This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Ig.2ADI/1179.1 Message Board Post: I think this might be your "Alford" in 1870. Note Williams in household. 1870 > ILLINOIS > JERSEY > FIELDON P O Series: M593 Roll: 233 Page: 822 ALFRED HARVEY 52 M W VA IL JERSEY FIELDON P O He was a farmer, 52, b VA, with Margaret 58 b TN, Sarah J. 13 b IL, Cynthia Morrison 5 b IL, and Jesse Williams 21, b Canada. I'm assuming Margaret was the Widow Williams and Sarah J. could be Jane? Looks like you may have to look for Alfords in VA, his birthplace.