Salmon Alvord, born 14 Jan 1803 at Westhampton, Massachusetts, was the second child of Sarah (Barker) Alvord (1777-1863) and Isaac Alvord (1779-1848).
He married first, in October 1828 at Westhampton, Melinda Shaw [b. 11 Dec 1807, Westhampton, daughter of Asa Shaw & Mehitable (Beswick); d. 7 Mar 1830] They had one child who died in infancy.
Salmon Alvord married second, 23 Sep 1831 at Westhampton, Massachusetts, Nancy Pittsinger [b. 4 Jul 1814, Westhampton, daughter of William & Sarah (Whitcomb) Pettsinger; d. 3 Feb 1892]; 6 children:
Per the Alvord genealogy, Salmon Alvord was a farmer at Westhampton, Mass., and an Abolitionist.
Salmon Alvord died 14 Aug 1859 at Westhampton. His grave is in Center Cemetery, Westhampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA, marked with inscription at the base of a collective Alvord family obelisk [1].
This week's featured connections are Redheads: Salmon is 15 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 15 degrees from Clara Bow, 24 degrees from Julia Gillard, 14 degrees from Nancy Hart, 11 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 15 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 18 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 17 degrees from Rose Leslie, 15 degrees from Damian Lewis, 15 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 21 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 33 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.