A young man, Ira Sanford, Jr., was apprenticed to Asa Booker to learn the blacksmith trade. He lived at the Booker home, as did several other apprentices. Susan Lucina was attracted to him and they were married in Adams County, Illinois, September 23, 1848, soon after he reached the age of twenty and she, seventeen. They left Iowa in May 1862. Traveling was made as pleasant as possible for Susan Lucina, who was expecting her eighth child at the end of the summer. The family consisted of three girls and three boys, whose ages ranged from twelve and a half down to one and a half. Ira's youngest brother, Farmer T. Sanford, age twenty-two, also came with them. After Susan Lucina's daughter Martha died in 1885, leaving a small boy named Charley Roylance, she took him into her home and raised him, making fourteen children. Upon the death of Arthur's first wife, Caroline, he brought his three little boys—LaVell, Frank and Vee—home for his mother to care for, as his work took him away for days and weeks at a time. She made a home for them for over two years. She found time to help in church and community activities, and was affectionately called Aunt Susan by many who knew her. Susan Lucina Clark Sanford died of dropsy, March 9, 1907, in Springville, Utah, at the age of seventy-five and was buried at the side of her husband in the Springville City cemetery.
—Susan Helen Sanford Cook

In March 1879, Erastus Z. Clark bought a ranch owned by F. C. Boyer. At first he rented the ground, but later bought the property and moved his family there. Other early settlers at Oakland, as it was called, were William Gallup, Charles J. Johnson, Alpheus Curtis, O. H. Mower, J. T. Barker, Royal Clements, Watson Houtz, Moroni Fuller, Lorenzo and Arthur C. Whiting, Henry Curtis, Edwin Johnson and the Crandall brothers, Milan and Myron. Cyrus Sanford and Joseph Kelley and their families settled farther down the canyon at the junction of the right and left forks. Oakland became a thriving community

August— 26— Elliot Sanford, recently appointed Chief Justice for Utah, arrived in Salt Lake City. On the 27th he took the oath of office and superseded Judge Charles S. Zane.

Cyrus Sanford and John S. Fullmer were among the first settlers.

Gunnison—A Presbyterian Mission School was established in Gunnison, May, 1881. Miss Mary Crowall of Ohio was the first teacher. A small house on the Christensen lot was purchased. Miss M. C. Campbell was the next teacher, then came Mrs. Clara Sanford. —History of Sanpete County.

In March 1879, Erastus Z. Clark bought a ranch owned by F. C. Boyer. At first he rented the ground, but later bought the
property and moved his family there. Other early settlers at Oakland, as it was called, were William Gallup, Charles J. Johnson,
Alpheus Curtis, O. H. Mower, J. T. Barker, Royal Clements, Watson Houtz, Moroni Fuller, Lorenzo and Arthur C. Whiting,
Henry Curtis, Edwin Johnson and the Crandall brothers, Milan and Myron. Cyrus Sanford and Joseph Kelley and their families
settled farther down the canyon at the junction of the right and left forks. Oakland became a thriving community

August— 26— Elliot Sanford, recently appointed Chief Justice for Utah, arrived in Salt Lake City. On the 27th he took the
oath of office and superseded Judge Charles S. Zane.

John Hunt was the bishop of Snowflake for the first 30 years of its colonization. His good wives, Hapolona Sanford and Sarah
Crosby Hunt, helped him. He was the judge in Israel; the law and order of the town were maintained by him. He did a
wonderful job keeping saloons and men of vice from establishing themselves within the town. It was not until long after his death
that a saloon was allowed to be in Snowflake. —Mildred Pearce Morgan.

Howe, Samuel Milton          26          June 22, 1824          New Hampshire
Howe, Jane Sanford
Sandiford, Richard          (died in St. Louis)
Sandiford, Ellen C.             38        June 16, 1812          England
Sandiford, John C.             15        Sept 20, 1835          England
Sandiford, William C.         10       Sept 20, 1840           England
Sanford,    Martha E.          11       Dec 3, 1839              Illinois W
Sanford,   Cecelia E.            9        Aug 22, 1841            Illinois W
Sanford,    Melissa               7        Feb 28, 1843            Illinois W
Sanford,    Sylvia Eliza         5        Nov 16, 1845            Illinois W
Sanford,   Cyrus N.             1        Nov 8, 1849              Iowa W
Sanford,    Warren C. J
Sanford,    Amos .             19        June 10, 1831
Sanford,    William J
Sanford,    Mary J
Sanford,    Cyrus               37        Dec 16, 1813             Vermont W
Sanford,    Sylvia E. S. C.  35        Mar 11,1815             New York W
Sanford,    Margaret E.      11        Dec 3, 1839              Illinois W

On the 15th of May, 1866, we left our home in New Canton, Pike Co., Illinois. We crossed the Mississippi River at Keokuk,
then crossed the old sunflower state, Nebraska, into a little piece of Kansas and on to Denver, ’City of Tents‘. Our family
consisted of my step-father, Steve Parkis; my mother Angeline; Bobby and I, and, also, Don, Billy and Strathers Parkis and my
half-sister, Kate. My mother’s name was Angeline Sanford. My father, Dr. Wm. Prin was drowned in the Mississippi and
mother married Steve Parkis.

The following is a list of those who ranched in the canyon during its early settlement; Mr. Cutler followed by a Mr. Kelly, Cyrus
Sanford, Myron and Milan Crandall, Al Roylance, Moroni Fuller, William Gallup, James Holley, Orson Mower, Erastus Clark,
Royal Clements, Charles Johnson, and Levi Kendall. In those early days Charley Williams operated a sawmill on the creek.
They took adverse possession (land not surveyed) but later congress passed a law to legalize the land so that they could get
possession of their deeds. Farther up the canyon was the Packard Ranch. Alpheus Curtis, Wallace Johnson and Edward Snow
also lived there. The Adams’ family now live on the original Whiting Ranch.

When Al was nineteen he was almost in business for himself. The luck came in his going on a wild horse hunt in 1891 with
Claude Sanford, a Sevier valley rancher. The good impression grew out of his phenomenal ability to ride and herd stock. His
talents brought him an offer from Sanford to watch over 150 head of wild cows that Sanford grazed south of White Canyon.
The job carried no salary; it offered a percentage of the increase of the herd. Al accepted.

Lawrence, Rhoda Sanford June 15, 1812 Canada
Mills, Jane Sanford April 13, 1812 Canada
Morris Phelps Sanford, April 13, 1808 Canada

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