Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams

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Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Williams of the Isla community.

Martha married Julius Preston Alford on 21 Sep 1894 in Sabine County, Texas. Julius (son of Burtis Terry Alford, Sr. and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Katherine Collier) was born on 21 Jan 1873 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; died on 21 Sep 1962 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
"Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas" by Virgie Collier Speights
September 27, 1962

J. Preston Alford, age 89 years old, died September 21, 1962 at his home in Hemphill, Texas. It was the sixtieth-eighth wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Alford.

Mr. Alford, a member of a prominent pioneer family of Sabine County, was a retired farmer. He was married on September 21, 1894 to Miss Ella Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Williams of the Isla community. Mr. and Mrs. Alford were both born within a mile of each other in the Isla community and lived there after their marriage until 1919. At that time they moved to Hemphill where they had lived ever since.

They had only one child, a daughter, Mrs. Carrie A. J. Neal of Hemphill. Grandsons William Neal of Pineland and G. A. Neal of Hemphill. Great grandsons, Tommy and Bobby Neal of Hemphill and Jimmy Neal of Pineland.

(Transcribed by Melinda McLemore Strong, November 2012)

1. Carra G. "Carrie" Alford was born on 8 Jun 1895 in Isla, Sabine County, Texas; and died.