Norfolk County MA Archives Biographies.....Horton, Sanford Jabez 1817 - 
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Author: E. O. Jameson (1886)

REV. SANFORD JABEZ HORTON, D. D.

   SANFORD JABEZ HORTON, grandson of Dr. Nathaniel Miller, was born Sept. 24,
1817, in Franklin, Mass. He was, in his youth, engaged to learn the trade of a
cabinet maker, to Maj. Luther Metcalf, of Medway. He early evinced a desire for
knowledge, was fond of reading and study, and decided, if possible, to obtain a
liberal education. He was encouraged by his friends in Medway and Franklin, and
was subsequently assisted by Mr. Orion Mason. He graduated in 1843, at Trinity
College, Hartford, Conn., and studied theology in Alexandria, Va. He became, in
1846, the rector of St. Andrew's Church, Providence, R. I. He was rector of
Grace Church, New Bedford, from 1848 to 1852, and for ten years succeeding was
rector of St. Paul's Church in Windham, Conn. In 1862 he was elected Principal
of the Episcopal Academy, in Cheshire, Conn., which office he has held ever
since. He received the degree of D. D. in 1869, from Trinity College. On his
visits to Medway he has several times supplied the pulpit of the Village church,
to the great pleasure of old friends. Dr. Horton has a practical talent, and in
the management of a literary institution has achieved success.



Additional Comments:
THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS,
AND
The Genealogical Records
OF
MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES
IN
MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.
Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
BY
E. O. JAMESON,
THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS." ETC.
MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

Copyright, 1886.
E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.
All Rights Reserved.

J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


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