James K. Alford

My Mom, Vivian, alsways said that her grandfather was somewhat like the father on "Little House on the Prairie"in the fact that he was always moving his family around. He came to Texas with the Terry/.Alford migration but went back to Illinois twice. He came back the last time because he said the land in Fannin Co was the best for farming. He was a small man...only 5'4" and had a very high metabolism. He had to have a meal brought to him at mid-morning and again in the afternoon. I have a picture of him and Aunts Daisy and Ethel.. My granddaddy,Ben.I guess, I am the hlder of the family tales and would be glad to share. and he did not get along very well. I guess I hold a lot of the family stories.