OBITUARY:
Avon,N.Y.,Avon Herald,April 14,1900

Rev.Alfred G. Dunsford died at the Hahnemann Hospital, Rochester, of tuberculosis, after a lingering illness, age 55 years. The deceased is survived by his widow, and three daughters, Ruth and Fannie of this village, and Mabel, who is at tending school in Cleveland, O.; one brother, Henry D. of Watertown, and two sisters, Mrs. Clark Matison, of Cleveland, O., and Mrs. Fannie D. Sword of Watertown.
Alfred G. Dunsford was born in England in the year 1815, and came to this country with his parents when 9 years of age. He was a graduated from Hamilton College, and completed his theological training at the Rochester Seminary. Shortly after graduation he accepted a call to the East Avon Baptist Church, thence he removed with his family to Waterford, N.Y. His last pastorate was Mareago, Ill. Broken in health, by close application and overwork, he returned to Avon, where for the past nine years he and his family made their home with Mrs. Bunsford's brother, Mr. Wm. G. Markham.
The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon, April 10th, at Elm Place, the ancestral home of Mrs. Dunsford, and was in every detail in accord with Mr. Dunsford's expressed wishes. The services were conducted by Dr. L. Pickard, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland, O., assisted by the Rev. S. F. Steele of this place. Col. S. P. Smith of Waterford, N.Y., was present and spoke briefly paying a tender tribute to the memory of his former pastor and friends of long standing. Mrs. Judd of Rochester, sang several selections.
The bearers were Col. S.P. Smith, S.W. Puffer, W.G. Bell, Albert C. Bell, of Rochester, Wm. E. Dana and Charles Brckwith of Avon, who bore him to the family lot in the Avon cemetery.
Dr. Pickard's tribute was eloquent and touching in which he spoke of his departed friend, as one whose nature was gentle and poetic, and whose life such that contact with it meant inspiration and fellowship developed an incentive to nobler living.