Thomas Franklin Williford (abt. 1850 - aft. 1870)

Born about 1850 in Bond County, Illinois

Ancestors

Died after 1870 after about age 20 in Illinois

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Biography

Thomas Franklin, or Frank as he preferred, was born in March of April of 1850, the son of James Madison and Fanny (White) Williford, in Bond County, Illinois, where he was raised.

There are three U.S. Census records that Frank appears in with his parents. In 1850 he is listed as 3/12 under the category of age, or he was three months old. In 1860 Frank was 10 years old and going to school. By 1870, Frank was 20 years old and working as a dry goods clerk in Greensville, Illinois.

No more records can be found.

Sources

• 1850 Federal Census Bond County, Illinois (File 2 of 7) [1]

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M85N-94R : Sun Jun 25 14:02:18 UTC 2023), Entry for James W Nilliford and Fanny M Nilliford, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4K-H39 : 30 December 2015), Franklin Willerford in entry for Jams M Willerford, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M64C-WQW : 17 October 2014), Frank Willeford in household of James M Willeford, Illinois, United States; citing p. 5, family 39, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,687.