ONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: W. L. SANFORD. -  Smith County, TX 

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson 

W. L. SANFORD.

Wm. L. Sanford served in Co. H, 1st Alabama, enlisting early in the 
war.  He was born at Lochapoka, Ala., 21st of February 1842.  He 
served principally in the army of Tennessee, where he displayed the 
usual gallantry of the troops from that state.  Was with Gen. Joe 
Johnston in the Georgia campaign and the Franklin and Nashville 
campaign under Hood.  He removed to Texas in 1876  and in 1902 he 
became a citizen of Tyler, where he now resides.  Mr. Sanford has 
been married twice; the first marriage was with  Miss Josephine 
Carter and the second with Mrs. J. C. Bass.   He is a strong 
Confederate and strongly believes in the cause for which the South 
fought.