Eighth Generation

857. Sophronia (Flora) Bedwell³⁵¹ was born on 15 Jun 1859 in California.⁵⁰² She died on 26 Jan 1943 in Alameda County, California.⁹⁰⁷

• 1900 Census for Bradley Township, Monterey County, California shows A.A. Williford, born Dec 1840 in Arkansas, a farmer who rents, as head of household with: Flora, born June 1859, his wife of 19 years who has had eight children, seven still living; daughter Hattie E., born Aug 1879; son Charles A., born Nov 1880; son William F., born Feb 1883; son George L, born Sept 1884; son Bryan L., born Jan 1886; son Marion L., born Feb 1889; and daughter Belle, born Mar 1891.

• 1910 Census for Oakland, California shows Albert A. Williford, 69, occupation none, as head of household including: Flora, 50, his wife of 31 years who has had eight children, seven still living; son Byron L., 24, a laborer for a gas engine company; son Marion L., 21, a machinist in a garage; and daughter Belle M., 19. They are renting a residence on 41st Ave.

Sophronia (Flora) Bedwell and Albert A. Williford were married about 1879.⁹⁰⁴ Albert A. Williford⁹⁰⁴ was born in Dec 1840 in Arkansas.⁹⁰⁴ Sophronia (Flora) Bedwell and Albert A. Williford had the following children:

+2570	i.	Hattie Ethel Williford.
+2571	ii.	Albert Charles Williford.
+2572	iii.	William Thomas Williford.
+2573	iv.	Grover Lewis Williford.
2574	v.	Byron Lee Williford904 was born on 24 Jan 1886 in California.904,908 He died on 21 Dec 1974 in Alameda County, California.909 • World War I draft registration card shows Byron Lee Williford, born 24 Jan 1886, a resident of 2278 E. 19th St., Oakland, California. He is a machinist employed by Hanford Dry Dock and Ship of Oakland. Nearest relative is Flora Williford, his mother, of the same address. He is tall with a medium build, with gray eyes and light brown hair, and has a problem with "sight in right eye poor". • 1920 Census for Oakland, California shows Byron L. Williford, 33, single, a tractor mechanic, as head of household containing: mother Flora, 60, a widow; sister Belle, 28, single, an insurance stenographer; and aunt Nanie Whittlesey, 59, a widow. • 1930 Census for San Leandro, Alameda County, California shows Myron L. Williford, 44, the manager of a tractor factory, as head of household with: mother Flora, 70, a widow; and aunt Nanie S. Whittlesey, 67, a widow. They own a home valued at $9000. • A 1953 article in the Oakland Tribune mentions Byron Williford as the chairman of the Oakland Camera Club, movie division.
2575	vi.	Marion Loraine Williford904 was born on 28 Feb 1889 in California.904,910 He died on 2 Jul 1970 in Alameda County, California.910 • World War I draft registration card shows Marion Loraine Williford, born 28 Feb 1889 in Bradley, California, a resident of Ruby, Arizona. He is employed as "Foreman, Gas Tractor" by the Montana Mine Co. of Ruby, Arizona. He is single, tall and stout, with gray eyes and blond hair.
+2576	vii.	Mary Belle Williford.