Lewis Thomas Sanborn of Hampton Falls, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Louise Temples - pc_genie@ix.netcom.com
Copyright. All rights reserved.

************************************************************************
Full copyight notice - http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
USGenWeb Archives - http://www.usgwarchives.net
************************************************************************

Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 1026 

   LEWIS THOMAS SANBORN, who passed from this life June 26,
1904, was one of Hampton Falls' best known and most respected citi-
zens. He is survived by his widow, who resides in Hampton Falls and
Stratham, having a home in both towns, where she is surrounded by
many friends of long years standing. Mr. Sanborn was born in Hamp-
ton Falls, Rockingham County, N. H., October 11, 1834, and was a son
of Aaron and Lydia (Leavitt) Sanborn. His father was born in 1794
and his mother in 1800. They reared the following children: Charles
H., Sarah E., Helen M., Frank B., Lewis Thomas, and Joseph L.
   Lewis Thomas Sanborn attended the common schools in his youth,
and throughout life advanced himself intellectually by constant read-
ing, becoming a thoroughly posted and broad-minded man. He took to
agricultural pursuits and specialized in live stock, dealing extensively
in horses and cattle. He was a raiser of fancy horses. During the
Civil War, he served as a sharp-shooter with Colonel Berdan, and ren-
dered valuable service to the cause. He was a man of great strength of
character, and enjoyed the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens
to a marked degree.
   On June 9, 1869, Mr. Sanborn was joined in marriage with Miss
Mary Abbie Brown, who was born in the town of Stratham. She is a
daughter of Greenleaf Clark and Abigail (Brown) Brown, the father
being born in the house where Mrs. Sanborn now temporarily lives.
The mother was a native of Hampton Falls. Mr. Brown was a school

Pages 1027 and 1028 contained a photo for a different biography.

Page 1029

teacher in his younger days, teaching in various parts of the country.
Later he followed farming. There were two children in the Brown
family, William Greenleaf and Mary Abbie. William Greenleaf Brown
had two daughters: Mary Augusta, wife of Emmons B. Chase, of
Stratham, and Alice Clark, wife of Lyman J. Batchelder, of Laconia, 
N. H.
   Mrs. Mary Abbie Sanborn is the owner of the farm where she lives
in Stratham, and also is owner of the old Sanborn homestead of seventy-
five acres in Hampton Falls. She is a woman of good business under-
standing, and religiously, a member of the Baptist Church.