Charles Alfred 1869 - 1955

ALFRED, ADAMS

Posted By: Linda H Meyers (email)
Date: 5/31/2008 at 21:54:27

Charles Alfred, 86, Dies Tuesday

Charles Alfred died at 6:30 P. M. Tuesday at the Milford township farm, Route 2, Ames, where he had spent all of his 86 years and which has been in his family since 1854. Mr. Alfred had been ill for two weeks.
Funeral services will be held for him Friday at 2 p. m. in the Adams Chapel in charge of the Rev. LaVerne Ervin of the Christian church. Burial will be in the McCallsburg cemetery.
Active in farming throughout his lifetime, Mr. Alfred was born Jan. 20, 1869, the son of Nancy and George Alfred. His parents had purchased the farm from the government at $1.25 per acre in 1854. Mr. Alfred was born in the original log house built by his father on the land and lived there until he was two years old.
When a boy he attended Curtiss township school. He later played an active role in the formation of the Milford Consolidated school. He was a member of its board of education for a number of years.
Mr. Alfred is survived by his wife, Bessie Adams Alfred, by five sons and 10 grandchildren.
The sons are Joe, Erwin and Jack all of Ames, and Robert and Easley of Story City.
Memorial gifts may be made to the polio fund.

---from the Ames Tribune