Background
Sanford, Elias Benjamin was born on June 6, 1843 in Westbrook, Connecticut, United States. Son of Isaac and Louisa (Weeks) Sanford.
Sanford, Elias Benjamin was born on June 6, 1843 in Westbrook, Connecticut, United States. Son of Isaac and Louisa (Weeks) Sanford.
Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan, 1865. Honorary Master of Arts, Yale, 1888. Doctor of Divinity, Wesleyan University, 1894.
Ordained Congleton ministry. Pastor Cornwall, Thomaston and Westbrook, Connecticut, 1869-1894. Secretary Open and Institutional Church League, 1895-1900.
General secretary National Federation of Churches, 1900-1908.
Correspondent secretary Federal Council Churches of Christ in America, 1908-1913, honorary secretary, since 1913. Author: History of Connecticut, 1887, revised and enlarged edition, 1923.
Origin and History of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America, 1916. History of the Reformation, 1917.
Editor: Concise Cyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, 1890.
Home: Middlefield, Connecticut
Married Martha Sanford, October 10, 1870.