NameHarvey Nelson Alfrey
Birth10 Mar 1875, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death8 Apr 1947, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialNew Alfrey Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Marriage8 Nov 1896, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseNellie A. McKenzie
Birth1881, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death1916, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialNew Alfrey Cemetery, Rowan Co., Ky
Children
Birth11 Oct 1897, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death20 Jul 1987, Morehead, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth20 Nov 1900, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death2 Jul 1937, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth13 Dec 1903, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth13 Dec 1903, Kentucky
Death29 Dec 2002, Crawford Co., Ohio
Birth31 Aug 1906, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death23 Feb 1938, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth28 Jun 1909, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Harvey Nelson Alfrey
His death certificate records Harvey Newton Alfrey, age 72 years 28 days, birthdate blank, died 8 Apr 1947 in Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, residence same, divorced, merchant, father Samuel Alfrey, mother’s maiden name Mary Manley, both born in Ky, cause of death acute cardiac faiure, informant Vernon Alfrey, burial in Alfrey Cemetery.
Notes for Nellie A. McKenzie
Years of birth and death are from her gravestone. I cannot find her in the Kentucky death records.
Notes for Harvey Nelson & Nellie A. (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage register A, p. 104, records marriage of H. N. Alfrey and Nellie McKenzie, on 8 Nov 1896. It is also recorded in license book 2, p. 240, on 7 Nov 1896.
Census
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Farmers precinct, enumerated 28 April, lists on p. 12A as family #207/214:
Alfrey, Harvey N., 35, merchant at general store; Nellie A., wife, 29, married 13 years, first marriage for both (the number of children column is blank); Chester V, son, 12; George D., son, 9; Fannie E., dau, 6; Ava M., dau, 3; Beulah, dau, 10/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead precinct, enumerated 19 Jan, lists on p. 10A as family #191/201:
Alfrey, Harvey, 44, widowed, county assessor; Dewey, son, 19, laborer at paper mill; Fanny, dau, 16; Ava, dau, 13; Beulah, dau, 10. All born Ky Ky Ky.
Dewey was also recorded in Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana, as Dewy Alfrey, boarder, 19, divorced, laborer at factory, with the family of Thomas L. Clapp and Belle Parker (see their census notes for details), and three other Alfreys, including his double first cousins Herbert and Farmer, sons of Fielding Alfrey and Caroline McKenzie.