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!JOSIAH FISHER WILSON SANOBRN was the third son and sixth child of Ebenezer and Almyra (Smith) Sanborn, was born 18 May 1826 at Haverhill, New Hampshire. After his mother died in 1828, his father moved to South Pekin, New York, taking all the children except Josiah. He remained in Bath, New Hampshire, with two maiden aunts. According to his daughter, Jessie Coffey, he said he was about 2 years old at the time of his mother's death and was suffering from rickets, so he may have been quite frail. For the treatment of rickets, his aunts would take him in the mornings to the watering trough and dip him in - a rather "cool" bath of spring water! Then they would wrap him in a wool blanket and put him to bed again. No one realized then a vitamin deficiency caused rickets. He rejoined his family in Niagara, New York, in 1831, about a year after his father remarried with Elizabeth Randall. As a young man, he journeyed westward in 1849 to Bavaria, Michigan, located just west of Hillsdale. He was working for the Michiagan Central Railroad. There he met Alberteen Adelaide Eaton, dauthter of Dryer and Emeline (Clark) Eaton of Allen's Prairie (now called Allen), Michigan. They were married 2 May 1851 at Allen's Prairie. Adelaide Sanborn's people had lived near Lake Erie in Ohio before moving to Michigan. She was born 19 Feb. 1835 near Rockport, Ohio. Josiah and Adelaide Sanborn remained in Michigan for another year after their Marriage. Then in 1852 started west again with Adelaide's father and family, going to central Illinois, DeKalb County. (The exact town has not been verified yet; however, according to the obituary notices of Josiah Sanborn and his daughter, Emeline, the town appears to have been DeKalb, same as the county.) They traveled by covered wagon, driving some livestock. In the mornings, milk was placed in a churn; by evening, the milk had been churned to butter which they would use for their supper. The Sanborns did not stay long in Illinois, but continued on westward in the covered wagon and settled northwest of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Cedar Rapids was not much of a town when they arrived on August 31, 1856; a few houses, a mill, and a store. The Indians from Tama reservation came every year and camped close by the Sanborn farm which was located along the Cedar River. The Indians were always peaceable and were good friends with Josiah Sanborn and his family. There was one elderly squaw who had been captured by the Musquakies in the Black Hawk War that had her wickiup near the Sanborn home. Mussak Quttack - Pleasant Summer - by name, and would often come to Adelaide Sanborn and say "Me clean, me take baby?" She was referring to their youngest child, Jessie May Sanborn. (For additional see notes, Jessie May Sanborn.) (The Musquakies were the Fox Indians who lived in Wisconsin. Their neighbors were the Sauks of which the Black Hawk was a member. Black Hawk, hoping to regain his ancestral grounds in Illinois, led several hundred warriors into a few skirmishes which resulted in a wholesale slaughter of his people by the U.S. soldiers in the spring of 1832. These skirmishes which only lasted about 3 months were called the Black Hawk war.) Josiah Sanborn enlisted 12 August 1862 for 3 years in the Civil War as a Union soldier. He was in Company A, 31st Iowa Volunteer Infantry. According to one source, "he participated in all the engagements of his regiment and was with General Sherman's army all through the Atlanta campaign. He was in about twenty engagements, and although never wounded, partically lost his hearing while in the service." However, part of this information has been refuted by his daughter and by his war record. His daughter said served on Lookout Mountain and with Grant's army at the seige of Vicksburg, but was never with Sherman. According to his millitary records, he was absent from his regiment from 14 July 1864 until he was mustered out 27 July 1865 because of an illness contracted in Georgia. So he could not have possibly "participated in all the engagements of his regiment." Josiah Sanborn kept a daily log of his war experiences which resulted in the filling of several diaries which were sent home to his family as they were completed. These diaries were handed down to his daughter Jesse Coffey (Sanborn) and then to Jesse's daughter Mary Wagner. After his discharge and return to Iowa, Josiah became an active and honored member of Dennison Post #244, GAR of Center Point. For several years Josiah was active in the carpenter trade. However in 1878 he abandoned that trade and moved his family to an 80-acre prairie farm northeast of Center Point, Iowa, located in the Grant Township on Section 36, where they farmed for 28 years. The Indians from the Tama Reservation would also stop there as they traveled from the Cedar River to Wapsie River. In the book "Portrait and Biographical Album of Linn County, Iowa", the following was said about Josiah Sanborn: "In early life, Josiah Sanborn learned the carpenter's trade, at which he became very skillful and at which he followed for about 15 years. He is enterprising and energetic, and has succeeded thoroughly in his farming operations. He has a fine homestead and is surrounded by the comforts of life. He is a Republican in politics, and is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church of which Mrs. Sanborn is also a member in good standing. Mr.Sanborn is the assistant and encourager of very good work and purpose tending to the welfare of his community and is held in high esteem by his townsmen." According to his obituary notice,"...in his later years, he was largely shut into himself, he being very deaf, but his condition led to reading and meditation. He sought to keep himself in touch with the world's progress and to his friends he seemed like a wise prophet of old. In 1906 Josiah and Adelaide Sanborn sold their farm, buying 11 acres near their youngest daughter, Jessie Coffey, near Marion, Iowa. Josiah Sanborn builthis own house on that land and they remained there until his death. They celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in May 1911. Josiah Sanborn died 20 October 1917, age 91 years, 5 months, 2 days. Adelaide Sanborn lived with her daughter for her remaining years, passing away 14 April 1924, age 89 years, 1 month, 26 days. Both funeral services were held at Prairie Chapel, Marion, Iowa. They are buried side by side in the Prairie Chapel Cemetery. CHILDREN: * i. Emeline Almira Lind Sanborn, b. 5 January 1853 ii. Dyer Emmett Freemont Sanborn, b. 1 October 1856 iii. Frances Emery Cleveland Sanborn, b. 8 April 1861 ** iv. Ernest Grant Gilman Sanborn, b. 7 November 1866 v. Jessie Mae Sanborn, b. 15 November 1875 SOUR "Genealogical Study of the Family of Josiah Fisher