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- From: "A genealogy of the descendants of Alexander Alvord, an early settler of Windsor, Conn. and Northampton, Mass.". by Samuel Morgan Alvord (1908, A. D. Andrews, Printer, Webster, NY)
pp. 173-174
353. ASAHEL ALVORD (Thomas Gould, Asahel, Thomas, Thomas, Alexander), b. Farmington, Conn., May 25, 1784; died Placerville, Cal., 1849; married Salina, N. Y., 1809 Eva Regina Mang, daughter of John Jacob Mang. She was born Ulmen, Germany, June 23, 1784; died Whitesboro, N. Y., June 12, 1861. Res. Salina, N. Y., Homer, N. Y., Oswego Falls, N. Y., and Caldwell Co., Mo. Children:
866. George Scriba, b. Salina, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1809.
867. Sophia Christina, b. Homer, N. Y., Apr. 19, 1811; d. in infancy.
868. Harriet Phoebe, b. Homer, N. Y., June 23, 1812.
869. John Jacob Mang, b. Homer, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1813.
870. Maria Frederika, b. Salina, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1815.
871. Harvey, b. Salina, N. Y., Sept 12, 1816.
972. Henry Mang, b. Oswego Fall, N. Y., Sept. 3, 1818; d. in infancy.
873. Dioclesian, b. Oswego Falls, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1819; d. in infancy
874. Louis Bourbon, b. Oswego Falls, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1821.
875. Amon, b. Oswego Falls, N. Y., Dec. 30, 1822; d. in infancy.
876. Sophia Christina, b. Oswego Falls, N. Y., Mar. 6, 1823; d. in infancy.
877. Infant, b. Oswego Falls, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1824; d. in infancy.
878. Joseph, b. Oswego Falls, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1826; d. in infancy.
Asahel Alvord was the seventh son of his father and in accordance with an old custom to make the seventh son a physician, he always felt that this should have been his profession. However, this was not destined to be, for while a small boy he went with his brothers, Elisha and Doclesian, to Saline (Syracuse), N. Y. After his marriage to Eva R. Mang, who had come with her father to America from Germany, he kept a hotel at Fulton, N. Y., and was in the army defending Oswego from the British attack in 1814. He bought land in Caldwell Co., Mo., for which place he set out in 1844-5 with his sons, John Jacob and Harvey, and their families. Asahel had promised to give each of the boys a farm, but arriving at St. Louis he was not ready to deed the property then, hence John Jacob declined to go further.
In May 1849, when the gold fever was at its height in Cal., Asahel and his son Harvey started for the gold field, They crossed the plains in wagons and reached Placerville, Cal., Oct. 10, 1849. Asahel died six weeks later, Nov. 26, 1849, and was buried there on a side hill which had been chosen for a burial spot. In 1856 his son Harvey returned to Placerville to find his grave, but found that the hill had been partially washed away by hydralics used in mining the gold, therefore he lies in an unknown and unmarked grave.
Dr. John Jacob Mang, a highly educated man and a great linguist, rendered great service in constructing the locks of the Erie Canal. At the time of death in 1842, at the age of 86, he was said to have the largest private library in Syracuse.
p. 335
868. HARRIET PHOEBE ALVORD (Asahel, Thomas Gould, Asahel, Thomas, Thomas, Alexander), born Homer, N. Y., June 23, 1812; died Kingston, Caldwell Co., Mo., 1856; married Benjamin Hall. He was born prob. in N. Y., 1815-1820; died near Kingston, Mo., Jan. 3, 1902. Res. Caldwell., MO Children:
a. Infant
b. Infant
Benjamin Hall and his wife went West with Asahel Alvord. After Asahel went to Cal. in 1849, he left his wife in Mo. with Mrs. Hall, though she soon after returned to N. Y. State. Mr. Hall married a second time.
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1784 - 1849 (65 years)
