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William Alexander Derwood Allred
(August 4, 1864 - 1927)

Contact:  Sherrill Schmidt-Carey

I am researching my wife's Allred family.  Her grandfather was Bonnie Carl Allred, born July 1905 and died July 1985. 

Bonnie's parents were William Alexander Derwood Allred, born August 4, 1864 in Clarke County, Mississippi., and Mary Duke, born 1864 in Alabama.

William sometimes went by William, sometimes by Alexander Derwood.  Sometimes he spelled his last name Alred, sometimes he spelled it Alread. 

Per the 1880 Census for Clarke County, MS, William's parents were William (born 1832 in Kentucky) and Malinda Gant Allred.  The four children listed with them were:

James:    22
William:    16 (William Alexander Derwood Allred)
Robert    10
Laurinetta    8

I have also identified another child, John, born 1856.  He was probably grown and living away from home when the 1880 census was taken.

The closest match I found was in the 1850 census for Fentress County, TN; there was a William Alred who was 17. Per the 1850 census for Fentress Co., TN:

Flemen Alred age 75
Eliza Alred age 48
Thomas H Alred age 19
William Alred age 17
Luis Alred age 15
Charles Alred age 13
Mandy Alred age 7
Elizabeth Alred age 4

I have not been able to confirm that this William is my William but I have a hunch that it is the same. I can find no other Williams around the age of 17 in the south.

This is all the information I can find on this family.  William and Malinda are my "brick wall".  If you have any information on them, please contact me.

Thanks!

  Sherrill Schmidt-Carey

 

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