“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


ALDEN SANBORN,  proprietor of news depot and general store, 
Jefferson; came to Jefferson with parents in fall of 1839; his father 
William Sanborn, first came to Jefferson the previous year, and got out 
timber for what is now known as the Sawyer House, and returned back 
to Vermont for his family; when he returned, he completed the hotel, 
which was the second frame house built here; he located quite an 
extensive tract of land where a large part of East Jefferson now stands; 
he built the original Court House and also the old block jail which now 
stands and is used for a barn; he was extensively identified with the early 
history of the town, and held several public offices; in 1856, was County 
Treasurer; was a member of the State Legislature while in Vermont; he 
died April 27, 1876; was born Nov. 18, 1800; he had eleven children, 
eight are living – Emily, born Nov. 3, 1826 (now Mrs. Farnam, and lives 
in Clyde, Kan.); Caroline, March 4, 1832 (now Mrs. Chubbuck, lives in 
Warsaw, Wis.); Alden, March 24, 1834, at Wheelock, Vt. (now in the 
Post Office Building here); Roswell, July 19, 1837 (was a member of the 
3d Wis. Battery, and died in hospital at Nashville, Tenn.); Anna J., 
March 19, 1840 (was the first white girl born in Jefferson; married Mr. 
Kennedy, and lives at Sac City, Iowa); George, March 1, 1842 (now in 
Iowa); William, Sept. 11, 1844 (now in Clyde, Kan.); Mary, Jan. 7, 
1848, died April 7, 1858.  Mr. Alden S. is a printer by trade; in 1856, in 
company with C. E. Hoyt, started the Jefferson County Republican at 
this place, in the interests of Fremont, which suspended after the 
campaign; he also, with Mr. Chubbuck, published The Central 
Wisconsin for two years at Warsaw.  Married Mary Jefford June 11, 
1862; she was born in London, England, Jan. 29, 1840; they have five 
children living – Mary, born May 9, 1863; Edwin J., April 6, 1865; 
Wilfred Alden, April 9, 1867; Charles, July 19, 1875; Eola, Oct. 19, 
1878; Naomi, June 14, 1871, died at 22 months of age.


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