 1815 - 1890 (75 years)
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| Name |
Alford Augustus Thacher |
- Alford Augustus Thacher
b. 18 July 1815 to James Thacher and Susannah Thacher (Susannah is a second cousin of James)
m. 05 Sep 1843 Susan Baker in Providence, RI.
They had four children: Mary, Samuel, James, Alford.
A. A. was a Fourty-niner traveling with his brother, Prentis, by ship to Panama, riding a mule across the isthmus and then again by ship to San Francisco, CA in 1850. While on the way up the west coast, he was involved in a mutiny and sided with the captain who finally won. He also was put over the side of the ship in a bosun's chair to repair a hole in the hull from running aground in fog. He was a ships carpenter in RI and in SF built bowling alleys, saloons, stores, brothels, etc. He was to meet his brother back in SF in 1855 but Prentis never appeared and has never been heard from again. Alford carried his gold dust sewn into his clothing back to RI and then bought the 200 acre farm in Zenda, WI where he lived for the rest of his life.
d. 5 Oct. 1890 several days after a farming accident.
The Herald, Lake Geneva, WI Oct. 10,1890 "Internment Thursday afternoon, October 7, 1890."
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| Born |
18 Jul 1815 |
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
5 Oct 1890 |
Zenda, Town of Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA [3] |
| Buried |
7 Oct 1890 |
Linn-Hebron Cemetery, Alden, McHenry County, Illinois, USA |
| Person ID |
I103774 |
tree1 |
| Last Modified |
17 Aug 2018 |
| Father |
James Thacher, b. 15 May 1764, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 28 Nov 1832, Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 68 years) |
| Mother |
Susannah Thacher, b. 19 Jun 1776, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts , d. 28 Sep 1823, Yarmouth, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts (Age 47 years) |
| Married |
15 Feb 1795 |
Yarmouth, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA [4, 5] |
| Family ID |
F2282 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Susan Baker, b. 16 Oct 1822, West Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA , d. 20 Apr 1885, Zenda, Township of Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 62 years) |
| Married |
4 Sep 1843 |
North Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA [1, 2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Mary Ellen Thacher, b. 11 Aug 1844, Pawtucket, Pontiac County, Rhode Island, USA , d. 10 Jan 1930, Lake Geneva, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 85 years) |
| | 2. Samuel Edmund Franklin Thacher, b. 23 Aug 1856, Zenda, Linn Township, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA , d. 23 Mar 1923, Zenda, Linn Township, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA (Age 66 years) |
| | 3. James Frederick Thacher, b. 6 Aug 1862, Zenda, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA , d. 9 Feb 1945, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA (Age 82 years) |
| | 4. Alford Augustus Thacher, b. 3 Oct 1864, Zenda, Township of Linn, Walworth County, Wisconsin, USA , d. 27 Jan 1946, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi, USA (Age 81 years) |
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| Last Modified |
15 Aug 2018 |
| Family ID |
F2471 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S182] Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher, Allen, D. W., (Independent Printing House, Vineland NJ, 1872), 61.
- [S192] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy Yarmouth Branch, Totten, John R., (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, 1910), pp. 380, 528.
- [S288] Find A Grave, (Web).
Find A Grave Memorial# 71759029
- [S182] Descendants of Thomas and Anthony Thacher, Allen, D. W., (Independent Printing House, Vineland NJ, 1872), 47, 60.
- [S192] Thacher-Thatcher Genealogy Yarmouth Branch, Totten, John R., (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York, 1910), pp. 242, 255, 379.
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