Fry Family History

 (last update 02 Oct 2003)

Third Generation
( DAVID², CORNELIUS¹)

Children of David Acord and Elizabeth Hartley

1. LUVICA ACORD [1435] was born about 1825. She married GEORGE W. CAMPBELL about 1841 in Madison County, Alabama. Luvica died on 8 April 1850 after a long and painful illness. After her death her children went to live with her father David Acord. Three years later George married her sister Latitia. George was a member of he Huntsville City Police Force.

Children of LUVICA ACORD and GEORGE CAMPBELL are:

1. CALVIN CAMPBELL, b. about 1842.

2. GEORGE CAMPBELL, b. about 1845.

3. MARY CAMPBELL, b. about 1847.

Bibliography

• 1850 Marriage Records of Madison County, Alabama

• 1850 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama

• 1850: Marriage, Death and Legal Notices From Early Alabama Newspapers 1819-1893, compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud, Southern Historical Press, 1981

• 1853: Marriage, Death and Legal Notices From Early Alabama Newspapers 1819-1893, compiled by Pauline Jones Gandrud, Southern Historical Press, 1981

• 1860 Federal Census, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama

Research Notes. A George Campbell  appears in the 1850 Madison County census (5 November 1850) with wife Louisa b. about 1825 in Alabama and a number of children ranging in ages from 4 to 12. In the same census a G.W. Campbell is listed with wife Kisiah b. abt 1826 in Tennessee with two children ages 1 and 4. 

4. JONAS ACORD [8002] was born 7 March 1830 in Tennessee or Alabama and died 23 October 1871. He married ALMIRA 'ELLEN' [last name unknown] about 1856. She was born about 1834 in Alabama. Jonas was a carpenter by trade. Jonas is married in Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama.

Children of JONAS and ALMIRA ACORD are:

1. JONAS ACORD, b. abt. 1857, Alabama.

2. BETTIE ACORD, b. abt. 1860, Alabama

3. JOHN ACORD, b. abt 1861, Alabama

4. LULA ACORD, b. abt. 1868, Alabama

5. ELLEN ACORD, b. Nov 1869, Alabama

Bibliography:

• 1850 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama 

• 1860 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama 

• 1870 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama 

• Death Notices from Limestone County, Alabama Newspapers 1828-1891 (Jonas)

• Grave Marker, Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (Jonas)

7. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS 'COLUMBUS' ACORD/ECHARD [8005] was born 25 December 1837 in Madison County, Alabama and died 7 April 1915 in Huntsville. Madison County, Alabama. During the Civil War he served as a Private in Captain Ward's Battalion, Alabama Light Artillery having enlisted in Huntsville, Alabama. This battery was immediately attached to the 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion at Fort Morgan in the defense of Mobile. Columbus served there until April 1864 when the unit was assigned to G. S. Storr's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Tennessee, and fought at Kenesaw Mountain and in various battles around Atlanta. He was captured at Caswell Georgia and sent to Rock Island prison. He was released just prior to the surrender at Appomattox. Columbus returned to Madison County and married GEORGIANNA  [last name unknown] also known as "Ann" or "Dink". She was born 5 July 1847 and died 3 December 1926 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. Apparently, they lived their entire lives in Huntsville. They are both buried in block 10 row 11 at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama.

Children of CHRISTOPHER and GEORGIANNA ACORD are:

1. LAURA ACORD; buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Madison County, Alabama, may have died in infancy.

2. MARY SUE ACORD; b. about 1867 in Alabama.

3. WALTER ACORD, b. about 1868, Alabama.

4. OLLIE B. ACORD; b. 1880, d. 1934, married [first name unknown] SWEANNIE after 1910, buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Madison County, Alabama

Bibliography

• 1837: Grave Marker, Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Alabama (birth date)

• 1850 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama

• 1860 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama, Ward 4, Huntsville, page 399b, dwelling 100/104

• 1862: United States National Archives, Civil Muster Rolls, Alabama

• 1870 Federal Census, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama

• 1880 Federal Census, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama

• 1900 Federal Census, Madison County, Arkansas

• 1910 Federal Census, Madison County, Arkansas, page 27a

• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic."

• Grave Marker, Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama (Columbus, Georgianna and Laura)

8. WILLIAM C. ACORD [8006] was born about 1840 in Madison County, Alabama. During the Civil War he served as a Private in Captain Ward's Battalion, Alabama Light Artillery. This battery was immediately attached to the 1st Alabama Artillery Battalion at Fort Morgan in the defense of Mobile. William served there until April 1864 when the unit was assigned to G. S. Storr's Battalion of Artillery, Army of Tennessee, and fought at Kenesaw Mountain and in various battles around Atlanta. William survived the war and returned to Madison County. William married MARY A. LEWIS on 22 December 1880 in Madison County, Alabama.

Bibliography 

• 1850 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama

• 1862: United States National Archives, Civil Muster Rolls, Alabama

• 1870 Federal Census, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama

• 1880 Federal Census, Madison County, Alabama

• 1880: Marriage Records of Madison County, Alabama

• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic."