Stanford University was founded in 1891 by then-California Governor and Senator Leland Stanford and his wife Jane Lethlop Stanford, named after their son Leland Stanford Jr., who died of typhoid on the eve of their 60th birthday (1884). In memory of Leland Stanford, he told his wife, "All the children of California will be our children." In 1824, Stanford was born into a wealthy farmer family and served as governor of California in 1861; In 1863 he and his wife Jenny established the Central Pacific Railway Company, and Stanford served as president. In 1876, Stanford purchased 263 hectares of land in California as a horse ranch, and later expanded to 3,237 hectares as a site on the Stanford University campus. The Stanford logo and the sports logo feature the image of the redwood.