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Allen Josiah Alford

Male 1844 - 1923  (79 years)


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  • Name Allen Josiah Alford  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 27 Feb 1844  Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Jul 1923  Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • Per "Shelby County, Texas in the Civil War" compiled by Kathryn Hooper Davis and Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Civil War Veteran, Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Shelby County. Private, Company F, 11th Texas Infantry. Enlisted 14 July 1862 at Camp Clough. Pension #16522. Parents Isham and Sylvia Ann (Hodges) Alford. In Texas since 1854. Left the service on 31 October 1862 "sick at home on furlo."
    • (Research):Census Listings:

      1880 Census
      Texas, Sabine County,
      Enumerated 22 Jun 1880
      Page 8 D., SD 1, ED 85
      76-77
      Alford, Allen J. W M 35 Farmer Ala Geo Ala
      Alford, Nancy A. W F 24 Wf Keeping House Miss Geo Geo
      Alford, Lee E W M 8 Son Tx
      Alford, Ovada W F 7 Dtr Tx
      Alford, Benjamin W M 2 Son Tx
      Alford, Laura W F 9/12 Born Sept Dtr Tx
      Alford, Amanda W F 18 Servant Farm Laborer Tx

      1900 Census
      Texas, Shelby County, JP 3
      Enumerated 13 June 1900
      SD 8 ED 88 Sheet 12A
      180-184
      Alford, Allen Hd W M Feb 1845 55 M 30 Ala Ga Ala Farmer
      Alford, Nancy Wf W F Aug 1852 48 M 30 11/8 Miss Miss Miss
    Person ID I1616  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Isham Alford,   b. Abt 1817, Georgia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jun 1888, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 71 years) 
    Mother Sylvia Ann Hodges,   b. Abt 1822, St. Clair County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1884, Milam, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 62 years) 
    Married 15 Aug 1838  St. Clair County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F852  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy J. "Nannie" Land,   b. Aug 1852, Mississippi Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Sep 1926, Center, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Married 5 Jan 1871  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Lee Edmondson Alford,   b. 12 Dec 1871, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1887, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 15 years)
     2. Ovada L. Alford,   b. 18 Jun 1873, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Almoth G. Alford,   b. 18 Feb 1875, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Annie Rebecca Alford,   b. 26 Jan 1876, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Benjamin Meador Alford,   b. 24 Sep 1877, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     6. Laura Frances "Fannie" Alford,   b. 5 Sep 1879, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Bertha Mae Alford,   b. 17 Nov 1881, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Mattie Florida Alford,   b. 9 Nov 1883, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. Willie Lee Alford,   b. 18 Jun 1888, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     10. Katherine "Kate" Alford,   b. 11 Jul 1893, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2006 
    Family ID F1118  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 27 Feb 1844 - Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 5 Jan 1871 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jul 1923 - Shelby County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S659] Davis, Kathryn Hooper & Ericson, Carolyn Reeves "Shelby County, Texas in the Civil War" c. 1993.

    2. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Gilchrist, Paulette (pgilchr@gmail.com) "St. Clair Tree s & Branches" (http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm. cgi?db=pgilchr11) Ver. 2008-08-02 18:09:17 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S689] Smith, Janice "Known Descendants of Isham Alford and Anne Ferrell (1755 NC - 1832 GA)" http://www.alfordassociation.org/GENEALOGY/ISH755NC.pdf.

    4. [S98] 1860 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004., (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1860 United States Federal Census, the Eighth Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1860 Federal Census.), Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No. 4, PO Milam Enumerated 30 Jun 1860 Page 24 Stamped 330 178-178 (Reliability: 3).