Alexander L and Eliza Ann Rachford

 

Information comes from family files at the Campbell County Historical & Genealogical Society in Alexandria, census, newspaper and death records.


Alexander L Rachford was born in 1817 in Covington, then Campbell County, Kentucky, the son of Hugh Knox and Sarah (Kercheval) He married Eliza Ann Pryor 10 June 1844 in Campbell County. In the 1880 census Alexander and Eliza were in Carthage Ky. It is likely that they both died there.

Children of Alexander L Rachford and Eliza Ann Pryor

John Hamilton Rachford b-Mar 1847 in Alexandria; d-23 Sep 1905 in Alexandria; br-Alexandria Cemetery; m-Margaret Ann Nelson
Richard A Rachford b-6 Apr 1850 in Alexandria; d-12 May 1931 in Covington; br-Alexandria Cemetery; m-Mary E "Mollie" Armacost in 1882
Mary Eliza Rachford b-17 Feb 1852 in Alexandria
Frederick Rachford b-23 Jan 1859 in Alexandria; d-26 Feb 1931 in Alexandria; br-Alexandria Cemetery

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Children of John Hamilton Rachford and Margaret Ann Nelson (1848-1920)

Thomas Alexander Rachford b-3 Feb 1871 in Alexandria; d-4 Feb 1914 in Alexandria; br-Alexandria Cemetery; m-Pearl Nelson
Lydia Rachford b-1 Nov 1873 in Alexandria; d-21 Oct 1965 in Campbell Co; br-Alexandria Cemetery; m-Omer Dawson 1899 in Butler Co Oh
Maggie Rachford b-March 1885 in Alexandria; d-29 May 1968 in Campbell Co; br-Alexandria Cemetery; m-Samuel H Parker 15 Oct 1903 in Cincinnati

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Children of Richard A Rachford and Mary E "Mollie" Armacost (1857-1915)

Maggie Rachford b-Oct 1882 in Alexandria
Richard Blaine Rachford b-10 June 1884 in Alexandria; d-1 Oct 1969 in Alexandria; br-Alexandria Cemetery
Nellie Erwina Rachford b-16 Sep 1887 in Alexandria; d-1 Mar 1963 in Newport; br-Evergreen Cemetery; m-Albert Austin
Aurelia Elizabeth Rachford b-15 Sep 1889 in Bracken Co Ky. d-9 Jan 1920 in Cincinnati; br-Alexandria Cemetery; m-James Washington Paul
John Melbourne Rachford b-13 Aug 1891 in Melbourne; d-10 May 1969 in Cincinnati; br-Wesleyan Cemetery
Frederick William Rachford b-4 May 1895 in Melbourne; d-22 Oct 1949 in Silver Grove; br-Alexandria Cemetery
Joseph Carl Rachford b-18 Mar 1893 in Melbourne; d-29 Aug 1973 in Cincinnati; br-Wesleyan Cemetery; m-Helen M
George Kiefer Rachford b-4 Feb 1898 in Campbell Co; d-12 Dec 1961 in Alexandria; br-Alexandria Cemetery

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Alexander L Rachford was administrator for the estate of Alen Rachford who died 1849. It was also signed by H K Rachford. He was bond for Elizabeth Moore's children in 1851.

 

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