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J. E. Sanford. proprietor
of the New York Store, of Moberly, Mo.,
is one of the progressive
and enterprising business men of Moberly and
Randolph County
The New York Store was
founded in 1915 by J. E. Sanford and C. 0.
Selders. In 1920, Mr.
Sanford purchased his partner's interest and is
now the sole owner and
proprietor. The New York Store is located at
309-311 West Reed street
and occupies a frontage of 30 feet. This store
carries n full line of dry
goods shoes, men's furnishings. rugs and no-
tions Mr. Sanford aims to
carry a popular price line of merchandise
which is appreciated by
the buying public, and he has built up an exten-
sive mercantile bnsiness in
comparatively a brief period.
.J. E. Sanford is a native
Missourian he was born in Monroe County
in 1886, and is a son of
Jack and Sallie Barker. Sanford. the former
is now deceased. and
mother resides at Columbia. Mo After the death
of her first husband she
married Henry Jackson.
J. E. Sanford is one of a
family of three born to his parents. the
other two being Mrs.
Nellie Marc, who now resides in Rismark. N. D
and Mrs. Pollie Shanklin,
of Faixfax. Okla
Mr. Sanford married Miss
Mae Hill, of Rochepoct, Mo.
Before engaging in the
merchantile business and after completing
school, Mr. Sanford was
engaged in teaching and followed that profession
for four years; he taught
school at Branham, Monroe County, and later
at Granville, which was his
last school, He was a successful teacher, but
the future possibilities of
teaching as a profession did not appeal to
him and he accordingly
turned to mercantile pursuits. His first mer-
cantile venture was at
Centralia, Mo., which he later sold and came
to Moberly, where he and
Mr. Selders founded the New York Store as
stated in a preceding
paragraph.
Mr. Sanford is a member
of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons,
and is one of the
substantial business men of Moberly. |