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AAFA ACTION The Official Publication of the Alford American Family Association Winter 1994 Vol. VI, No. 3 President’s Precept e had a VERY successful meeting this year because of the large turn out of Alfords and their families. Much of the credit for the success of Wthe meeting goes to Sally and Dick Stoewer of Baton Rouge and their Louisiana cohorts. We all want to thank them for the effort and time they spent so we could have a very pleasant meeting. At the banquet on Saturday we had over 125 “Alfords.” Murray Alford had the largest Alford clan there with his wife, children, and grandchildren. Thank you Contents very much, Murray, for bringing your children and grandchildren—they are needed as future members to continue our great organization. Others of us need to give our children and grandchildren knowledge about the Alfords and how President’s Precept 1 AAFA can assist them in obtaining knowledge about their Alford ancestors. State Officers 2 Also, I want to thank the other young couples who were present at our meeting in New Member Lineages 3 St. Francisville. You are the strength of our organization. 1993 Meeting in St. Francisville a Success! 11 Friday’s Genealogy Workshop was a huge success. I have never been to a 1993 AAFA Award Winners 16 Genealogical Workshop that presented so well the numerous sources of informa- tion available to obtain genealogical data. The discussions were backed up with Executive Director’s Memo 17 detailed information, forms, and places to obtain the information, which will be Alfords in the News 20 invaluable to me and many others at the workshop in focusing our efforts in the Odds and Ends 27 right direction. All of the credit for the successful workshop goes to Alicia Illinois “Alford” Marriages 28 Houston, our AAFA Genealogist, and Gil Alford, our Executive Director, for Will of Julius Alford, 1717–1771 30 their great efforts. Those of you who missed the workshop should plan in the Pt. 4: Lucy Stevens – Tressie future to include the Friday workshops as part of your AAFA activities. Bowman Collection 31 The Friday night reception brought Mardi Gras to St. Francisville early. Sally Label It! 32 and her Louisiana cohorts put on quite a show with mannequins dressed in high Background on the Lodwick Alfords 33 fashion Mardi Gras clothes, and they threw lots of beads and trinkets to us as Adventure in Greene Co., GA 34 they danced around the room. They had so many beads and trinkets that I believe Lodwick Alford Sr. in Early Georgia 36 there will be a shortage at the next Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans. Reflections 1994—First Quarter 38 Part 8: Descendants of Alexander The first part of the Saturday morning meeting was spent in a short business meeting with reports from the officers and state representatives. There was a vote Alvord 48 taken for the location of the AAFA meeting for October 1996. The winner was My Priceless Cup 52 Springfield, Missouri. You might want to plan a couple of extra days to include Booklist Additions 53 Branson, Missouri in your 1996 trip. The State of the Data 57 Notes on William Alford and Jack Kinabrew, AAFA Photo Representative, prepared several photo displays of Descendants 58 pictures sent to him for the AAFA files on Alford family pictures. He cautioned us to use a soft lead pencil on marking dates and names on the back of the “Alfords” in 1992 Miss Teen pictures. He also said that Kwick Duplicating Services with their laser printers America Pageant 64 can make good reproductions of your pictures for the AAFA files. Thank you New Addresses and Missing Persons 65 Jack and Eileen Kinabrew for the work setting up the displays and presenting the Index 66 (Continued on p. 47) Page 2 AAFA ACTION Winter 1994 AAFA Officers STATE OFFICERS Alford American Family Association Welcome to FOUR new State Representatives: Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, P.O. Box 1586 and Ohio! And many thanks to outgoing Louisiana Rep Sally Stoewer. Florissant, MO 63031-1586 STATE CHAPTER OFFICERS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Lodwick H. Alford, Chairman MISSISSIPPI TEXAS Benjamin F. Alford Max Ray Alford JULIUS M. ALFORD - Vice-President D. L. ALFORD, JR. - Vice-President D.L. Alford, Jr. Raymond Alford Gilbert K. Alford, Jr. Nancy Alford Dietrich P. O. Box 489, McComb, MS 39648 709 W. Buck St., Caldwell, TX 77836 H. Harold Alford Alicia Roundy Houston James P. Alford Pamela Alford FAYE ALFORD SWAN - Secretary PATRICIA FITE - Secretary Thompson RUBY ALFORD HEARD - Genealogist LUCILLE MEHRKAM - Genealogist Julius M. Alford Doris Alford Vetri GERALD BUCHANAN - Publicist DEANN ALFORD - Publicist PRESIDENT BENJAMIN F. ALFORD, JR. 911 Ivy Court, Wyomissing, PA 19610 STATE REPRESENTATIVES States without chapters VICE-PRESIDENT RAYMOND ALFORD ALABAMA MARYLAND P.O. Box 2061, Kilmarnock, VA 22482 PAUL WARREN ALFORD HENRY G. ALFORD SECRETARY PO Box 5429, Decatur, AL 35601 3611 S. Hanover, Baltimore, MD 21225 MAX RAY ALFORD 427 Wheatridge, Mesquite, TX 75150 ARIZONA MISSOURI JEAN H. BROWN ELLA LANGDON ALFORD TREASURER 10050 Karen Place,Tucson, AZ 85748 P.O. Box 10, Brixey, MO 65618 DORIS ALFORD VETRI 29 Circle Drive, Telford, PA 18969 ARKANSAS NEW YORK GENEALOGIST MARY ALFORD HELMS ROBERT S. BARROWS ALICIA ROUNDY HOUSTON 21 Colony Rd., Little Rock, AR 72207 151 Glenbrook, Rochester, NY 14616 213 McMasters Dr., Monroeville, PA 15146 and LIBRARIAN MARIAN ALFORD HODGES OKLAHOMA NANCY ALFORD DIETRICH 5217 Sherwood, Little Rock, AR 72207 ELROY P. ALFORD, SR. P. O. Box 1838, Westport, WA 98595 4801 Baker St., Spencer, OK 73084 CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR PAMELA ALFORD THOMPSON RODERICK F. BUSH OHIO 1017 Marilyn Dr., Mountain View, CA 94040 5892 Karen Ave., Cypress, CA 90630 WILLIAM P. ALFORD 109 Larkins St., #2, Findlay, OH 45840 PUBLICIST FLORIDA ELIZABETH HAWES HAZLIP WILLIE M. ALFORD PENNSYLVANIA 220 Monticello St., Hazlehurst, MS 39083 3311 33rd Street, Court W BENJAMIN F. ALFORD, JR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Bradenton, FL 34205 911 Ivy Court, Wyomissing, PA 19610 GILBERT K. ALFORD, JR. 1403 Kingsford Dr., Florissant, MO 63031 GEORGIA VIRGINIA All contents Copyright ©1993 by the BETTY ALFORD MCGUGAN W. JOSEPH ALFORD, JR. Alford American Family Association 16 West Lake Dr. 309 Beechmount, Hampton, VA 23669 unless copyrighted by individual St. Simons Island, GA 31522 contributors. ********************* The Alford American Family Association KENTUCKY is a Missouri corporation which has been DEBBIE LOGAN UNITED KINGDOM exempt from federal income tax by the 4162 Kentucky Rt. 825, Denver, KY 41215 JOAN BARTLETT Internal Revenue Service as provided by Fiveways Internal Revenue Code 501 (c7). The LOUISIANA Warfield, NR. Bracknell Association has no paid staff or employees MICHAEL ALFORD Berks. RG12 6DH and depends entirely on volunteer workers. 70280 Jules Waller, Kentwood, LA 70444 Winter 1994 AAFA ACTION Page 3 New Member Lineages This quarter each New Member Lineage has been checked before the ancestor’s reference means some remarks are carefully with the member, incorporating suggested pertinent. They can be found at the end of the lineages changes. The lineages for those who did not respond to the identified by the reference. We need your help in making checking effort were assumed to be correct and are in- these comments as complete and accurate as possible. If you cluded. New members whose lineages do not appear here don’t agree with some of the remarks or can add to them, will probably be in the next issue. please do so. If you know of comments that should be added to an ancestor who has no notes, then please send them. The first two lineages, #584 and #587, were inadvertently omitted from the Summer 1993 issue. Usually the names and addresses of new members are printed in “Welcome New AAFA Members” at the end of This is a new, and hopefully final, format for the display of the quarterly. The names and addresses for the lineages information. By adding a second or third line of information printed below were published in the Fall 1993 issue. To get for each ancestor we are now able to include the birth and back on track, our new members for this quarter will be death data on the spouses. printed with lineages and names and addresses in the next issue. Therefore, there will be no “Welcome New AAFA The surname “ALFORD” is not included. When the Members” in this issue. ancestor used a spelling variation other than “ALFORD” such as “ALVORD”, that variation is shown. Comments and questions about the lineages and footnotes should be addressed to AAFA, POB 1586, Florissant MO Pay particular attention to the footnotes. An asterisk “*” 63031-1586—not to the editor. Membership # and New Member’s Name Pedigree/Reference # Alford: Name Birth Date & Place Death Date & Place Burial City, ST (Alford) Spouse: Name Birth Date & Place Death Date & Place Marriage Date & Place # 584 Louise Dickson Cravens 15 reb791ga REBECCA 17910105 GA GREE 18371005 m. DICKSON, HUGH 17750330 SC 18420722 AR HOTS 18071003 GA GREE 30 JUL747NC JULIUS C. 1747ca NC 18200825 GA GREE _____, GA m. JACKSON, REBECCA 1748ca NC 1825> GA GREE 1773ca NC ???? (see Early Alford Ancestors of Lodwick Alford 1710 VA following the new lineages) # 587 Sandy Elliott 43 ros765ct ROSETTA 17651118 CT HART 183208 MI STJO m. SCHELLHOUS, MARTIN 1787 VT BENN 86* BEN716CT0B BENEDICT 17160829 CT HART 17730430 m. 2 OWEN, REBECCA 17361128 CT HAR? 1831ca OH GEA? 17611218 CT HART 172 * BEN688CT BENEDICT 16880427 CT HART 17640215 CT HART m. WILSON, ABIGAIL 16840303 CT HART 17730430 CT HART 17140114 CT HART 344 JER655CT JEREMIAH 16551224 CT HART 17090606 CT HART m. HOSKINS, JANE 16710403 CT HART 17150519 16710403 CT HART (see Early Alford Ancestors of Benedict Alford 1619 ENGLAND following the new lineages) # 591 Ida Clarkson 1 ida932ny IDA 19321106 NY KING m.