Born
11 October 1807, John Seaborn ALFORD & Seaborn John ALFORD were twin
brothers born in North Carolina, sons of Julius & Lucy (Newton) Alford. John
Seaborn Alford stayed in Washington Parish, LA where he married Margaret
Brumfield. They were the parents of 16 children. Seaborn John Alford moved to
Pike County, MS. He married twice and fathered 13 children, the last when he
was almost 70 years old.
I love the names of these twins, my third great grand uncles, but it makes it a bit harder to research them without confusing them!
John
Seaborn Alford
1834
married: Margaret
Brumfield #24, b. Feb 9 1819, Pike Co., MS, (daughter of Willis Brumfield &
Virginia Nancy Holmes) d. Sep 8 1885, Washington Pa., LA, buried: Alford
Cemetery, Washington Pa., LA
1840. He was enumerated in 1840
Washington Parish with two sons and a daughter.
1850. In 1850 Washington Parish he
was enumerated as John Olford 40 LA with wife M. 35 LA. Children were: Madison 13, Marshall 12 and
Jane 11 who were probably those in 1840.
Other children were Emily 10, Sarah 9, Seaborn 8, S. (f) 7, Willis 5,
Isaac 4 and John 1. He was a farmer with
$1500 property.
In the
1850 agricultural census John Alford was listed with 40 acres improved land and
600 unimproved- $300 cash value of the farm.
His farming implements and machinery were worth $100. He had 3 horses, 4 working oxen, 30 other
cattle, 50 swine with total value of livestock being $450. He had 250 bushels of Indian corn, 50 bushels
of oats, 800 pounds of rice, 3 bales of ginned cotton weighing 400 pounds each,
and 100 bushels of sweet potatoes.
1860. John was a farmer in
Pallestine, Washington, LA. He and Margaret with children ranging from 21 to 1
year old.
1870. John, age 62, a farmer in
Washington, LA. Margaret was 50. 12 children at home. 3 sons helping on the
farm.
1880. John Alford, 73 and Margaret,
61 living with 4 of their children in Washington, LA.
Land. June 1, 1858 he purchased 118
acres, section 7, township 1S, range 7E, from the federal land office in
Greensburg. On June 6 of that year he
purchased 57 acres section 17, township 1S, range 10E and 37 acres section 18,
township 1S, range10E . May 10 1861 he
purchased 22 more acres in section 17.
December 20, 1884 he purchased 81 acres, from the New Orleans land
office, in sections 18 & 19, township 1S, range 10E.
Death. John died Nov 15 1891,
Washington Pa., LA, buried: Alford Cemetery, Washington Pa., LA. John Seaborn
Alford is buried on property that was his farm.
Children:
1.
Madison Alford b. 1837 LA
2.
Frances Jane Alford b. Aug 20 1838 LA
3. Thomas Marshall Alford b 29 Sept 1839 LA
4. Emily
S Alford b 27 August 1841
LA
5. Sarah E Alford b 11 October 1842 LA
6. Seaborn
Lochran Alford b 19 May 1844 LA
7. Martha
Alford b 1845 LA
8. Willis Jacob Alford b 30 May 1847
9. Isaac E Alford b.
September 1848 LA
10. John
Griffin b 20 March 1850 LA
11. Mary
Alford b 25 March 1852 LA
12.
Lavesta Alford b 1854 LA
13. Jesse
B Alford b 29 December 1855 LA
14. Hugh
Ginn Alford b4 May 1857 LA
15. Cynthia
Elizabeth Alford b 20 December 1858 LA
16.
Jeptha Martin Alford b 22 July 1862
Seaborn
John Alford
1 married
Dec 29 1831, in Pike Co., MS, Mary Catherine Felder b. Sep 23 1813, Pike Co., MS, (daughter of
Peter John Felder & Elizabeth Sandell d. Nov 23 1860, Pike Co., MS, buried:
John Felder Mem., Pike Co., MS
2 married Dec 8
1864, in Amite Co., MS, Mary Sessions Kirk, b. Jan 29 1836, Tennessee, d. Sep 1 1887, Pike Co., MS, buried: John Felder
Mem., Pike Co., MS. Mary Kirk: Mary had
one daughter by a previous marriage to Rev Daniel M. Wadsworth. She and Seaborn
John had their last child when he was 69 years of age.
1840. Moved
to Pike Co MS
1850. Seaborn
Alford was a farmer in Pike, MS with wife Mary and five children.
1860.
Seaborn Alford, 53, a farmer in Holmesville, Pike, MS. Wife, Mary, 46. One son
at home.
1870.
Seaborn Alford, 64, a farmer in Summitt, Pike, MS. With wife Mary, 30 & her
daughter.
1880.
Seaborn Alford, 73 in Summitt, Pike, MS. With wife, Mary and 6 children.
Death. Seaborn died Feb 7 1884, Pike
Co., MS, buried: John Felder Mem., Pike Co., MS.
Children by
Mary Catherine Felder:
1 Leander Raiford Alford [male] b 17 December 1832 MS
2 Martha
Ann Alford b 23
February 1834 MS
3 John
Wesley Alford b25 June 1836 MS
4 Sophia
E Alford b20 April 1842 MS
5 Barnabas
Seaborn Alford b 24 December 1845 MS
6 Simon
B Alford b 1846
7 Charles
C Alford b 1850
Children with Mary Sessions Kirk:
1 Emma
B Alford b 1865 MS
2 Thomas Seaborn Alford b 1867 MS
3 Samuel Neaman Alford b 6 May 1870 MS
4 Needham
Nugent Alford b2 March 1872 MS
5 William
Emmett Alford b 1874 MS
6 Mary
D Alford b 1877 MS
Thanks to The Alford American Family Association for their extensive Alford resources.
