History of Trigg County, Historical and Biographical, ed. W.H. Perrin,
F.A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago, 1884. pp. 208-09.   [Cadiz Precinct]

ROBERT WILFORD was born October 3, 1823, in Trigg County; he is the oldest
child of Bennett and Sarah (Randolph) Wilford, the former was born in
North Carolina, the latter in Tennessee.  In about 1815 his father came to
Trigg County, settled on a farm; here our subject was born and reared; at
the age of twenty-one he was placed as overseer on the farm of Albert G.
Dabney, where he remained on year; he then returned to his father's farm,
where he remained two years; in 1865 he removed to Cadiz, where he has
since resided and largely engaged in agricultural pursuits.  His farm
consists of 965 acres, adjoining the corporation, and is one of the best
improved in the county.  Ten hands are constantly employed on this farm.
In 1870, he with his brother bought the Cadiz Mill; this they re-built
at a cost of about $12,000.  This mill has a capacity of about 150 bushels
of what a day.  Mr. Wilford had previously owned a mill at Little River,
four miles east of Cadiz.  He has owned as high as 3,500 acres of land; he
now owns in all about 1,500 acres, and is one of the largest tax-payers
in the county.  He was married February 1, 1849, to Nancy, daughter of
Cornelius Manning, who was born in 1774 in North Carolina; he died in
Trigg County, in September, 1855.  Her mother was born in 1778, in North
Carolina; she died in Trigg County, in 1857.

Wilford Randolph Dabney Manning
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NC TN

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