Date of Interment: 5/1/1925
His siblings were Alice (b. 1880), William R. (b. 1885), Kenneth W. (b. 1895), and Donald C. (b. 1897).
In 1920 Thomas and his family were living at 324 Park Place in Brooklyn.
OBITUARY:
SUFFOLK COUNTY NEWS
Sayville, Suffolk Co., NY—Friday, 1 May 1925
THOMAS K. ALFORD DIED ON WEDNESDAY
PRESIDENT OF SAYVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SUCCUMBED TO LONG ILLNESS
GAINED COMMAND RANK IN NATIONAL GUARD—ADJUTANT OF 14TH REGT. DURING WAR—ACTIVE MAN OF AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN AND SAYVILLE.
After nearly four years, during which he and his family made a valiant fight for his health and his life, Thomas K. Alford died just before 11 o'clock on Wednesday night at his home on Candee avenue.
Mr. Alford was born in Brooklyn 47 years ago, a son of William M. Alford and Maria Russell and following his education in Erasmus Hall he went into the silk business. Until he became ill, he was associated with his father and brothers, William M. Alford & Sons, well-known Manhattan silk house, for years. He and his family had been summer residents in Sayville and four years ago they built an attractive home on Candee avenue.
Soon afterwards Mr. Alford underwent several critical operations and since that time he had been suffering from a complication of troubles which brought on a steady decline in his health.
During his Brooklyn residence he was a prominent member of the Riding and Driving Club and of Troop C. He was always a lover of fine horseflesh and for a time kept several horses here. He also retained membership in the Montauk Club and during the war was Senior Captain and Adjutant of the 14th Regiment. In Sayville he became a member of the Country Club and since the organization of the Sayville Chamber of Commerce he had been its president. So long as his health permitted, he gave of himself whole-heartedly to the interests of the organization. When he would have resigned, the membership insisted that he retain his position.
Twenty years ago he married Miss Agnes McCosker, of Brooklyn, who survives him as do four daughters, Hope, Marjorie, Virginia and Eileen, his father, William M. Alford, a sister, Mrs. W.W. Stephenson, and three brothers, Donald, Kenneth and William R., of Brooklyn.
Private funeral services are being held at three o'clock this afternoon at the grave in Greenwood cemetery, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. John F. Carson, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, who was a warm friend of Mr. Alford.
His siblings were Alice (b. 1880), William R. (b. 1885), Kenneth W. (b. 1895), and Donald C. (b. 1897).
In 1920 Thomas and his family were living at 324 Park Place in Brooklyn.
OBITUARY:
SUFFOLK COUNTY NEWS
Sayville, Suffolk Co., NY—Friday, 1 May 1925
THOMAS K. ALFORD DIED ON WEDNESDAY
PRESIDENT OF SAYVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SUCCUMBED TO LONG ILLNESS
GAINED COMMAND RANK IN NATIONAL GUARD—ADJUTANT OF 14TH REGT. DURING WAR—ACTIVE MAN OF AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN AND SAYVILLE.
After nearly four years, during which he and his family made a valiant fight for his health and his life, Thomas K. Alford died just before 11 o'clock on Wednesday night at his home on Candee avenue.
Mr. Alford was born in Brooklyn 47 years ago, a son of William M. Alford and Maria Russell and following his education in Erasmus Hall he went into the silk business. Until he became ill, he was associated with his father and brothers, William M. Alford & Sons, well-known Manhattan silk house, for years. He and his family had been summer residents in Sayville and four years ago they built an attractive home on Candee avenue.
Soon afterwards Mr. Alford underwent several critical operations and since that time he had been suffering from a complication of troubles which brought on a steady decline in his health.
During his Brooklyn residence he was a prominent member of the Riding and Driving Club and of Troop C. He was always a lover of fine horseflesh and for a time kept several horses here. He also retained membership in the Montauk Club and during the war was Senior Captain and Adjutant of the 14th Regiment. In Sayville he became a member of the Country Club and since the organization of the Sayville Chamber of Commerce he had been its president. So long as his health permitted, he gave of himself whole-heartedly to the interests of the organization. When he would have resigned, the membership insisted that he retain his position.
Twenty years ago he married Miss Agnes McCosker, of Brooklyn, who survives him as do four daughters, Hope, Marjorie, Virginia and Eileen, his father, William M. Alford, a sister, Mrs. W.W. Stephenson, and three brothers, Donald, Kenneth and William R., of Brooklyn.
Private funeral services are being held at three o'clock this afternoon at the grave in Greenwood cemetery, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. John F. Carson, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, who was a warm friend of Mr. Alford.
Date of Interment: 5/1/1925
His siblings were Alice (b. 1880), William R. (b. 1885), Kenneth W. (b. 1895), and Donald C. (b. 1897).
In 1920 Thomas and his family were living at 324 Park Place in Brooklyn.
OBITUARY:
SUFFOLK COUNTY NEWS
Sayville, Suffolk Co., NY—Friday, 1 May 1925
THOMAS K. ALFORD DIED ON WEDNESDAY
PRESIDENT OF SAYVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SUCCUMBED TO LONG ILLNESS
GAINED COMMAND RANK IN NATIONAL GUARD—ADJUTANT OF 14TH REGT. DURING WAR—ACTIVE MAN OF AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN AND SAYVILLE.
After nearly four years, during which he and his family made a valiant fight for his health and his life, Thomas K. Alford died just before 11 o'clock on Wednesday night at his home on Candee avenue.
Mr. Alford was born in Brooklyn 47 years ago, a son of William M. Alford and Maria Russell and following his education in Erasmus Hall he went into the silk business. Until he became ill, he was associated with his father and brothers, William M. Alford & Sons, well-known Manhattan silk house, for years. He and his family had been summer residents in Sayville and four years ago they built an attractive home on Candee avenue.
Soon afterwards Mr. Alford underwent several critical operations and since that time he had been suffering from a complication of troubles which brought on a steady decline in his health.
During his Brooklyn residence he was a prominent member of the Riding and Driving Club and of Troop C. He was always a lover of fine horseflesh and for a time kept several horses here. He also retained membership in the Montauk Club and during the war was Senior Captain and Adjutant of the 14th Regiment. In Sayville he became a member of the Country Club and since the organization of the Sayville Chamber of Commerce he had been its president. So long as his health permitted, he gave of himself whole-heartedly to the interests of the organization. When he would have resigned, the membership insisted that he retain his position.
Twenty years ago he married Miss Agnes McCosker, of Brooklyn, who survives him as do four daughters, Hope, Marjorie, Virginia and Eileen, his father, William M. Alford, a sister, Mrs. W.W. Stephenson, and three brothers, Donald, Kenneth and William R., of Brooklyn.
Private funeral services are being held at three o'clock this afternoon at the grave in Greenwood cemetery, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. John F. Carson, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, who was a warm friend of Mr. Alford.
His siblings were Alice (b. 1880), William R. (b. 1885), Kenneth W. (b. 1895), and Donald C. (b. 1897).
In 1920 Thomas and his family were living at 324 Park Place in Brooklyn.
OBITUARY:
SUFFOLK COUNTY NEWS
Sayville, Suffolk Co., NY—Friday, 1 May 1925
THOMAS K. ALFORD DIED ON WEDNESDAY
PRESIDENT OF SAYVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
SUCCUMBED TO LONG ILLNESS
GAINED COMMAND RANK IN NATIONAL GUARD—ADJUTANT OF 14TH REGT. DURING WAR—ACTIVE MAN OF AFFAIRS IN BROOKLYN AND SAYVILLE.
After nearly four years, during which he and his family made a valiant fight for his health and his life, Thomas K. Alford died just before 11 o'clock on Wednesday night at his home on Candee avenue.
Mr. Alford was born in Brooklyn 47 years ago, a son of William M. Alford and Maria Russell and following his education in Erasmus Hall he went into the silk business. Until he became ill, he was associated with his father and brothers, William M. Alford & Sons, well-known Manhattan silk house, for years. He and his family had been summer residents in Sayville and four years ago they built an attractive home on Candee avenue.
Soon afterwards Mr. Alford underwent several critical operations and since that time he had been suffering from a complication of troubles which brought on a steady decline in his health.
During his Brooklyn residence he was a prominent member of the Riding and Driving Club and of Troop C. He was always a lover of fine horseflesh and for a time kept several horses here. He also retained membership in the Montauk Club and during the war was Senior Captain and Adjutant of the 14th Regiment. In Sayville he became a member of the Country Club and since the organization of the Sayville Chamber of Commerce he had been its president. So long as his health permitted, he gave of himself whole-heartedly to the interests of the organization. When he would have resigned, the membership insisted that he retain his position.
Twenty years ago he married Miss Agnes McCosker, of Brooklyn, who survives him as do four daughters, Hope, Marjorie, Virginia and Eileen, his father, William M. Alford, a sister, Mrs. W.W. Stephenson, and three brothers, Donald, Kenneth and William R., of Brooklyn.
Private funeral services are being held at three o'clock this afternoon at the grave in Greenwood cemetery, the officiating clergyman being the Rev. John F. Carson, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, who was a warm friend of Mr. Alford.
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