Nehemiah Curtis Sanford (1792–1841) was an American industrialist and politician. Nehemiah Sanford was the son of Sarah Curtis (1771–1856) and her husband Stephen Sandford I (1769–1848). He was a brother to John Sanford, the founder of the Amsterdam, New York branch of the Sanford family. Nehemiah Sanford became one of the chief founders of Birmingham, Connecticut and in 1833 was elected to the Connecticut Senate for the 16th District. He married Nancy Bateman Shelton (1800–1880), a direct descendant of Thomas Welles, a Governor of the Connecticut Colony. Their only son, Henry Shelton Sanford became an important American diplomat who founded the city of Sanford, Florida. References The Farther Frontier: Six Case Studies of Americans and Africa, 1848-1936 by Lysle E. Meyer New York Times article November 6, 1877 1792 births 1841 deaths American manufacturing businesspeople Connecticut state senators Nehemiah 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople