Biography

06/26/1807 - 09/08/1871


SANBORN, William, a Representative from Erie County; born, June 26, 1807 in Delaware County, NY; proprietor, Janes and Sanborn, dry goods and lumber merchants; elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1847 and 1848 terms; clerk, State Treasurers office (1849-1850); lumber merchant; elected, school director, Ashtabula (1863-1866); died, September 8, 1871 in Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio; interred, Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ashtabula County, Ohio.  


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