Posted on: JoDaviess Co. Il Query Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/JoDaviess/10881 Surname: ------------------------- According to Terry Miller's book "Who was Who of Hanover, Illinois", Alice Wilford was the dau of Jasper Newton Johnson. He was born Oct 5, 1837 in JoD Co, marrying Delitha Whitson in 1857 He served in Civil War. Had 2 ch by this marriage James Bird and Ida Gretten. He then m. Sarah Malinda Miller on July 3, 1866 and they had 8 ch: Lillie Chapman, Alice Wilford, Sarah E. Hoefs, William Samuel, Jennie L. Atchison, Georgia Sponenbarger and two dau who d in infancy. He farmed in the Woodbine area moving to Hanover in 1881. He died July 28, 1910. Alice had a son Jasper Edwin Wilford who d March 9, 1897 at the age of two years. The 1890 census for the whole country burned.