Thomas ALFORD & Keziah CUPP & Mary WILLIAMS & Emaline GAILEY

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Thomas ALFORD
Keziah CUPP
Mary WILLIAMS
Emaline GAILEY

Husband: Thomas ALFORD
Birth: 13 May 1802, Wythe Co., VA
Death: 20 Nov 1892, Linn Co., OR
Disposition: buried Alford Cemetery, Linn Co., OR
Migration: 1831, to Chariton Co., MO; 1850, to OR
Occupation: farmer

Marriage-1: ca. 1821, Claiborne Co., TN

Wife-1: Keziah / Kesiah / Kesia CUPP
Birth: 16 Dec 1802, VA
Death: 10 Aug 1842, Chariton Co., MO
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Jacob CUPP
Mother: Sibby BREEDING

Marriage-2: 20 Dec 1843, Chariton Co., MO

Wife-2: Mary "Polly" WILLIAMS
Birth: ca. 1823
Death: 1850, on the plains traveling west
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m1. Nicholas MANSFIELD ( -1843)
Other Child: one, surnamed MANSFIELD

Marriage-3: 5 Feb 1854, Linn Co., OR

Wife-3: Emaline / Emeline GAILEY
Birth: 1825, IL
Death: 20 Feb 1895
Disposition: buried Alford Cemetery, Linn Co., OR
Occupation: homemaker

Children with Keziah CUPP — born in Claiborne Co., TN:

1. William Thomas ALFORD, b. 22 Apr 1822; d. 5 Nov 1901, Linn Co., OR
2. Russell ALFORD, b. 16 Jan 1824; d. 16 Oct 1882, Linn Co., OR
3. Elizabeth ALFORD, b. 20 Aug 1827; d. 12 Nov 1914, Linn Co., OR
4. (Child) ALFORD, b. 1829; d. by 1830
5. Matilda ALFORD, b. 20 Oct 1831; d. 23 Dec 1886, Jackson Co., OR
6. Albert L. ALFORD, b. 4 May 1833; d. 30 Oct 1921, Jackson Co., OR
7. Minerva ALFORD, b. 15 Apr 1835; d. 15 May 1896, Multnomah Co., OR
8. (Child) ALFORD, b. 1837; d. by 1840
9. Thomas Bertram ALFORD, b. 27 Mar 1839; d. 4 Jun 1912, Lake Co., OR
10. Lucinda ALFORD, b. 11 Dec 1841; d. 12 Nov 1889, Linn Co., OR

Children with Polly WILLIAMS — born in Chariton Co., MO:

11. Calvin ALFORD, b. 1846; d. 1850, Cherry, NE — on the trail
12. James Knox Polk ALFORD, b. 10 Aug 1849; d. 19 Mar 1886, Linn Co., OR

Children with Emaline GAILEY — born in Linn Co., OR:

13. George M. ALFORD, b. 29 Aug 1854; d. 9 Jul 1938, Eugene, Lane Co., OR
14. Isaac Newton ALFORD, b. 29 Jan 1856; d. 20 Apr 1914, Salem, Marion Co., OR
15. Sarah Jane ALFORD, b. Mar 1857; d. 20 Oct 1884, Linn Co., OR
16. Eliza / Liza E. ALFORD, b. 16 Mar 1859; d. 20 Oct 1862; Linn Co., OR
17. Delila A. ALFORD, b. 27 Dec 1861; d. 25 May 1884, Linn Co., OR
18. Susan C. ALFORD, b. 11 Nov 1862; d. 19 Oct 1868, Linn Co., OR

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, US, United States, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia

Sources:

1a. Byron Sistler & Barbara Sistler. 1987. Early East Tennessee Marriages. Byron Sistler & Assoc., Inc., Nashville, TN: not found. Said to include all extant ante-bellum marriage records from eastern Tennessee, including Claiborne Co.

1b. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Missouri Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-227):

Alford, Thomas Mansfield, Mary Dec 20, 1843 Chariton Co.

2. 1830 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #60-61 of 97; official enumeration date 1 Jun 1830; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 TN Claiborne Co. Roll 180 pp. 133B-134A Ln. 22 Thomas ALFORD 020 010 - 100 020 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 5-9 1820-1825 = Russell (b. 1824)
= William (b. 1822)

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = Thomas (b. 1802)

1 female 4 or under 1825-1830 = Elizabeth (b. 1827)

2 females 20-29 1800-1810 = Keziah (b. 1802)
= ?

3. 1840 U.S. Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19-20 of 40; official enumeration began 1 Jun 1840; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 MO Chariton Co. Roll 221 pp. 311A-311B Ln. 19 Thomas Alford 110 211 - 111 001 no slaves 0402000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1835-1840 = Thomas (b. 1839)

1 male 5-9 1830-1835 = Albert (b. 1833)

2 males 15-19 1820-1825 = Russell (b. 1824)
= William (b. 1822)

1 male 20-29 1810-1820 = ?

1 male 30-39 1800-1810 = Thomas (b. 1802)

1 female 4 or under 1835-1840 = Minerva (b. 1835)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Matilda (b. 1831)

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Elizabeth (b. 1827)

1 female 30-39 1800-1810 = Keziah (b. 1802)

4 persons employed in agriculture

2 persons employed in manufactures and trades

4. 1850 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, on the trail.

5. 1860 U.S. Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #27-28 of 156): Harrisburgh P.O., Linn Co., OR, Roll M653_1055, p. 309, PN 27, 210/196, enumerated 29 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):-

Thomas Alford 58 M Farmer 4800 3700 Virginia

Emeline 35 F Ills

James 10 M Mo

George 5 M Ogn

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Isaac Alford 4 M Ogn

Jane 3 F "

Liza 1 F "

Plus three borders not extracted.

6. Alford Cemetery, Linn Co., OR (online at the Linn Genealogical Society web page):

ALFORD, Thomas (b. 1802 - d. 20 NOV 1892) Held DLC [Donation Land Claim]1301 RB Linn Co., Oregon. Married three times: - 1st to Kesia Cupp; - 2nd to Mrs. Polly Wiliams; - 3rd to Emaline Galey. Father of 19 children. (Files of John Miles & Dick Milligan)

ALFORD, Emaline (b. 1825 - d. 20 FEB 1895) (NEE GALEY) Wife of Thomas Alford. Died at age of 76 years.

I have no idea what "Held DLC 1301 RB" means, and they give no explanation; nor do they make it clear what information was on the stone and what has been added (or changed), so nothing here can be relied upon as primary data — except for the fact that Thomas and Emaline are buried there. Emaline was born in 1825, so if she died in 1895, she was 70 years old, not 76. Update: another researcher confirms the unreliability of information at this site.

7. Anon. 1878. Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Linn & Marion Counties, Oregon. Edgar Williams & Co., San Francisco, CA (courtesy of Alicia Roundy Houston):

…page 55, contains a lengthy biography of Thomas Alford. This appears to be written from a personal interview or from information provided by
Thomas because it is mostly accurate. It is this biography that documents Kesia Cupp as a daughter of Jacob Cupp, "a prominent man of his time".

8. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com).

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

10. LDS. Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service: AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).

11. Email from Alicia Roundy Houston.

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