Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Lily Emily Mills Sanford



Born 20 June 1882 at Brighton, East Sussex County, England
Died 11 August 1966 at Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York

Lily was the daughter of Edwin J. Mills and Annie Thatcher Mills. She emigrated from England to New York City in 1888 when she was six-years of age. She attended schools in New York City; and, on 10 August 1910, Lily married to Watson Edgar Sanford at Manhattan. For the next 40-years, her husband was a foreman of various departments at DeLaval Separator Company. They made their home at Arlington, New York, a suburb of Poughkeepsie. Lily and Watson were the parents of two children; Charles Watson Sanford and Ethel Mae Sanford. Lily was a member of Arlington Reformed Church, Guild of Christian Service, and Order of the Eastern Star. She died at Delameter Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was buried with her husband, who had died in 1953, in a Sanford family plot at LaGrange Rural Cemetery at Poughkeepsie. Lily was John More Association Jonas Line cousin #M42811 and the wife of my second cousin twice removed.

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