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Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams

Female 1879 - 1972  (93 years)


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  • Name Martha Ella "Mattie" Williams  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Mattie 
    Born 26 Jan 1879  Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 May 1972  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Williams of the Isla community.
    Person ID I39226  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2012 

    Family Julius Preston Alford,   b. 21 Jan 1873, Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1962, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 21 Sep 1894  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    • "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)
    Children 
     1. Carra G. "Carrie" Alford,   b. 8 Jun 1895, Isla, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 13 Nov 2012 
    Family ID F6102  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Jan 1879 - Isla, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Sep 1894 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 May 1972 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S60] McCary, Kay P. "Hemphill City Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

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

    3. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 4 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 3 (Reliability: 3).