Almo Gay Sanford

1921 - 1997  (75 years)

• Name	Almo Gay Sanford
  Birth	30 Sep 1921	Branson, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	26 Aug 1997	Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
  Burial	30 Aug 1997	Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
  		C. Ray and Gay Sanford Bryan Grave location: 39.738460, -84.170051
  Notes	Gay Sanford attended East Central State Teachers College in Ada, Oklahoma. After graduation, she took the Civil Service Spanish Translator Test and worked as a Spanish translator in the Office of Censorship in San Antonio, Texas, for 2½ years during World War II. She then studied at the University of Texas to become an Engineer's Aide and went to work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
  Person ID	I15	Bryan-Martin
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2002

  
  

  Father	Ralph Lonon Sanford,   b. 2 Dec 1890, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA d. 16 Jan 1950, Veterans Administration Hospital, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Alta Willhoit,   b. 7 Dec 1891, Longrun, Marion Township, Ozark County, Missouri, USA d. 29 May 1962, Fairborn, Greene County, Ohio, USA (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	10 Jan 1921	Gainesville, Ozark County, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clarence Ray Bryan,   b. 23 Sep 1917, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA d. 8 May 2002, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	18 Oct 1945	Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
  Children	1. Lucy Bryan,   b. 8 Feb 1947, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA d. 8 Feb 1947, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA (Age 0 years)   2. Living   3. Living   4. Living
  Family ID	F4	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 30 Sep 1921 - Branson, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA Marriage - 18 Oct 1945 - Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Death - 26 Aug 1997 - Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA Burial - 30 Aug 1997 - Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show	17 Photos
  	Becca and Gay Bryan.jpg
  	Almo Say Sanford Bryan Birthplace.jpg
  	Almo Say Sanford Bryan.jpg
  	Almo Gay Sanford, Austa Jane Wallace Willhoit, Alta Willhoit Sanford.jpg Note at bottom says: Almo Gay, MawMaw, Mother - 1940
  	Alta Willhoit Sanford and Almo Gay Sanford.jpg 1940
  	Almo Say Sanford Bryan 2.jpg
  	James Cosby Wallace and Almo Gay Sanford Almo Gay Sanford with great-grandfather James Coby Wallace
  	Almo Say Sanford Bryan 3.jpg Note by Almo Gay Sanford Bryan: "The Ralph and Alta Sanford Homestead naer Branson, Colorado - this about 1923, Almo Gay at right. From Jan. 1920 to near end of 1923 (3 1/2 to maybe 4 years to finish out the 'half' of the remaining time to 'work out' the homestead. They bought it from someone who had 'worked' it 3 1/2 years, at least (of the 7 yrs. total required to receve the land).
  	Almo Say Sanford Bryan 4.jpg
  	Almo Gay Sanford and Austa Jane Wallace Willhoit.jpg
  	George Washington, Sallie Loretta Lonon Sanford, and Almo Gay Sanford
  	Alta Willhoit Sanford and Gay Sanford.jpg Taken at Edmond, Oklahoma, in 1925 or 1926
  	Etzel Willhoit and Gay Sanford.jpg
  	Almo Gay Sanford.jpg Note on back of picture: Almo Gay Sanford, 15 yrs. old, Carr High School grad. 1937
  	Almo Gay Sanford and friend.jpg Note on back: Sept. 1941 to Mar '43, Almo Gay Sanford, Span, Eng, and Typing teacher at Commerce, Oklahoma High Sch, and Ann Kissinger, music teacher. We were going down into a lead and zinc mine.
  	Almo Gay Sanford Bryan.jpg Note on back: Gay at 542 Cedarhurst (Dayton), 1946
  	Bryan family three generations.jpg Left to right: Gay Sanford Bryan, Sallie Loretta Lonon Sanford, Alta Willhoit Sanford

  
  

  Documents

  Clarence Ray Bryan Family 1950 Census Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio

  
  

  Recordings

  Interview of Almo Gay Sanford Bryan The writing on the original audiocassette tape states that Almo Gay Sanford Bryan was interviewed by her granddaughters, "Esther Glover and Becca Martin", about her experiences in a one-room schoolhouse.

  
  

  Newspaper Articles » Slide Show	2 Newspaper Articles
  	Marriage License Announcement The Journal Herald (Dayton, Ohio) 16 October 1945
  	Almo Gay Sanford Article This article apparently appeared in the student newspaper of the school where she was teaching.