, New Hampshire. He died 20 April 1867 in Sanborn, New York. Sanborn, New York, was named in his honor. He married Almira Smith 20 April 1815, probably in Bath. She was born 7 October 1799 in Bath; died 10 February 1828, aged 29, either in Littleton or Bath, New Hampshire. He married his second wife, Elizabeth Randall, 29 April 1830, in South Pekin, New York. Elizabeth Randall, daughter of Stephen and Mary Randall, was born in January 1796; died in Sanborn, 22 September 1873, aged 77. After marrying Almira Smith, Ebenezer settled near Littleton, New Hampshire, where his first six children were born. He remained in that area until the death of his wife in 1828. Soon after he and his children, except Josiah, moved to South Pekin, New York. Josiah rejoined his family in New York after his father remarried. Ebenezer had two children by his second wife. In 1833, Ebenezer was admitted to the Genesse (New York) Conference of the Methodist Church. He was ordained a deacon at Lockport, New York, on 18 October 1835, and elder at Leroy, New York, on 25 September 1837. His appointments, all in New York, included the following: Murray, 1833-34; Elba, 1835; Niagara, 1836-37; Clarence, 1838; Ridgeway, 1839-41; Middleport, 1842; and Varysburg, 1843. He also was long engaged in the circulation of religious literature. When Ebenszer retired from the ministry in 1844, he and his wife, Elizabeth, settled in Sanborn, about 12 miles from Niagara Falls, where they lived the remainder of their years. CHILDREN: by first wife Almira Smith i. Myra Ann, b. 3 Apr 1816 in Littleton, NH; married/1 on 6 June 1838 to Eleazer [Ebenezer (83)] O. Sanford, s/o Alonzo of Covingtry, CT. He died 17 Oct 1839; married/2 to Ira G. Sanborn on 15 Mar 1846. ii. Ruth Paine Goodwin, b. 7 Oct. 1818 in Bath, NH; married 7 Apr 1840 in Haverhill to Capt. Corliss Roberts of Haverhill and Qunicy, WI. iii. Henry Hancock Long (tw), b. 30 July 1821; died unmarried 2 January 1842 in Whitefield, NH. iv. Selina Huntington (tw), b. 30 July 1821; married Ebenezer Stevens of Freyburg, ME in March 1841; died 1884. v. Isreal Gilman Smith, b. 12 March 1824 in Bath; married in Oct 1844 to Anna Roberts of East Shelby, NY. She was born 22 June 1825, died 28 July 1867; he was a farmer in East Shelby, where he lived and died 28 Oct 1889. ** vi. Josiah Fisher Wilson, b. 18 May 1826 by second wife Elizabeth Randall vii. Lee Randall, b. 8 Aug 1831 in Sweden, NY; married 1849 to Julia C. Crawford of Lockport, b. 11 Nov. 1835; he was a farmer, lumberman, real estate dealer--in fact, the man of the place, prominent also as a state representative. viii. Francis Emery, b. 22 May 1834 at Monroe, NY.
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