A New Yorker by birth, but a descendant of New England ancestry. Cummings Sanborn was born in the town of Norfolk, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., January 7, 1824. He was reared on his father's farm in St. Lawrence county, N.Y., and received the rudiments of an ordinary English education from the neighboring district schools, spending the greater part of his time, however, in the arduous labors of the farm, attending school only about one or two months out of the year. He followed farming till he was twenty-five years of age, quitting it in 1852 on account of a failure of health and going at that time to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where some time afterwards he was appointed manager of the Saratoga Water Cure, and remained there till 1861. Having married in the meantime, and being desirous of settling in a new country, he resigned his position at the "Springs" and came that year to Iowa, locating in Earlville, Delaware county. He resided first at Earlville and afterwards at Manchester. He has been variously engaged, and has been the incumbent of a number of public offices. For the first two years after settling in Earlville he was engaged in the hotel business. In the meantime he was elected justice of the peace of his township, then township supervisor, and in 1864 received the appointment of postmaster. In 1867 he was elected to the State legislature from Delaware county, and re-elected in 1869, serving two terms. In 1870 he bought the Sun office at Earlville, and the following year moved it to Delhi, then the county seat, and changing the name to that of the Delaware County Recorder operated it there for two years. Selling out the Recorder office in 1872, he moved to Manchester, and in July, 1873, bought the Manchester Press, which he conducted for two years, selling it in July, 1875. In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace for Delaware township, an office he held for more than fourteen years, having been re-elected regularly every two years. He was mayor of Manchester for four years. For some years past he has been engaged in the real estate, collection and insurance business. In politics he is a republican, having cast his fortunes with the great war party on its organization, and having steadily adhered to its teachings since. Mr. Sanborn has been twice married, marrying first, February 28, 1860, while a resident of New York, taking as a companion Miss Martha A. French, who was born in Clarendon, Rutland county, Vt., October 25, 1822. After the death of his first wife, he married again November 4, 1875, his second wife being Mrs. Ann M. Dunham widow of Francis W. Dunham, she being a native of Bakersfield, Vt., born December 17, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn are zealous members of the Congregational church, and active in all church work, and generous contributors to all charitable purposes.

A New Yorker by birth, but a descendant of New England ancestry. Cummings Sanborn was born in the town of Norfolk, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., January 7, 1824. He was reared on his father's farm in St. Lawrence county, N.Y., and received the rudiments of an ordinary English education from the neighboring district schools, spending the greater part of his time, however, in the arduous labors of the farm, attending school only about one or two months out of the year. He followed farming till he was twenty-five years of age, quitting it in 1852 on account of a failure of health and going at that time to Saratoga Springs, N. Y., where some time afterwards he was appointed manager of the Saratoga Water Cure, and remained there till 1861. Having married in the meantime, and being desirous of settling in a new country, he resigned his position at the "Springs" and came that year to Iowa, locating in Earlville, Delaware county. He resided first at Earlville and afterwards at Manchester. He has been variously engaged, and has been the incumbent of a number of public offices. For the first two years after settling in Earlville he was engaged in the hotel business. In the meantime he was elected justice of the peace of his township, then township supervisor, and in 1864 received the appointment of postmaster. In 1867 he was elected to the State legislature from Delaware county, and re-elected in 1869, serving two terms. In 1870 he bought the Sun office at Earlville, and the following year moved it to Delhi, then the county seat, and changing the name to that of the Delaware County Recorder operated it there for two years. Selling out the Recorder office in 1872, he moved to Manchester, and in July, 1873, bought the Manchester Press, which he conducted for two years, selling it in July, 1875. In 1876 he was elected justice of the peace for Delaware township, an office he held for more than fourteen years, having been re-elected regularly every two years. He was mayor of Manchester for four years. For some years past he has been engaged in the real estate, collection and insurance business. In politics he is a republican, having cast his fortunes with the great war party on its organization, and having steadily adhered to its teachings since. Mr. Sanborn has been twice married, marrying first, February 28, 1860, while a resident of New York, taking as a companion Miss Martha A. French, who was born in Clarendon, Rutland county, Vt., October 25, 1822. After the death of his first wife, he married again November 4, 1875, his second wife being Mrs. Ann M. Dunham widow of Francis W. Dunham, she being a native of Bakersfield, Vt., born December 17, 1835. Mr. and Mrs. Sanborn are zealous members of the Congregational church, and active in all church work, and generous contributors to all charitable purposes.