Matthew Wesley Alford

Brief Life History of Matthew Wesley

When Matthew Wesley Alford was born on 11 December 1882, in Alexandria, Campbell, Kentucky, United States, his father, James Henry Alford, was 43 and his mother, Charlotte Hulley, was 35. He married Pearl Kelley on 18 February 1906, in Benton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Grant Township, Benton, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Monroe Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 18 September 1956, in Farmland, Monroe Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Maxville, White River Township, Randolph, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Matthew Wesley Alford
1882–1956
Pearl Kelley
1885–1969
Marriage: 18 February 1906
Evylan Alford
1907–
Leatha Deloris Alford
1913–1996

Sources (32)

  • Mat Alfords, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940
  • Matt Alford, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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