Obituary of JEANETT E ALFORD
Transcribed and contributed by Gerri Williams, 15 May 2006.
The Pleasanton Herald (Pleasanton, KS)
Friday, May 24, 1889 (in part)
Obituary – Alford – On Sunday, May 10, at 9 o’clock a.m., Mrs. Jeannett E. Alford, passed from this world of sorrow and pain to her rest in Heaven.
Jeannett Alford was born in Peru, Clinton county, New York in October 1833. When she was three years old her parents moved to Kendall county, Ill., where she married C. H. Tucker in 1854. In 1858 she removed with her husband to Linn county, Ks., where they resided on a farm near Hail (Hall?) Ridge till 1866; they then removed to Mound City, where Mr. Tucker engaged in the mercantile business with his brother, E.M. Tucker. They remained here until 1869, when they moved to Pleasanton. In 1876, her husband died. She remained a widow until 1888, when she was united in marriage in July to Frank Alford, of Kendell Co. Illinois, where she went with her husband and remained until death. Mrs. Alford had been ailing for some time but was not thought dangerous until a short time before her death. She leaves a husband and three daughters, Fannie, Minnie and Alice Tucker to mourn the loss of a true wife and kind and loving mother.
The remains were shipped to Pleasanton for burial and arrived here Tuesday evening. After services at the M.E. church Wednesday at 9 o’clock a.m. all that was mortal of this exemplary woman was interred in the Pleasanton cemetery.
