Obituary of Joh B. Sanford

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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003
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John B. Sanford 
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, January 19, 1939 
John B. Sanford Dies At Catlettsburg 
Was Former Citizen Of Owingsville 
   Funeral services for John B. Sanford, retired merchant of Catlettsburg, 
were held at the Catlettsburg Presbyterian church Monday afternoon, January 
9, conducted by the Rev. Alvin O. Price, assisted by the Rev. Arden P. 
Keyser and the Rev. W. C. Pierce.  Interment was in the Ashland cemetery, 
under auspices of Hampton Lodge, Masonic Order. 
Died Saturday 
   John B. Sanford, son of the late Reuben and Sarah Lyons Sanford, 
died Saturday morning, January 7, at 3 o'clock, after a lingering illness.  
He was born near Gill's Mill in Rowan county, Ky., on June 26, 1856, having 
attained the age of 82 years at the time of his death.  he spent his 
early childhood in Rowan and Bath counties, Ky.  In his late teens he 
learned the harness trade, serving his apprenticeship with J. W. Hutcheson 
of Owingsville, Ky.  In 1882 he came to Catlettsburg and engaged in 
business with his brother-in-law, a Mr. Riggs.  A few years later he 
rented a frame building on the site where the old Kentucky National 
Bank now stands and entered business for himself.  that was the beginning 
of a long and active business career which ended with his retirement in 
December, 1937. 
   Mr. Sanford identified himself with the Presbyterian church in 
Owingsville, Ky., under the ministry of Dr. E. O. Guerrant.  He was 
an elder in the Catlettsburg Presbyterian church and for a number of 
years served as superintendent of the Sunday school.  Throughout the 
more than half century of his residence here he was prominently 
identified with the fraternal and civic life of the town.  He held 
the office of Mayor of Catlettsburg for a four year term beginning 
in 1914.  He was a member of the Hampton Lodge of Masons and the 
Ashland Commandery, Knights Tamplar.  He was a past member of the 
local lodge of Masons and one of his cherished possessions was 
his life membership pin, awarded recently, after he had completed 
his fiftieth year as a member of the lodge. 
   Mr. Sanford was united in marriage in 1890 to Jessie A. Kibbe, 
who preceded him in death in 1915.  in 1923 he married Mary D. Kibbe, 
who survives him.  other members of the immediate family are a daughter, 
Mrs. Gladys McCown, of Catlettsburg, two grandsons, Henry and John 
McCown, also of this city, one brother, Rev. E. L. Sanford, of Lexington, 
Ky., and three sisters, Mrs. Dillie Watkins, of Maysville, Ky., Mrs. 
Sophia Burns of Weston, Mo., and Mrs. Laura Spencer, of Sharpsburg, Ky.  
Several nieces and nephews survive. -Ashland Independent