Family Group Sheet


Name John W. Alfrey
Birth Mar 1863, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Father Thompson Alfrey (~1831-1916)
Mother Harriett Jones (~1835->1880)
Marriage 26 Jun 1884, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Spouse Mary Jane Pettit, 1C3R
Birth 1 Jan 1865, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death 30 Oct 1920, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Father Private and Confidential
Mother Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Pettit (~1839-1927)
Children
1 F Anna May Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 10 Jan 1882, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 10 Apr 1964
Spouse Dixon Prather
2 M Samuel Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 4 Jan 1884, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 3 Apr 1964
3 F Addie Pearl Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 11 Mar 1887, Rowan Co., Kentucky24
Death 27 Jun 1935
Spouse Bill Kane
4 M William T. Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 15 Feb 1889, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Death 29 Jan 1958
Spouse Emma E. Smedley, Half 2C4R
Spouse Freda Stranbell
5 M James Clarence "Jim" Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 16 Feb 1893, Menifee Co., Kentucky
Death 5 Jan 1938
Spouse Arabelle Abshire
6 M Chester L. Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 28 Oct 1897, Kentucky
Death 15 Jan 1915
7 F Isa Delene Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 19 Feb 1900, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 17 Jan 1965
Spouse Elwood Norton
Spouse Johnny Hall
Spouse Lawrence Johnson
Spouse Ray White
Spouse Sam Cunningham
Spouse Johnny Hall
8 F Ora Venna Alfrey, 2C2R
Birth 8 Sep 1903, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death 3 Jan 1990
Spouse Matthew Ardith Donohue
Census Notes for John W. Alfrey
1900 census of Rowan Co., Pierce precinct, p. 207B, taken 5 June, lists as family #50:
Alfrey, John W., 37, b. Mar 1863; Mary J., 35, b. Jan 1865; Annie M., 16, b. Jun 1884; Samuel, 14, b. Jan 1886; Addie P., 12, b. Mar 1888; Wm T., 10, b. Feb 1890; Jas C., 7, b. Feb 1893; Chester L., 2, b. Oct 1897; Esa D., 4/12, b. Feb 1900.
Notes for Mary Jane Pettit
She may be the Mary J. Alfrey listed in the Kentucky death index as died 31 Oct 1920, in Menifee Co., age 56, certificate Vol. 13, #06430, which would put her birthdate around 1864, making her 20 in 1884. (Her son William listed his place of birth as Menifee Co. in his marriage license application.)
Notes for John W. & Mary Jane (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage register Bk. A, p. 56, lists marriage of John Alphrey Jr. & Mary Jane Petit, at Roley Alfrey's, on 26 June 1884. (The "Jr." is to distinguish him from his uncle.)

I am inferring Mary Jane's age as most likely to be between 15 and 25. (This book is not the marriage bond/license book, which has ages. The lettered series contains minister's listings of all the marriages they performed, in the order that the minister reported them, and some of the ministers waited several years and then reported all the marriages they'd performed in that period in one big clump.) I should check the 1900 census to get ages for John and Mary Jane.
Last Modified 18 May 2002 Created 30 Jun 2002 by Reunion for Macintosh