BIOGRAPHY

ALANSON D. LORD - OF BETHANY, NY

Alanson D. Lord was born in 1806, in Herkimer County, N. Y. and about 1814 he came with his brother, Smith Lord, to Bethany. February 4, 1835, he married Mary M., fifth daughter of James Stoughton, of Bethany, and they have had six children, of whom three survive, viz.: Laura M. (Mrs. David Denton); Ann M. (Mrs. Luin L. Munger); and James S., born October 27, 1844, in Wheatland, Monroe County. In early life he was a mechanic, but is now a fruit tree jobber, apiarist, and farmer. June 19, 1873, he married Laura A., second daughter of Ira Wait, Jr. They have had six children, namely: Frank J. and Minnie L.,. deceased;- and Mary E., Mark D., Anna L., and Tracy T., who survive Mrs. J. S. Lord is a breeder of thoroughbred Wyandotte and lava fowls.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890