William H. Sansburn

SANSBURN, WILLIAM H. Farmer and breeder of registered Clydesdale Horses, S. 22, T. Tyrol, PO Cooperstown.  Mr. Sansburn was born in Ontario, Canada 1866 and settled in Griggs County in 1892.  He is married to Ida Glaspell they are the parents of four children.  Mr. Sansburn has served as assessor for 3 years, school clerk 15 years, and Pathmaster 5 years.

Mrs. Sansburn, 65 last May, came to this territory in 1889 with her parents who hailed from Ontario, Canada.  She was born in Ontario on May 24, 1874.  At the age of 15, she came with her parents to Griggs County where she resided for the rest of her life.  On March 17, 1897, she was married to Will H. Sansburn in Cooperstown, and for many years the couple made their home on a farm in Tyrol Township.

Some years ago, they moved into Cooperstown and have resided there since.

Survivors include her husband and four children Maynard of Washington, Mrs. Harold Detwiller, Mrs. John Koontz of Wisconsin, and Mrs. Joseph Glaspell of Prescott, Washington.  Mrs. Lillian Elsey, Des Moines, Washington.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 463