 Sanford's first daughter, Emerett, was born in Duluth on January 28, 1920 and she followed her husband to Texas when Emerett was eight months old, to the place he had settled in at Wichita Falls .Sanford's second daughter, Helen, was born in Texas on January 24, 1922.That year, Sanford also joined the Wichita Fall's literary group, called The Manuscript Club.