Known Descendants of Clinton Alford - Alford American Family ...

8children: Giles Bowers Vaughn (10/27/1870-2/6/1916 / b. Holmes County, Fla. / m. Vitrell C. Matthews),Mary Vaughan (9/27/1872-7/31/1910 / b. Walton County / m. J.P. Cowan), Fenner Vaughan (11/3/1877-10/3/1912 / d. in Cottondale, Fla. (Washington County), Millard Alford Vaughan (4/14/1883-2/14/1913 /m. Nellie ? - 3/18/1888-10/26/1972), Oscar Vaughan (1/13/1881-12/27/1961 / m. Mary Etna Howell),Alma Camilla Vaughan (1/1/1890-7/1968 / m. John Thomas Edwards 1905 / buried Kabrich Cemetery inArcadia, Fla.), Margaret "Maggie" Vaughan (12/1875-aft 1900), and Henry Vaughan. Tommie Lee PettyMcNair, a descendent of Emma, through her son Giles Bowers Vaughan, is currently helping research thisfamily.Children:+ 48. i Giles Bowers Vaughan #8768 b. 27 Oct 1870.49. ii Mary Vaughan #8854 b. 27 Sep 1872, Holmes County, Fla., m. J.P. Cowan #8855, b.Unknown, d. Unknown. Mary died 31 Jul 1910, Unknown.50. iii Fenner Vaughan #8856 b. 3 Nov 1877, Holmes County, Fla., m. _____ Unknown #8857.Fenner died 3 Oct 1912, Washington County, Fla. (Cottondale).51. iv Oscar Vaughan #8860 b. 13 Jan 1881, Holmes County, Fla., m. Mary Etna Howell #8861,b. 26 Jan 1882, Unknown, d. 19 Feb 1949, Unknown. Oscar died 27 Dec 1961, Unknown.52. v Millard A. Vaughan #8858 b. 14 Apr 1883, Holmes County, Fla., m. Nellie ?? #8859, b. 18Mar 1888, Unknown, d. 26 Oct 1972, Unknown. Millard died 14 Feb 1913, Unknown.53. vi Alma Vaughan #8862.54. vii Margaret Vaughan #8863.55. viii Henry Vaughan #8864.11. Alice Booney Alford #1111 (2.William 2 , 1.Clinton 1 ) b. 10 Mar 1854, Coosa County, Alabama, m. DanielSmith #6525, b. 16 Jan 1852, Holmes County, Florida, d. 22 Jan 1935, Liberty County, Florida, buried: 24Jan 1935, Lake Mystic Cemetery in Liberty, Florida. Alice died 26 May 1936, Liberty County, Florida,buried: 29 May 1936, Lake Mystic Cemetery in Liberty, Florida. Alice Booney Alford, daughter ofWilliam Henry Alford, was born on March 10, 1854 in Coosa County, Alabama. She spent most of herchildhood years in Pike County, Alabama, however, in 1868 she moved to Walton County, Florida(Limestone) with her parents. In 1870 she is shown living at home with her parents. In about 1872, Alice,a literate woman, married Daniel Smith (1/16/1852-1/22/1935) in Holmes County. They set up theirhomestead in the Sandy Creek area of Holmes County immediately after marriage. In 1880 (federalcensus) the couple still lived in the Sandy Creek area of Holmes County, not far from her sister, Emma,and her father William Henry Alford. Her cousin Jane Alford Tadlock and her husband Benjamin livedtwo houses away. In 1885 (state census), Alice and Daniel Smith were living next door to WilliamLafayette Alford, Alice's brother, who had taken over his father's land. William Henry Alford had gone toLake Defuniak in Walton County around 1882. From 1881 to 1885 Alice's husband, Daniel Smith, wasthe clerk at New Hope Baptist Church in Holmes County, serving for a while under his father-in-law,William Henry Alford, the pastor. Sometime in the early 1890s (after their last child was born), the familymoved to Bristol, Florida (Liberty County), just southeast of Holmes County. In 1900 (Federal Census)they were shown living in Bristol, where they lived the rest of their lives. Daniel died in 1935 and"Booney" died a year later, on May 26, 1936. They are buried at Lake Mystic Cemetery just south ofBristol. "Booney" and Daniel Smith had the following children: Mary L. Smith (1873-unknown / b.Holmes County), Daniel Matthew Smith (9/6/1875-6/27/1898 / b. Holmes County / d. Liberty County),Mahala F. Smith (4/15/1878-12/4/1959 / b. Holmes County d. Liberty County / m. 11/17/1899 HenryMitch Strickland), Alice Serena Smith (2/9/1880-10/18/1927 / b. Holmes County / m. 12/30/1901Augustus Benton / died Liberty County), Nettie E. Smith (3/6/1885-4/24/1963 / m. W.A. Preacher / b.Holmes County d. Liberty County), Ellen Genora Smith (2/1888-1943 / b. Holmes County / m. 9/22/1913Jacob Oscar Colvin / d. Liberty County), and Gypsy L. Smith (5/8/1889-12/1979 / b. Holmes County d.Polk County, Fla. / m. ? Crowder).Children: