Jul-28-2018
Husband: James L. Ford
Born: Mar- -1851 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA (see note 1) Died: Mar-22-1918 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 1,2 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 1,3 Resided: near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 1 Census: 1870, 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Father: Oldridge Ford (1815 - 1879) Mother: Nancy Herold (1815 - 1899)
Wife: Rebecca Jane Ash 4 Census name: B. Powell Married: May- 9-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 5,6
Born: Apr- -1855 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 6,2,7 Died: Oct- 9-1917 8,2 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 3 Census: 1870, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1860 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA Mother: Catharine Ash (1835 - 1904)
F Child 1: Laura Lizabelle Ford Also known as: Laura B. Ford 9,6 Born: Mar-15-1876 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 10,11,9,6 Died: Apr-15-1943 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Buried: in Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Resided: in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Resided: 1918, 1938 in Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV 12,13 Census: 1880, 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Christopher Columbus Marion Pierce b. Oct- 1-1862 d. Apr-27-1938 Also known as: Columbus Marion Pierce Married: Apr-22-1906 in Doddridge Co, WV 14
M Child 2: Oakley Ford Also known as: Okley Ford 12 Born: Jul-29-1877 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,6,15 Died: Apr-22-1948 10 Resided: 1918 in Malta, Morgan Co, OH 12 Resided: 1902 in Harrison Co, WV 15 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Cora May Williams b. ca 1883 d. Jul-29-1961 Married: Aug-10-1902 in Harrison Co, WV 15
M Child 3: James William Ford 10 Also known as: William Ford 16 Born: Dec- -1878 17 Died: Oct- -1879 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
F Child 4: Amanda Virginia Ford Census name: Mandy V. Ford Born: Aug-25-1880 10 (see note 2) Died: Dec-16-1909 10 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: William J. Glossbrenner "Brennie" Taylor b. Sep- -1880 d. Apr-16-1962 Census name: William J. G. Taylor
M Child 5: Fred Ford Census name: Freddie Ford Born: Jan-12-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 10,18,6,7 Died: Apr- 8-1918 10,18 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 19 Resided: in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Nellie Burnside b. Feb-24-1893 d. Apr- 3-1916 Married: Sep-15-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
F Child 6: Minnie May Ford Born: Feb-28-1884 in Doddridge Co, WV 20,6,7 Died: Aug- 2-1966 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 20 Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 20 Census: 1940 in Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 21 Census: 1920, 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1903 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 7 Husband: George B. Moore b. Mar- 8-1881 d. Aug-26-1960 Married: Jul- 5-1903 at Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 7: Sammie Ford Born: 1885 10 Died: in infancy 10
M Child 8: Edward Ford Census name: Edda Ford Born: Mar-21-1886 10,22 (see note 3) Died: Jul- 2-1961 10 Census: 1930 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Never married: 10
M Child 9: Daniel Ford Also known as: Roy Daniel Ford 10 Born: Mar-12-1888 17 Died: Mar-16-1888 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
F Child 10: Nancy Catherine "Kate" Ford 24 Also known as: Kate 18 Born: Mar-15-1889 11,2 Died: Nov-17-1954 in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 11,2 Buried: in Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery, near Zinnia, Doddridge Co, WV 18,11 Resided: in New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV 11 Census: 1920 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1918 in Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 12 Husband: Henry Howard Sutton b. Mar- 5-1885 d. Mar- 1-1968 Also known as: Howard Sutton 9,25,18,26,27 Married: Feb-17-1909 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
F Child 11: Mary Priscilla Ford Born: Jan-16-1892 10 Died: Jan-16-1892 10
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) (4) Death record of daughter. (5) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James L. Ford, single, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Oldridge & Nancy Ford; and Rebecca J. Ash, single, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Ralph Smith & Catharine Ash. Married May 9 1875. MR p. 206 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792254&Type=Marriage. (6) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (8) Obituary of husband. (9) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (10) Wade H. Coffindaffer Jr. (1918-1991), Clarksburg, WV, Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Dye Ford (Self-published, July 1991), p. 8. (11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (12) Obituary of father. (13) Death record of husband. (14) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as Columbus M. Pierce, 43, of Doddridge Co; and Laura B. Ford, 30, of Doddridge Co. Married Apr 22 1906. (15) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. (17) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (18) Headstone. (19) Findagrave.com. (20) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (21) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (22) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District). (23) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, There are two entries for this death, one for Mar 16 1887, and the other for Mar 16 1888. In both cases, the age at death is given as 4 days. Since the 1888 entry is in a ledger with deaths documented through other means as occurring in 1888, it is assumed that this death also occurred in 1888. http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047062& Type=Death http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046054&Type=Death. (24) Obituary of daughter. (25) Social Security Death Index. (26) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District). (27) Marriage record of daughter. Event Notes Note (1) Birth date on headstone is 1850, but age 23 in 1875 marriage record would put birth in about 1852/53, and age 28 in the 1880 Census would put it in about 1852. The 1900 Census shows it as Mar 1848. Rather than stating his birth date, his obituary gives his age as 67y 11m 29d, which calculates to a birth date of Mar 21 1850. He did not appear with his family in the 1850 Census, enumerated in Sep 1850. Note (2) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1881. Note (3) In 1930, listed as Edward Ford, his age was 40, putting birth in about 1890. But in 1900, listed as Edda Ford, his age was 14, with birth date March 1886.Name Index