Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Wolford, Daniel
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DANIEL WOLFORD, a thriving agriculturist of Harrison 
township, Pa., is well known as a loyal citizen who served 
his country in her hour of need as a soldier in the Civil 
War.  He was born June 13, 1841, in Londonderry, Bedford 
County, this State, the birthplace of his parents, Adam F. 
and Elizabeth (May) Wolford.
  Adam F. Wolford passed the greater part of his active life 
in Londonderry township.  Energetic and industrious, he was 
accounted a worthy representative of the self-made men of 
his time.  From his youth until his decease in August, 1894, 
he took interest in the improvement and advancement of the 
locality in which he lived.  He was an active member of the 
Republican party and of the United Evangelical church, with 
which he was connected for years.  Of the children born of 
his union with Miss May, the following-named survive: 
Daniel, the subject of this sketch; Frederick, of 
Londonderry, Pa.; Levi, also of that town; Mary, wife of 
John Stauffer, of Londonderry; John H., of the same 
township; and Phoebe, wife of John L. Says, of West 
Virginia.
  Daniel Wolford was bred and educated in Londonderry.  In 
August, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Company F, One 
Hundred and Thirty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 
which became a part of the Army of the Potomac, and 
participated in the battles of Locust Grove, Winchester, 
Cedar Creek, Lookout Mountain, Fisher's Hill, Sailor's 
Creek, and in many other engagements of less note.  On 
receiving his discharge from the service in June, 1865, Mr. 
Wolford resided for a short time in Londonderry, thence he 
moved to Napier.  A few years later he accepted a position 
in a tannery at Mann's Choice, Pa., in which he was employed 
until 1880.  Coming then to Harrison, he purchased his 
present farm in the southern part of the town, where he has 
since been successfully engaged in the pursuit of 
agriculture.  He has a well-equipped estate, on which he is 
constantly making improvements of an excellent character.  
Politically, he is a stanch supporter of the Republican 
party; and religiously, he is an active member of the United 
Evangelical church.
  Mr. Wolford married Miss Sarah C. Bender, of Somerset 
County, Pennsylvania.  They are the parents of nine 
children, namely: Howard H.; Ida, wife of John Madden; 
Myrtle, wife of Samuel Close; Mrs. Annie Thompson; Amanda, 
wife of John Valentine; Alice, wife of Irvin Weimer; Rennie; 
Jennie; and Bessie.



Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa