Civil War Service - He enlisted in Company I, Connecticut 16th Infantry Regiment on 24 Aug 1862. He was mustered out on 02 Feb 1863, probably for disability. On ? 18 1863 he applied for an invalid's pension which was approved - Cert # 14784. On May 16 1908 his wife applied for a widow's pension which was approved - Cert # 651598
He married Lucy Ruth Case about 1867 and they had 3 children.
Obituary:
DAILY COURANT
Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
Thursday, 12 March 1908
Franklin Mills Alford of Avon died early yesterday morning [March 11] at No. 110 North Beacon street in this city, where he was spending the winter. He had been in poor health for a long time but was not confined to his bed until Sunday.
Mr. Alford was a son of Daniel Alford of Avon and Emira Mills of Canton and was born at. Avon, October 15, 1840, being one of a family of eight children, none of whom now survive.
Mr. Alford attended the common schools and the Collinsville High School.
In August, 1862, Mr. Alford enlisted in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment C.V. and with that regiment was hurried to the front to take part in the bloody battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg; in the thick of the fight in the famous cornfield he received a bullet wound in the right leg and lay unconscious, but later crawled from the field with the aid of a comrade. Several months after he was discharged for disability, but never fully recovered from the wound received. After the war he held a commission as lieutenant in the Connecticut militia.
Mr. Alford never sought public office, but as a young man he for a time held the office of tax collector in Avon. Mr. Alford was fond of outdoor life with his dog and gun and was an enthusiastic angler.
Mr. Alford leaves a wife, who was Lucy R. Case of Avon, and two daughters, Mrs. William E. Johnson and Mrs. Henry C. Whitman, both of West Hartford; there are also six grandchildren. A brother, Emerson Alford, was a prominent resident of Plainville, where he died several years ago.
The funeral will be held at No. 110 North Beacon street Friday at 10:30 a.m. and the burial will be in the family lot in Avon.
He married Lucy Ruth Case about 1867 and they had 3 children.
Obituary:
DAILY COURANT
Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
Thursday, 12 March 1908
Franklin Mills Alford of Avon died early yesterday morning [March 11] at No. 110 North Beacon street in this city, where he was spending the winter. He had been in poor health for a long time but was not confined to his bed until Sunday.
Mr. Alford was a son of Daniel Alford of Avon and Emira Mills of Canton and was born at. Avon, October 15, 1840, being one of a family of eight children, none of whom now survive.
Mr. Alford attended the common schools and the Collinsville High School.
In August, 1862, Mr. Alford enlisted in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment C.V. and with that regiment was hurried to the front to take part in the bloody battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg; in the thick of the fight in the famous cornfield he received a bullet wound in the right leg and lay unconscious, but later crawled from the field with the aid of a comrade. Several months after he was discharged for disability, but never fully recovered from the wound received. After the war he held a commission as lieutenant in the Connecticut militia.
Mr. Alford never sought public office, but as a young man he for a time held the office of tax collector in Avon. Mr. Alford was fond of outdoor life with his dog and gun and was an enthusiastic angler.
Mr. Alford leaves a wife, who was Lucy R. Case of Avon, and two daughters, Mrs. William E. Johnson and Mrs. Henry C. Whitman, both of West Hartford; there are also six grandchildren. A brother, Emerson Alford, was a prominent resident of Plainville, where he died several years ago.
The funeral will be held at No. 110 North Beacon street Friday at 10:30 a.m. and the burial will be in the family lot in Avon.
Civil War Service - He enlisted in Company I, Connecticut 16th Infantry Regiment on 24 Aug 1862. He was mustered out on 02 Feb 1863, probably for disability. On ? 18 1863 he applied for an invalid's pension which was approved - Cert # 14784. On May 16 1908 his wife applied for a widow's pension which was approved - Cert # 651598
He married Lucy Ruth Case about 1867 and they had 3 children.
Obituary:
DAILY COURANT
Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
Thursday, 12 March 1908
Franklin Mills Alford of Avon died early yesterday morning [March 11] at No. 110 North Beacon street in this city, where he was spending the winter. He had been in poor health for a long time but was not confined to his bed until Sunday.
Mr. Alford was a son of Daniel Alford of Avon and Emira Mills of Canton and was born at. Avon, October 15, 1840, being one of a family of eight children, none of whom now survive.
Mr. Alford attended the common schools and the Collinsville High School.
In August, 1862, Mr. Alford enlisted in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment C.V. and with that regiment was hurried to the front to take part in the bloody battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg; in the thick of the fight in the famous cornfield he received a bullet wound in the right leg and lay unconscious, but later crawled from the field with the aid of a comrade. Several months after he was discharged for disability, but never fully recovered from the wound received. After the war he held a commission as lieutenant in the Connecticut militia.
Mr. Alford never sought public office, but as a young man he for a time held the office of tax collector in Avon. Mr. Alford was fond of outdoor life with his dog and gun and was an enthusiastic angler.
Mr. Alford leaves a wife, who was Lucy R. Case of Avon, and two daughters, Mrs. William E. Johnson and Mrs. Henry C. Whitman, both of West Hartford; there are also six grandchildren. A brother, Emerson Alford, was a prominent resident of Plainville, where he died several years ago.
The funeral will be held at No. 110 North Beacon street Friday at 10:30 a.m. and the burial will be in the family lot in Avon.
He married Lucy Ruth Case about 1867 and they had 3 children.
Obituary:
DAILY COURANT
Hartford, Hartford Co., CT
Thursday, 12 March 1908
Franklin Mills Alford of Avon died early yesterday morning [March 11] at No. 110 North Beacon street in this city, where he was spending the winter. He had been in poor health for a long time but was not confined to his bed until Sunday.
Mr. Alford was a son of Daniel Alford of Avon and Emira Mills of Canton and was born at. Avon, October 15, 1840, being one of a family of eight children, none of whom now survive.
Mr. Alford attended the common schools and the Collinsville High School.
In August, 1862, Mr. Alford enlisted in Company I, Sixteenth Regiment C.V. and with that regiment was hurried to the front to take part in the bloody battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg; in the thick of the fight in the famous cornfield he received a bullet wound in the right leg and lay unconscious, but later crawled from the field with the aid of a comrade. Several months after he was discharged for disability, but never fully recovered from the wound received. After the war he held a commission as lieutenant in the Connecticut militia.
Mr. Alford never sought public office, but as a young man he for a time held the office of tax collector in Avon. Mr. Alford was fond of outdoor life with his dog and gun and was an enthusiastic angler.
Mr. Alford leaves a wife, who was Lucy R. Case of Avon, and two daughters, Mrs. William E. Johnson and Mrs. Henry C. Whitman, both of West Hartford; there are also six grandchildren. A brother, Emerson Alford, was a prominent resident of Plainville, where he died several years ago.
The funeral will be held at No. 110 North Beacon street Friday at 10:30 a.m. and the burial will be in the family lot in Avon.
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