Carlos Alford

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Peoria County, 1902
Transcribed by Diane Minor!

Farmer; born in Hartford County, Connecticut, March 4, 1817; received a common school education. His father, Moses Alford, a native of the same State, was a soldier in the War of 1812. Carlos Alford was married in Knox County, Illinois in 1853 to Mrs. Rebecca (Smith) Wisenburg and they had three children: Sarah E., deceased; Roswell J. and Charles. Mrs. Alford married her first husband Louis Wisenburg in Knox County in 1840. They had one son William who resides in Section 2 Princeville Township. Charles is a farmer; he married Celia Young and they have six children living: Ira J., Bessie M., Ralph J., Nellie and Della A.; Roswell J resides on the home farm. On January 29, 1890 he married Mrs. Katie Burkhart formerly of London, Ohio. They had two children: Katie E., deceased, and V. Lester. Carlos Alford has resided in Illinois sixty-two years. He is a Republican. The ancestry of his family is mixed English, German and Dutch.

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