Medford Family History & Genealogy

Israel Wid Medford in approximately 1887.

James Medford

A photo of Hampton Thomas Greenlee Medford

A photo of Booker Medford

Marion Ennis Medford, Jr.

Nicholas "Nick" Medford was born 5 October 1815 in Haywood Co., North Carolina and died 13 February 1902 in Haywood County, North Carolina. He was the son of Jonas Medford and Lydia Massey of Haywood County, North Carolina. He married Sarah Louisa "Sallie" Fulbright 13 September 1840 in Haywood County, North Carolina. She was born 10 July 1823 in Haywood County, North Carolina and died 20 April 1904 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Her Father was Barnett Fulbright of North Carolina. Sarah and Nicholas were the parents of ten children. They were life long residents of Haywood County North Carolina. Nicholas and Sarah are buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Haywood Co., North Carolina. Date of photo is unknown by submitter. Photo furnished by unidentified source.

Charles Boone Medford born 4 June 1876 in Haywood County, North Carolina and died 8 December 1967 in Haywood County, North Carolina. He was the son of Lawson Henderson Medford and Laurena Elizabeth Ratcliff Medford. He married Nora Lee Henry about 1919. She was born 27 April 1892 in Haywood Co., North Carolina and died 17 July 1983 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Date of photo is not known by this submitter. Photo obtained from undentified source.

Lawson Henderson Medford born 24 August 1844 in Haywood County, North Carolina and died 29 June 1885 in Haywood County, North Carolina. He was the son of Nicholas "Nick" Medford and Sarah Louisa "Sallie" Fulbright of Haywood County, North Carolina. He married Laurena Elizabeth Ratcliff 21 January 1875 in Haywood County, North Carolina. She was born 10 June 1856 in Haywood County, North Carolina and died 11 October 1883 in Haywood County, North Carolina. Lawson and Laurena are buried in the Greenhill Cemetery, Haywood Co., North Carolina.They were the parents of four children. Photo obtained from unidentified source.

Mary Francis Gallaway born 13 April 1855 in Texas and died 30 January 1914 in Texas. She married William Levi Medford born 17 November 1848 in Texas and died 4 February 1908 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. They were married 13 July 1878 in Atascosa County, Texas. They were the parents of thirteen children. Mary and William are buried in the Sand Hollow Cemetery, Pearsall, Frio County, Texas. Photo is from unidentified source.

Isham Medford born 29 July 1847 in Rusk County, Texas and died 15 December 1923 in Crown, Atascosa County, Texas. Isham was the son of the late John Anderson "Pad" Medford and Nancy Jane Wornell of New Salem. Rusk County, Texas. He married Margaret M. Garrison on 15 August 1865 in Rusk County, Texas. He later married Mary T. Galbraith about 1873. Isham served in the Confederate Service Army. Date of photo is unknown by this submitter but appears to be early 1900. Photo furnished by unidentified Medford family member in Rusk County, Texas.

Isham Medford born 29 July 1847 in Rusk Co., Texas and died 15 December 1923 in Crown, Atascosa County Texas.He was the son of the late John Anderson "Pad" Medford and Nancy Jane Wornell of New Salem, Rusk County Texas. He married Margaret M. Garrison 15 August 1865 in Rusk County Texas. He later married Mary T. Galbraith about 1873. Isham served in the Confederate Service Army. Photo furnished by unidentified Medford Family member in Rusk County Texas.

Harvey Clay Medford was born 11 Jan 1831 in Marion Co., Alabama and died 17 October 1902 in Tupelo,Lee Co., Mississippi. He married Emma Coleman Weatheral about 1872. They were the parents of two children, two step children by a previous marriage of Emma's and one adopted son. Harvey was the son of the late Zachariah Hardin Medford and Martha Wilkes. The following is about Harvey: Harvey C. Medford, Confederate soldier and diarist, was born in Marion County, Alabama, on January 11, 1831, the son of Zack H. Medford. In early childhood he accompanied his parents to Itawamba County, Mississippi, and in 1852 moved with his father to Angelina County, Texas. On March 2, 1859, he graduated from Larissa College in Cherokee County. From 1860 until 1862 he taught school in the Van Zandt County community of Canton and on February 8, 1862, joined and was elected first lieutenant of Company I in Col. Oran M. Roberts' Eleventh Texas Infantry, Walker's Texas Division. On June 23, 1862, he was dropped from the company's rolls. He seems to have remained with the unit in Arkansas, however, until March 1863, when he returned to Texas because of ill health. Thereafter Medford served as a private in Col. Walter P. Lane's First Texas Partisan Rangers of Brig. Gen. James P. Major's cavalry brigade. He served in the Bayou Teche campaign in Louisiana in the summer of 1863, was stationed at Houston and Galveston during the winter of 1864, and took part in the Red River campaign as a courier on General Major's staff. His diary of events in Houston and Galveston and of the campaign in Louisiana during the spring of 1864 was published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly in 1930-31. "I write these diaries," he said, "for my own private benefit; for references to the times and places that I have been-how I spend my time-how I act-how I make money and spend it; thinking perhaps I may in my old age refer back to my early days and see how I passed my time." They are, nevertheless, an excellent window on the world of a Confederate private in the Trans-Mississippi Department, occupied, as he wrote, with "politics, war, and starvation." His observations on the battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill are among the best primary materials on these events. After the war Medford returned for a time to Canton, Texas, before moving to Tupelo, Mississippi, where he was admitted to the bar. In addition to practicing law, he served as mayor of Tupelo and was twice elected to represent Lee County, Mississippi, in the state legislature. There, too, he married, became the father of two daughters, and raised three foster daughters. After the Spanish-American War, Medford drafted a proposed constitution for Cuba, which he reportedly published. He was also said to have been a fine amateur geologist and a fluent speaker of Spanish. He died in Tupelo on October 17, 1902. Source: The New Texas Handbook

Zacharia Hardin Medford was born 1810 in Rutherford Co., Tennessee and died 18 May 1874 in Hico, Hamilton Co., Texas. He married Martha Wilkes 5 March 1830 in Morgan Co., Alabama. They were the parents of eight children. He Married Elizabeth Ward 7 October 1949 in Pontotoc Co., Mississippi.They were the parents of eight children. His third wife was Sarah F. "Sallie" Lane married 1862. They were the parents of seven children.The names of all the children born to Zachariah can be verified by viewing the 1850,1860,1870 and 1880 US Census. Folk lore has it that Zachariah was buried in a pasture on his farm and later moved to Hico Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton Co. Texas. There is a large block of cement inscribed Zachariah Hardin Medford as a grave marker in the Medford Plot at the Hico Cemetery. It is beside the grave marker of Elizabeth Ward Medford and several other Medford family members. His son Zachariah Harding Medford Jr.is also buried in the Hico cemetery but not in the Medford plot. Old Zack was this submitters Great Great Grandfather. Photo furnished by unidentified source.

Jesse Nelms Smith and Ruth Mae Brandon Smith. Jesse was born August 1850 in Arkansas and died after 1920 in Texas. Ruth Mae was born May 1847 in Tennessee and died after 1920 in Texas. They were the parents of six children including Gilbert Jackson Smith born September 1883 in Texas. Gilbert married Grace Alcyne Roberts born 26 Oct 1891 in Hamilton Co., Texas and died 30 July 1876 in Stephenville, Erath Co., Texas. Grace was the daughter of the late Jacob Zachariah Roberts and Alice Ada Medford Roberts. Alice Ada Medford Roberts was the daughter of the late Stephen Hill Medford and Louisa Izilla Jones Medford and granddaughter of the late Zachariah Hardin Medford and Marhta Wilkes. Photo furnished by unidentified source.

Jacob Zachariah Roberts and Alice Ada Medford Roberts with Grandson William Bruce Roberts Jr. Jacob was born 17 June 1858 in Dufau, Erath Co., Texas and died 8 May 1932 in Mills Co., Texas. Alice Ada Medford Roberts was born 7 March 1860 in Erath Co., Texas and died 19 November 1946 in Mills Co., Texas. They were married 30 November 1882 in Erath Co., Texas. They were the parents of seven children. Alice was a Granddaughter of the late Zachariah Hardin Medford and Martha Wilkes and the daughter of the late Stephen Hill Medford. Jacob and Alice are buried in the Hurst Ranch Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Texas. Photo furnished by unidentified source.

Jacob Zachariah Roberts and Alice Ada Medford Roberts family. Jacob was born 17 June 1858 in Duffau, Erath Co., Texas and died 8 May 1932 in Mills Co., Texas. Alice Ada Medford was the daughter of the late Stephen Hill Medford and Louisa Izella Jones. Alice was born 7 March 1860 in Erath Co., Texas and died 19 November 1946 in Mills Co., Texas. She was a Granddaughter of Zachariah Hardin Medford and Martha Wilkes. Alice and Jacob were the parents of seven children. Jacob and Alice are buried in the Hurst Ranch Cemetery, Hamilton Co., Texas. Phot furnished by unindentified source.

Jewel Vivian Medford (Vallance) and husband Andrew J. Goode. Jewel was the daughter of the late Holland Lee Medford and Ila Green Tally Medford. She was a Great Granddaughter to the late Zachariah Hardin Medford and Martha Wilkes. Jewel Was born 26 Jun 1915 in Haskell, Haskell Co., Texas and died 9 Aug 1978 in Forest Grove, Washington Co., Oregon. She is buried in the Arcade Cemetery, Washington Co., Oregon. Andrew was born 18 May 1928 in Texas and died 16 Jan 1993 in Bakersfield, Kern Co., California. They were married about 1950. Jewel was previously married to the late Alvin Russell Vallance. She and Alvin were the parents of two children, both living.

The women in this picture are the daughters of William Levi Medford and Mary Frances Gallaway of Texas. William was born 17 November 1848 in Rusk Co., Texas and died 4 February 1908 San Antonio, Bexar Co., Texas. He was the son of John Anderson "Pad" Medford and Nancy Jane Wornell of Rusk Co., Texas. Mary was born 13 April 1855 in Texas and died 30 January 1914 in Texas. Levi and Mary were the parents of thirteen children. Levi and Mary are buried in Sand Hollow Cemetery, Pearsall, Frio Co., Texas.

The late Richard Greene Medford was the son of the late James Evan Medford and Sarah Frances Hall of Texas. He married Mary Elizabeth Hardin of Texas. They were the parents of eleven children.

The three Medford boys are the sons of the late Holland Lee Medford and Ila Green Tally Medford. Picture taken in Collingsworth Co., Texas. The brothers are Gr Grandsons of the late Zachariah Hardin Medford and Martha Wilkes.

This picture is of the late Ila Green Tally Medford with three of her daughters. The picture was taken in Hall Co., Texas or nearby Collingsworth Co., Texas.

Alvin Russell Vallance of Plaska, Hall Co., Texas and Jewel Vivian Medford Vallance with Jewels mothe Ila and siblings. Picture probably taken on the Vallance Farm. Plaska, Hall Co., Texas