Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Alvord, John M. October 11, 1835 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nan Starjak naela@earthlink.net December 1, 2007, 9:53 am Author: Hardin & Willard Alvord, John M., Frankfort, was born in Frankfort October 11, 1835, he being one of three children of Joseph M. and Desire (Hakes) Alvord, of Frankfort. His grandfather, Medad Alvord, was born in Connecticut, and came to New York State when quite a young man. Desire Hakes, the mother, was a daughter of John and Catherine Hakes, of Little Falls. He married Eliza Elmer, of Sauquoit, by whom he had three children: Mary L. (Mrs. David F. Davis), Rosa D. (Mrs. Edward Brigham), and Harriet C. (Mrs. Robert Salisbury), their mother dying when they were young. He subsequently married Angeline Woodbridge, of Gulph, Frankfort. He has always lived in Frankfort, running his farm as a dairy. He has been postmaster of Gulph post-office since the office was first established six years ago. Additional Comments: History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of its citizens edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893 550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.org/ny/herkimer/bios/alvord172gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nyfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb