James P. Alford

Brief Life History of James P.

When James P. Alford was born on 2 February 1859, in Anna, Warren, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Thomas Alford, was 20 and his mother, Serilda Catherine Smith, was 18. He married Sarah Elizabeth Whalin on 1 June 1882, in Warren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Warren, Kentucky, United States for about 1 years and Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 March 1917, in Warren, Knox, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Mount Zion Church Of Christ Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

James P. Alford
1859–1917
Sarah Elizabeth Whalin
1860–1940
Marriage: 1 June 1882
Elihu Alford
1883–1883
Bertha Lou Alford
1884–1966
Roxa Alford
1886–1904

Sources (9)

  • James P Alford in household of W T Alford, "United States Census, 1870"
  • James P. Alford, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960"
  • James P Alford, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1861

Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

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).

English:

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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