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Benjamin Allen Alford

Male 1916 - 1972  (55 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Allen Alford  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 12 Oct 1916  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Died 8 Apr 1972  Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Buried Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 
    • Janice Smith shows that her married Bessie Mae SMITH. Virgie Speights wrote, in her June 11, 1964 "Old Timers of Sabine County" column, that B. A. Alford had been a member of the Hemphill City Council.

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      Name: Benjamin Allen Alford
      Death Date: 08 Apr 1972
      Death Place: Hemphill, Sabine, Texas, United States
      Gender: Male
      Race: White
      Death Age: 55 years
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      Birth Date: 12 Oct 1916
      Birthplace: Texas
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      Father's Name: George Alford
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      Mother's Name: Clara Chambers
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      Film Number: 2223768
      Digital Film Number: 4005476
      Image Number: 03114
      Reference Number: 30926
      Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976

    Person ID I6279  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father George Washington Alford,   b. 6 Oct 1879, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1941, Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Clara J. Chambers,   b. Aug 1885, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Mar 1973, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1905  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4, 5
    Family ID F2563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 12 Oct 1916 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Apr 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. [S327] Dore, Barbara Yancey (RootsLady@rootslady.com) "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project" http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1, (Dore, Barbara Yancey "Southeast Texas Regional Gedcom Project"; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=bydore_1 ; Updated Tue Feb 24 22:17:40 2004 This Gedcom contains many regionally located but sometimes unconnected Southeast Texas persons. Some of the information has been collected during Barbara's past 35 years of family research. Many undocumented families in the area are included. ALWAYS verify!!).

    2. [S481] 1910 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, (For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls. This database is an index to the head of households enumerated in the 1910 United States Federal Census, the Thirteenth Census of the United States. In addition, each indexed name is linked to actual images of the 1910 Federal Census. The information recorded in the census includes: name, relationship to head of family, age at last birthday, sex, color or race, whether single, married, widowed, or divorced, birthplace, birthplace of father and mother, and more.), Texas, Sabine County, JP 1 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S33] FamilySearch.org, Texas Deaths, 1890-1976, (http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/).

    4. [S60] McCary, Kay P. "Hemphill City Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas" Cemetery Index ; http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~txsabine/burials/.

    5. [S594] Davenport, Linda King-Family Researcher (dlkkport@hotmail.com) Emails, Family Group Sheets, Descendancy Trees, etc.