--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Family Group Record 0052 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Husband's Name William David Alford Born: 31 Mar 1835 Place: Alabama Died: 12 May 1923 Place: Murfreesboro, Pike, Arkansas Married: 18 Aug 1870 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Married: 15 May 1859 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Spouse: Mary Ellen Brewer Married 16 Nov 1899 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (B-9) Spouse: Mary (Mollie) A. (unknown) Brewer Father: Madison Ewing Alford Mother: Nancy Jane Orrick --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife's Name Rebecca Ann Sharp Born: 24 Nov 1840 Place: near Greenville, Tennessee Died: 1898 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Father: John Sharp Mother: ....... unknown --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Children --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Sex Name M John Ewing Alford Born: 22 May 1871 Place: near Kirby, Pike, Arkansas Died: 1942 Place: Married: 21 Jul 1897 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (A-227) Spouse: Occo Mauney --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sex Name M Thomas Franklin Alford Born: 13 Mar 1874 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: 1954 Place: Married: 11 Apr 1899 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (A-382) Spouse: Eletha J. Davis --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Sex Name M Robert Newton Alford Born: 03 Nov 1877 Place: Pike County, Arkansas Died: Place: McClain County, Oklahoma Married: 06 Oct 1901 Place: Pike County, Arkansas (B-243) Spouse: Ollie Leolia Power --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources of Information: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, (The Goodspeed Publishing Company: Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis), 1890, Pike County, page 314; William David Alford Bible notations, Emily Darnell, Murfreesboro, Arkansas (07 Apr 1982); Census Records: Pike County, Arkansas 1880, 1900; Descendants of Robert Alford, An Arkansas Connection, internet page, Morris Meyers (24 Jan 2000); Pike County, Arkansas Marriage Book A, page 227, 382; Book B, page 9, 243; Centennial History of Arkansas, Dallas, T. Herndon, Volume 3, page 114-115; Annals of Arkansas, page 1710-1711. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update 03.08.00 David Kelley 2000 FGR-0052.HTM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------