William Thomas Alford was born on 2 March 1838, in Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States as the son of William Thomas Alford. He married Serilda Catherine Smith on 9 April 1857, in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Warren, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 January 1906, in Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Green River Union Cemetery, Richardsville, Warren, Kentucky, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries 1850: Swan Creek, Warren, Kentucky, United States 1856: Green Castle, Warren, Kentucky, United States
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
habitational name from any of various places called Alford, for example in Somerset, Cheshire and Lincolnshire. The first is named with the Old English female personal name Ealdgȳth + ford ‘ford’. See also Alvord .
variant of Halford (or vice versa).
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