Private, Company F, 11th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Roberts'), CSA
Confederate Pension Applications # 16522 and # 39193
Son of Sylvia Anna Hodges and Isham Alford
Husband of Nancy J. "Nannie" Land
Allen Josiah Alford came to Texas in 1854. He married Nannie Land on January 5, 1871, and they moved to Shelby County from Sabine County about 1888. Mr. Alford died suddenly at his home in the Sanders addition. Survivors included his wife; children: B. M. Alford, Shelby County clerk; Mrs. Sam Watson and Mrs. E. A. Doggett of the Joaquin community; Mrs. T. H. Brittain of Center; Mrs. Floyd Swanzy of Shelbyville; and Mrs. J. N. Combs of Kountze.
Sources:
Obituary, The Champion, July 25, 1923, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:240.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, Shelby County, Texas.
Nannie L Alford, Confederate Widow Pension Application, Texas State Library and Archives, online.
Confederate Pension Applications # 16522 and # 39193
Son of Sylvia Anna Hodges and Isham Alford
Husband of Nancy J. "Nannie" Land
Allen Josiah Alford came to Texas in 1854. He married Nannie Land on January 5, 1871, and they moved to Shelby County from Sabine County about 1888. Mr. Alford died suddenly at his home in the Sanders addition. Survivors included his wife; children: B. M. Alford, Shelby County clerk; Mrs. Sam Watson and Mrs. E. A. Doggett of the Joaquin community; Mrs. T. H. Brittain of Center; Mrs. Floyd Swanzy of Shelbyville; and Mrs. J. N. Combs of Kountze.
Sources:
Obituary, The Champion, July 25, 1923, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:240.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, Shelby County, Texas.
Nannie L Alford, Confederate Widow Pension Application, Texas State Library and Archives, online.
Private, Company F, 11th Regiment, Texas Infantry (Roberts'), CSA
Confederate Pension Applications # 16522 and # 39193
Son of Sylvia Anna Hodges and Isham Alford
Husband of Nancy J. "Nannie" Land
Allen Josiah Alford came to Texas in 1854. He married Nannie Land on January 5, 1871, and they moved to Shelby County from Sabine County about 1888. Mr. Alford died suddenly at his home in the Sanders addition. Survivors included his wife; children: B. M. Alford, Shelby County clerk; Mrs. Sam Watson and Mrs. E. A. Doggett of the Joaquin community; Mrs. T. H. Brittain of Center; Mrs. Floyd Swanzy of Shelbyville; and Mrs. J. N. Combs of Kountze.
Sources:
Obituary, The Champion, July 25, 1923, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:240.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, Shelby County, Texas.
Nannie L Alford, Confederate Widow Pension Application, Texas State Library and Archives, online.
Confederate Pension Applications # 16522 and # 39193
Son of Sylvia Anna Hodges and Isham Alford
Husband of Nancy J. "Nannie" Land
Allen Josiah Alford came to Texas in 1854. He married Nannie Land on January 5, 1871, and they moved to Shelby County from Sabine County about 1888. Mr. Alford died suddenly at his home in the Sanders addition. Survivors included his wife; children: B. M. Alford, Shelby County clerk; Mrs. Sam Watson and Mrs. E. A. Doggett of the Joaquin community; Mrs. T. H. Brittain of Center; Mrs. Floyd Swanzy of Shelbyville; and Mrs. J. N. Combs of Kountze.
Sources:
Obituary, The Champion, July 25, 1923, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:240.
Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, Shelby County, Texas.
Nannie L Alford, Confederate Widow Pension Application, Texas State Library and Archives, online.
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