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Husband: Samuel Lee Ford Born: Jan-12-1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,2,3,4 Died: Feb-16-1921 in Doddridge Co, WV 3,4 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5 Occupation: farmer, sheriff (1917-1921), assessor of Doddridge County 3 Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: James R. Ford (1828 - 1888) Mother: Talitha W. Davis (1827 - 1900) Notes
Wife: Laura Ann Davis Married: May-26-1883 in Harrison Co, WV 2
Born: Nov-28-1862 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 6,4,2 Died: Nov-24-1941 6,4 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5 Father: Levi B. Davis (1836 - 1912) Mother: Sarah J. Rymer (1840 - 1922)
M Child 1: Orwin D. Ford Born: May- 1-1884 7 Died: Feb- 7-1905 7 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5
F Child 2: Clella Ford Born: Oct-30-1885 8 Husband: Clyde A. Ehret b. Jan- 7-1881 d. 1952 Also known as: A. Clyde Ehret 8 Married: May-30-1912 in Doddridge Co, WV 9
M Child 3: Carl James Ford Born: Dec-26-1890 7,8 Died: Sep-10-1891 7,8 Buried: in Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 5
M Child 4: Glen Levi Ford Born: Dec-26-1890 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Died: 1949 10 Resided: from 1928 in Buckhannon, Upshur Co, WV 10 Resided: formerly in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 10 Occupation: Jan- -1917 appointed Deputy Sheriff of Doddridge County (with F. E. Strickling) Education: Salem College (1916) 11 Wife: Susan May Seager b. May-31-1892 d. Jan-19-1977 Also known as: Susie May Seager 12 Married: Aug-15-1916 in Farina, Fayette Co, IL 13
F Child 5: Ogaretta Prue Ford Born: Aug- 1-1894 8 Husband: Rosswell Paul Seager b. Oct- 3-1887 d. May- 1-1970 Also known as: Ross Paul Seager 14 Married: Aug-12-1919 in Farina, Fayette Co, IL 12
F Child 6: Eva Lucille Ford Born: Jan-30-1897 8 Occupation: 1927 instructor of French, Alfred University 15 Education: Ohio University 16 Notes
Sources: (1) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 43. (2) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) (3) Obituary. (4) Headstone (year only) (5) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995) (6) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 84. (7) Headstone. (8) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 87. (9) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 385. (10) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 210. (11) Newspaper wedding announcement, Doddridge County Republican, 8/17/1916. (12) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 147. (13) Newspaper wedding announcement, Wedding date stated as Tuesday, Aug 16 1916, but Aug 16th was a Wednesday that year. The announcement appeared in the newspaper issue of Thursday, Aug 17 1916, so the wedding presumably took place on Tuesday the 15th. Doddridge County Republican, 8/17/1916. (14) Marriage record of daughter. (15) Lily Smith Corathers, History of Nutters Fork Community (1927), http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/nutterfk.html. (16) Doddridge County Republican, 11/21/1918.




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