On This Day in Family History - February 27

John M. Burford died 27 February 1873, age 77

John M. Burford was the father of Alexander Oscar Burford.

Alexander Oscar Burford was the father of Alexander Oscar Burford, Jr.

Alexander Oscar Burford, Jr. married Lora Gibson.

They were the parents of my grandfather Lester Morris Burford.

Lester Burford married Cleffie Lorene Hicks.

Lester and Cleffie Burford were the parents of my mother Wathada Jewell Burford.

Wathada Burford married Richard Thomas.

Wathada and Richard were the parents of ME!

And that's how genealogy works!