Background
FRENCH, Leland Sanford was born on September 27, 1889 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Arthur Merrick and Bertha Elizabeth (Lee) French.
FRENCH, Leland Sanford was born on September 27, 1889 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Son of Arthur Merrick and Bertha Elizabeth (Lee) French.
Grammar Schools, Derby, Connecticut. Cheshire Military Academy, 1 year. Rockland Military Academy, 2 years.
High School, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1 year. Northeastern University Law School, 2 years. National. Law School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1 year.
Stenographer, Railway Mail Service, Houston, Texas, 1914, Bureau of Immigration, Washington, 1914, Office of Solicitor, United States Department Agriculture, Bristol, Tennessee, Murphy, North Carolina, 1919. Held exec, positions, Henshaw Motor Company, Boston, 1919. Returned, Office of Solicitor as Senior Clerk, Warren, Pennsylvania, 1923, Tionesta, Pennsylvania, 2 years, (Smethport) Pennsylvania, 1 year, abstracting and reporting upon land titles.
Abstractor, Winona, Minnesota, reporting on titles to lands along Mississippi R. for Bureau of Biological Survey, with frequent trips to Mich, for same purpose, 1928. Assigned Associate Title Attorney, Office of Solicitor, United States Department of Agriculture, for title work in all of Mich and Northern Wisconsin, since 1929.
Member: Artist Fellowship & Master of Arts (Boston, Mass). Westgate Chap., (Murphy, North Carolina).
Spouse Ruth Elizabeth Delp, March 21, 1915, Bristol, Tennessee.