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More Famous Bufords |
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William Duncastle Sherman Buford 1836 to 1914? |
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William Duncastle Sherman Buford, son of Hopkins Otey and his first wife, Jane Middleton Buford, married Mary L. Henard. Children - John Hopkins Otey, born May 16, 1861; William Eldridge, July 24, 1863. William D. S. Buford married Margaret Ann Smith, for his second wife. No children. Text quoted from: History and Genealogy of the Buford Family In America With Records of a Number of Allied Families William D. S. Buford was my great-grandfather. He served in the Confederate Army as a member of the Army of Tennessee. He was released from service in 1862, and lived most, if not all, of his life in New Hope, Alabama. |
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William Duncastle Sherman grave site in the Haden cemetery New Hope, Alabama |
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John Hopkins Otey Buford 1861 to 1945 |
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John Hopkins Otey Buford, son of William Duncastle Sherman and Mary Henard Buford, married, for his first wife, E. Fletcher; married, for second wife, Eliza Whitaker, December 10, 1884. Children - Lula Ann, born March 2, 1886; Mary Florence, July 14, 1887; Maggie Estelle, February 16, 1889; Otey Jackson, November 11,1890; Elby D., March 27, 1892, died October 30, 1892; Bessie Lee, September29, 1893; William Gordon, September 14, 1895; Robert Duncan, March 11, 1900 (my Father); John Elridge, May 14, 1902; Lydia Virginia, July 5, 1904. Eliza Whitaker Buford, wife of J. H. O. Buford, died November 23, 1906. Lula Ann Buford Doran died October 10, 1913. Residence, New Hope Alabama. Text quoted from: History and Genealogy of the Buford Family In America With Records of a Number of Allied Families John Hopkins Otey Buford was my grand father. He lived and died in New Hope, Alabama. During his life he was a farmer like his father before him, and was for a time a school teacher. |
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Grave site of John Hopkins Otey and Eliza Whitaker Buford located in the Haden Cemetery at New Hope Alabama. |