ALFORD, LOYAL ADOLPHUS: 1814-1883.
Loyal Adolphus Alford , physician and minister, was born in Ferrisburg, Vt., on May 29, 1814.
He first studied medicine and began to practice in 1835, but he soon turned to the ministry, to which he was ordained in 1844, and became pastor of the First Baptist Church at Erie, Pa. After serving as pastor of churches in Rollins and Litchfield, Mich., during the 1850'S he came to Elkhart, Ind., where he established the First Baptist Church. In 1863 he moved to Logansport, Ind. There he was a minister as well as a physician and there began the writing of his books.
Dr. Alford established the Commercial Publishing Company and published the SUNDAY SCHOOL VISITOR, a semi-monthly paper, using the profits to assist destitute Sunday Schools and churches. He was a member of scientific societies in Europe and America and wrote much on religious and semi-scientific subjects.
He died at Logansport on Dec. 20, 1883.
Information from Powell History of Cass County and Mrs. W. A. Bicker, granddaughter of Dr. Alford.
- Masonic Gems; Consisting of Odes, Poem and Dirge. Being a
Miniature Sketch of Esoteric and Exoteric Masonry.
Cincinnati, 1867.
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- The Great Atonement Illustrated. A Poem Concerning a Plea of
all the Subsidiary Attributes of Deity, Before the Grand Council in
Heaven–the Seven Spirits of God–the Seal of the
Eternal Covenant. Cincinnati, 1868.
- The Biblical Chart of Man. 1868.
- Mystic Numbers of the Word: or, Five Hundred Important
Theological and Scientific Questions Answered; Also, the Existence of the
Mystic Numbers, as Revealed in the Sciences of Geology, Botany, Chemistry
and Anthropology. Logansport, Ind., 1870.
- A Trip to the Skies. The Stars! The Stars! Ecce
Ccelum. Logansport, Ind., 1884.
