James Buchanan Sansom and Sarah Ann Leader

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Husband James Buchanan Sansom ¹

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           Born: 2 Sep 1826 - Bedford Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Sansom (1792-1858) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Pizel (1800-1898) 1

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Wife Sarah Ann Leader ²

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           Born: 17 Aug 1826 - Martinsburg, Bedford (later Blair) Co, PA 3
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           Died: 26 Jun 1908 2
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         Father: Daniel Leader (1793-      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Campbell (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Franklin Sansom ²

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2 M William Leader Sansom ^{2 4 5}

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           Born: 5 May 1854 - McConnellsburg, Fulton Co, PA 2 4
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         Spouse: Mary M. M. Moorhead (      -Aft 1913) 2 4 6
           Marr: 19 Dec 1877 2

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3 M James Buchanan Sansom ²

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Daniel Leader Sansom ²

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5 M Joseph Jordan Sansom ²

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6 M John Philip Sansom ²

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7 F Bessie Gladys Sansom ²

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         Spouse: Prof. A. W. Wilson (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - James Buchanan Sansom

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He learned the printing business at Bedford, Pennsylvania, under George Bowman, who, during Buchanan's administration, was public printer at Washington, District of Columbia. Mr. Sansom, in course of time, entered the newspaper field, founding the Fulton Democrat, at McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and publishing this journal for some years. In 1862 he went to Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and there founded the Indiana Democrat.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 629.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 630.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 631.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1384.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 758.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 339.