James Madison Hanford

James Madison Hanford (1827–1911) was an American railroad executive. The city of Hanford, California is named after him.

Hanford was a native of New York. His parents were Stephen and Maria Hanford.^[1] He worked as paymaster for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The pay cars “started from San Francisco and were stocked with enough money to pay all the employees along the way”.^[2]

Hanford retired in 1908 after 39 years with the railroad and died at his home in Oakland, California in 1911.

References[edit]

^ US Census 1850: Walton, Delaware County, New York
^ "Bio". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved 2010-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) by James M. Hanford III (August 1990)

External links[edit]

James Madison Hanford at Find a Grave
Obituary, Marin Journal, December 7, 1911

[1] US Census 1850: Walton, Delaware County, New York

[2] "Bio". Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved 2010-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) by James M. Hanford III (August 1990)

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