William Alvord (1804 - abt. 1884)

Born 25 Jun 1804 in Homer, Onondaga County, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Doubleday) Alvord — married 30 Sep 1832 in Scott, Cortland County, New York, United States

Died about 29 Aug 1884 at about age 80 in Scott, Cortland County, New York, United States

Biography

William Alvord was born 25 Jun 1804 in Homer, New York. He was the fifth child of Charles Alvord and Eunice Leaming.

He married 30 Sep 1832 @ Scott, New York, Lydia (Doubleday) Alvord (1808-1886) [b. 6 Nov 1808 @ Lebanon, Connecticut, daughter of Silas & Lucy (Dean) Doubleday; d. 2 Oct 1886 @ Homer, NY]. They had 4 children:

1. William Harley Alvord, b. 21 Oct 1833 @ Homer, New York; married Jennie L. Peck
2. Eunice Lodemia Alvord, b. 24 Jul 1835; married Job Bennett Clarke
3. Shubel Lansing Alvord, b. 23 Oct 1838 - 1889
4. Mary Eliza Alvord, b. 4 Jan 1845 - 1933

This was a farming family, recorded in census records from Scott Township, Cortland County, New York ^[1],^[2],^[3]. At the 1865 New York State census, William and Lydia (possibly nicknamed Sally) had their daughter Mary E. (Alvord) Mills and her husband Andrew J. Mills living with them ^[4]. By 1870, an additional child, Clara Mills, age 4, possibly a daughter of Mary, had joined the family ^[5].

William Alvord died 29 Aug 1884 in Scott, New York. His grave is in Atwater Cemetery, Homer, Cortland County, New York, USA ^[6].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCY9-WRV : 23 December 2020), William Ho*, Scott, Cortland, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6QH-BSK : 3 March 2021), William Alvard, Scott, Cortland, New York, United States; citing p. , line #3, family #145, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 843,780.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC7X-HGP : 18 February 2021), Wm Alvord, 1860.
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNJ-73DN : 8 March 2021), Wm Atwood, , Scott, Cortland, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 33, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8FV-GMF : 29 May 2021), William Alvord, 1870.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #82234815

• Alvord, Samuel Morgan, A genealogy of the descendants of Alexander Alvord, an early settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass, page 169; p. 326