Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Charlotte Robinson (or Fish) in Macomb, MI, 11/13/1839; children: Herbert Cummings
Number of Children: 0
Background
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Biographical Sketch:
Son of John and Susanna Sanborn.Instrumental in the establishment of several lumber mills. He was postmaster at Port Huron from 1846 to 1849. He was a supervisor in of Desmond Township,1836. He came to Saint Clair County in 1833. He taught school for some months in each of his first 3 years there; in 1835 built a water power saw mill on Pine river in the township of Kimball, and a store at Marysville. Three years later, he sold the mill and not long after moved his store to Port Huron, where he entered into partnership with Martin S. Gillett, his nephew. He built a steam saw mill at Port Huron and dealt largely in pine lands and products, and accumulated what was a large fortune in those days before his
early death in 1852. By his will he gave $500 to the common school library of the township of Port Huron, and thus he became in a real sense the father of the fine public library which the city of Port Huron now possesses, and in commemoration of that gift his portrait was presented to the library by his son in 1907. He was fully 6 feet 2 inches in height
Notable Facts:
He residence was in Port Huron at the time of his death in 1952
Often called 'Big Sanborn' to distinguish him from James W. Sanborn.