Burford Ancestors - Generation 3 - Alexander Oscar Burford, Jr.

 Alexander Oscar Burford, Jr. was born 11 Mar 1857 in Jasper County, Illinois

He was the son of Alexander Oscar Burford, Sr. and Nancy Reynolds.

NOTES: From Newton Press, December 28, 1887: 'Alex Burford ... is one of the proprietors of the newsy Democratic paper, the Olney Advocate.'. -- source, Marion Burford.

Alexander Burford married Helen Virginia Lockard 24 December 1885 in Jasper County, Illinois, daughter of Lemuel Lockard and Amy Gibson.  She was born 16 July 1856 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois, and died 15 November 1897 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois.

CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER BURFORD AND HELEN LOCKARD ARE:

i. Raymond Minter Burford, born 10 October 1886; died 30 December 1958.

ii. Jennie Edith Burford, born 10 February 1889; died 31 October 1980.

iii. Hazel Amy Burford, born 21 January 1892; died 26 February 1967.

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Helen Virginia Lockard Burford died 16 July 1856, age 41, in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Cause of death: typhoid fever. Burial Details Unknown.

Alexander Oscar Burford Jr. died 07 Oct 1929, age 72, in Judsonia, White County, Arkansas.  

NOTES: Alexander Oscar Burford worked at the post office in Judsonia, Arkansas. Part of his job was to take outgoing mail out onto the platform and hang it on the specified place for pickup by the train, and he retrieved the bags of incoming mail. On October 7, 1929 Alexander Oscar misstepped and fell backwards off the platform. He landed on his back and the back of his head. Later he went home and lay down to rest a while. He died while he lay there. -- From Cleffie Hicks Burford

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This was Alexander's first family. Tomorrow's post will be about his second family.