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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: HANSFORD, Mrs. Sarah Kernon
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
SSpradling@aol.com
September 19, 1999
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History of Kanawha County
George W. Atkinson
1876
p. 317
MRS. SARAH KERNON HANSFORD.
Mrs. S. K. Hansford, wife of the late Felix G. Hansford, was born in
Spottsylvania county, Virginia, February 10, 1795. In 1810 her parents
removed to Greenbrier county, and located near the White Sulphur Springs. In
1821 she was joined in wedlock with Felix G. Hansford of Kanawba county, and
shortly after their marriage, they came to the mouth of Paint creek and
located on Mr. Hansford's estate at that place. Mr. Hansford was a leading
citizen of Kanawba county for nearly three quarters of a century, and, after
a long and useful business life, died at his Paint Creek residenee a few
years since. Mrs. Hansford still occupies the old homestead, and is a
vigorous and intelligent old lady. She is well read in history, and
converses freely upon all subjects with which she is acquainted. She is
regarded, by all who know her, as a model Christian lady, and is eminently
beloved, by all of her neighbors, relations and friends.
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