Son of Diogenes N. and Mary J. DeFord.
A native of Norfolk, VA, Prof. DeFord relocated to Washington, D.C. in about 1891. He was a music teacher and, for many years, partnered with his friend, Hugh Edgar Saltsman, in the operation of the Saltsman-DeFord School of Music and Acting in D.C.
On December 26, 1909, Prof. DeFord fractured his leg in a fall on ice on Pennsylvania Ave. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and died there about 3 weeks later. He was survived by his parents and a sister, Alice R. Cooper, wife of Charles C. Cooper.
William DeFord was buried in Congressional Cemetery. His parents are buried next to him and his sister nearby.
A native of Norfolk, VA, Prof. DeFord relocated to Washington, D.C. in about 1891. He was a music teacher and, for many years, partnered with his friend, Hugh Edgar Saltsman, in the operation of the Saltsman-DeFord School of Music and Acting in D.C.
On December 26, 1909, Prof. DeFord fractured his leg in a fall on ice on Pennsylvania Ave. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and died there about 3 weeks later. He was survived by his parents and a sister, Alice R. Cooper, wife of Charles C. Cooper.
William DeFord was buried in Congressional Cemetery. His parents are buried next to him and his sister nearby.
Son of Diogenes N. and Mary J. DeFord.
A native of Norfolk, VA, Prof. DeFord relocated to Washington, D.C. in about 1891. He was a music teacher and, for many years, partnered with his friend, Hugh Edgar Saltsman, in the operation of the Saltsman-DeFord School of Music and Acting in D.C.
On December 26, 1909, Prof. DeFord fractured his leg in a fall on ice on Pennsylvania Ave. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and died there about 3 weeks later. He was survived by his parents and a sister, Alice R. Cooper, wife of Charles C. Cooper.
William DeFord was buried in Congressional Cemetery. His parents are buried next to him and his sister nearby.
A native of Norfolk, VA, Prof. DeFord relocated to Washington, D.C. in about 1891. He was a music teacher and, for many years, partnered with his friend, Hugh Edgar Saltsman, in the operation of the Saltsman-DeFord School of Music and Acting in D.C.
On December 26, 1909, Prof. DeFord fractured his leg in a fall on ice on Pennsylvania Ave. He was taken to Emergency Hospital and died there about 3 weeks later. He was survived by his parents and a sister, Alice R. Cooper, wife of Charles C. Cooper.
William DeFord was buried in Congressional Cemetery. His parents are buried next to him and his sister nearby.
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