Adaline Williams Alston
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At a Glance
Mrs. Alston was of Chatham County.
Biographical Data
Places of Residence
Relatives
- Spouse: John J. Alston [1]. They had one daughter, Lavinia M. Alston (d. 1867)
[1].
- Other children: one daughter (Anna Henrietta Alston (1841-1915) ). Adaline Williams married John Jones Alston 11 December 1822, Franklin County NC. Adaline and John were first cousins. Adaline was the daughter of William Williams and Elizabeth Alston Kearney. Adaline was born in 1805 at Harlan Creek, in Chatham County at the Alston homeplace.
- Others: Ella Barringer (granddaughter, b. 1859), John Alston Barringer (grandson, b. 1851), Paul Brandon Barringer (grandson, b. 1853), Victor Clay Barringer (grandson, b. 1855) and William Barringer, [Jr.] (grandson, b. 1861).
References
- Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).