Ira Sanborn

Ira Sanborn (HM11UW)

Location: Bainbridge, GA 39819 Decatur County
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N 30° 45.19', W 84° 38.491'

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Decatur County's first industrialist was Ira Sanborn, a native of Concord, New Hampshire. Born in 1799, Sanborn came to Apalachicola, Florida about 1830 and later resettled in Quincy, Florida where he married Susan Woodson. In 1833 they moved to Decatur County and settled on Attapulgus Creek. Using waterpower he operated a gristmill, sawmill, tanning, cigar and shoe factories. In 1856 he opened Estahatchee Mills which made a cotton and wool fabric called kersey. Sanborn died on a business trip to Boston in 1865 and was buried in Concord. The Estahatchee Mills buildings were razed in 1870. Today only the mill races and the outline of the pond levee remain.
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HM NumberHM11UW
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Year Placed2001
Placed ByHistoric Chattahoochee Commission and the Decatur County Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 8:41am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16R E 725763 N 3404623
Decimal Degrees30.75316667, -84.64151667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 45.19', W 84° 38.491'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 45' 11.40" N, 84° 38' 29.46" W
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Area Code(s)229
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3701 GA-97, Bainbridge GA 39819, US
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  1. There is an error on the actual sign or it was transcribed incorrectly here. Ira Sanborn was born in Concord Mass. and did die there. However, he was not buried there. He was buried in Oak City Cemetery in Bainbridge, GA. as was his wife. See the photo of his headstone at:
    https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21744525

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