(Published in AAFA ACTION, Sept. 1991, pp. 36-37)
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Source: Mississippi Bible and Cemetery Records, Vol. XXII, Mississippi Genealogical Society.
Title: Bible of Dr. & Mrs. John Franklin Alford
Original Owner: Dr. & Mrs. John Franklin Alford
Address: Copiah County, Mississippi
Present Owner: Mrs. Martha Ann Miller Carnes
Address: 1509 Old Vicksburg Rd., Clinton, Miss. 39056
Published by: The National Publishing Co.
Address: Philadelphia, PA.
Date published: Not given
Copied from original Bible by: Julius M. Alford [AAFA #13]
Address: 330 Sixth St., McComb, Miss. 39648
Date copied: May 31, 1989
Submitted by: Julius M. Alford and Mrs. Lloyd W. Kitchens
Address: 186 N Jackson St., Crystal Springs, Miss. 39059
BIRTHS
John Franklin Alford was borned May 25th A.D. 1843
Francis Marian Alford was borned May 21st. A. D. 1856
Thomas Marvin Alford was borned September 8th A.D. 1879
Mary Ida Alford was borned Feb. 21st A.D. 1882
John Franklin Alford Jr. was borned Aug. 31st A.D. 1884
Marian Earl Alford was borned January 8th A.D. 1887
Warren Grady Alford was borned Sept. 7th 1889
Frank Newton Alford was borned Oct. 5th A.D. 1892
MARRIAGES
Dr. J.F. Alford and Miss Fannie M. Sanders were united in marriage March 7th 1878
DEATHS
Thomas Marvin Alford died October 29th A.D. 1884
Aged five years and twenty-one days
John Franklin Alford M.D. died December 5th A.D. 1892
Aged forty-nine years, 6 months and twenty days
Francis Marian Alford died Feb. 7th 1909
Aged fifty three years
Frank Newton Alford died Oct. 30th 1922
Aged thirty years
John Franklin Alford Jr. died March 25th 1934
Aged 50 years
Marian Earl Alford was born Jan. 8th 1887 and died June 28th 1964
Mary Ida Alford Miller was born Feb. 21, 1882 Died Jan. 7 1971