1846, Ju­a­ni­ta Coun­ty, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Af­ter 1920, New­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts.

Sayford served in the Amer­i­can ci­vil war in a unit from Mass­a­chu­setts. In the late 19th Cen­tu­ry, he was known for his For Men On­ly and Con­fi­den­tial Talk speech­es to coll­ege stu­dents in the Young Men’s Christ­ian As­so­ci­a­tion (YMCA). His works in­clude:

• Origin and Pro­gress of Mr. Say­ford’s Work in Col­leges (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: T. O. Met­calf & Com­pa­ny, 1891)

1. Redemption
2. We’re on the Way