Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameMartha Jane Longley 
1313
1313Birth22 Feb 1830, McMinn Co TN
Spouses
Birthca 1815, Franklin Co NC
Deathca 1878 Age: 63
FatherIsaac Alford (>1774-)
MotherAlice Wright (>1770-)
Marriage25 Dec 1848, Austin Co TX
Notes for Hatch (Spouse 1)
Census: 1860 Burleson, Caldwell Co., TX
Note: H. Olfred, Mary, John, Caroline and George enumerated
Hatch Alford and his family are discussed in the book “From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County”:1314
“Hatch Alford was in the Gonzales Co Home Guard during the Civil War and saw service fighting Indians and the Union Army in Oklahoma. He was wounded in the leg. While he was gone he got word that his wife Martha Jane had died (date unknown). He returned home to care for the children, and before Jan. 1878, he had hit the wounded leg when he hit a stump while plowing a new field, took blood poisoning, and died. The four children were taken in by their Uncle Winfield for awhile, but his wife Eliza suffered from mental illness and died on 8 Feb 186. So Hatch’s children were put in foster homes.”
Note: H. Olfred, Mary, John, Caroline and George enumerated
Hatch Alford and his family are discussed in the book “From Jamestown to Texas: A History of Some Early Pioneers of Austin County”:1314
“Hatch Alford was in the Gonzales Co Home Guard during the Civil War and saw service fighting Indians and the Union Army in Oklahoma. He was wounded in the leg. While he was gone he got word that his wife Martha Jane had died (date unknown). He returned home to care for the children, and before Jan. 1878, he had hit the wounded leg when he hit a stump while plowing a new field, took blood poisoning, and died. The four children were taken in by their Uncle Winfield for awhile, but his wife Eliza suffered from mental illness and died on 8 Feb 186. So Hatch’s children were put in foster homes.”