Alpha was born in 1844. She was the daughter of Daniel Withee and Susan Washburn. She married Darius Willard in Solon, Somerset, Maine in 1861. [1] The raised at least four children. She passed away in 1918 and is buried in the Melrose Cemetery in Brockton, Mass. [2]
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6V7-BWN : 22 December 2020), Alpha Withey in household of Daniel, Solon, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQS-1VL : 19 February 2021), Afpha Willard in household of Darius Willard, Madison, Somerset, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 165, sheet 387D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,487.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KZ-SPH : accessed 19 July 2021), Aphia Willard in household of Marshall C Willard, Brockton Ward 4, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1193, sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 611; FHL microfilm 1,374,624.
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