Biographies and Obituaries
In loving memory
James Alford
James and Hannah Baker Alford,In 1816, the year that Indiana became a state, James Alford resided in Wytheville, Wythe County, Virginia. There he associated himself with a man by the name of Reeder and the family of each occupying the same wagon moved westward. James Alford (called Captain by his friends) and Hannah Baker Alford first settled on the south bank of the White River at Portersville, Dubois County. After a few years they moved northward about 5 miles to a two story hewed log house. This was the first building in what was to be Alfordsville. He gave the land for the first Christian Church, which most of the Alfords attended in Reeve township, Daviess County, Indiana. He also gave the land for the first school house in Reeve Township.
Hannah (Baker) Alford moved to Chautauqua County, Kansas, with her granddaughter, Orlena Harris Alford and her husband William H. Alford. James Alford had died in 1861 in Daviess County and is buried in the Christian Cemetery at Alfordvsille, Indiana. Hannah was Presbyterian, having a strong religious faith. She was a descandant of ancestors who lived in the highlands of Scotland, migrated to Ireland and were known as Scotch-Irish. After James died, Hannah moved to Chautaugua County, Kansas, and lived with her granddaughter Orlena Harris and William A. Alford.
Contributed by: Michele