Alexander Vanderford Pilson b. 12 Mar 1897 Surry County, North Carolina, USA d. 18 Jun 1978 High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA: MontyHistNotes

1897 - 1978 (81 years)

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Name	Alexander Vanderford Pilson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27]
Birth	12 Mar 1897	Surry County, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 18, 21, 26, 27]
Gender	Male
Family Search ID	MZLC-9D1
Occupation	Cabinet Maker/Furniture Foreman [3, 21, 27, 28]
Residence	1900	Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA [7]
Residence	1910	Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA [9]
Residence	1917	Davidson County, North Carolina, USA [6]
Residence	1920	Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA [10]
Residence	1930	High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA [5]
Residence	1938	High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA [15]
Residence	1940	High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA [3, 12]
Death	18 Jun 1978	High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 4, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 29]
Death		Pilson, Alexander Vanderford (1897-1978)
Burial	20 Jun 1978	Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA [1, 2, 4, 18, 21, 26, 27]
Burial		Pilson, Alexander Vanderford (1897-1978) Created by: BradNCarolina Added: 2 Oct 2013 Find a Grave Memorial 118050316
Person ID	I21139	Cock_Goad Family \| Turner, Francis and Gilley, Elizabeth
Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

Father	William Lee Pilson, b. 5 Jul 1845, Patrick County, Virginia, USA d. 14 Mar 1920, Cameron, Moore, North Carolina, USA (Age 74 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Susan Evelyn Bray, b. 20 Oct 1857, Surry County, North Carolina, USA d. 5 Nov 1955, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 98 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	23 Oct 1890	Surry County, North Carolina, USA [7, 30]
Marriage	1891
Family ID	F12396	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Olevia Northcott, b. 22 Dec 1906, North Carolina, USA d. 2 Jun 1984, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 77 years)

Marriage Abt 1925

Children

+	1. Doris Lee Pilson, b. 1 May 1927, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA d. 27 Aug 2007, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA (Age 80 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
+	2. Jack Ford Pilson, b. 19 Oct 1933, High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA d. 24 May 2020, Holden Beach, Brunswick, North Carolina, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11033 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 28 Jan 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 12 Mar 1897 - Surry County, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1900 - Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1910 - Rockford, Surry, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1917 - Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1920 - Greenwood, Lee, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1930 - High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1938 - High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
	Residence - 1940 - High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
	Death - 18 Jun 1978 - High Point, Guilford, North Carolina, USA
	Burial - 20 Jun 1978 - Guilford Memorial Park, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA

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Sources

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https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60525&h=124392745&indiv=try
[S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
Record for Alexander Vanderford Pilson
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[S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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[S837] Guilford Memorial Park, (Name: Findagrave; Location: Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA;), Pilson, Alexander Vanderford (1897-1978) Memorial #118050316 Plot Garden of Faith - Section 2 Accessed KRM 20 Jun 2021 4:39pm https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118050316/alexander-vanderford-pilson.
Guilford Memorial Park
6000 High Point Road
Greensboro, Guilford County, North Carolina, 27407-7009 USA
PHONE (336) 299-5177
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/47571/guilford-memorial-park
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118050316/alexander-vanderford-pilson
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https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYQ-5741
[S864] FamilySearch.org, Find A Grave Index, Pilson, Alexander Vanderford (1897-1978) (Reliability: 1).
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-1MCN : 8 August 2020), Alexander Vanderford Pilson, ; Burial, Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States of America, Guilford Memorial Park; citing record ID 118050316, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG6-1MCN
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