Brief Life History of Lucinda Ellen
When Lucinda Ellen Alford was born on 19 July 1856, in Washington, Kentucky, United States, her father, George M. Alford, was 33 and her mother, Alcy Frances "Fannie" Yocum, was 24. She married John Marion Montgomery on 17 July 1874, in Lincoln, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 29 July 1940, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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- L E Montgomery, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lucinda Alford, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Lucinda E. Montgomery, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1955"
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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.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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