Husband: Hadsel Mansfield Ford
Born: Jun-22-1904 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2 Died: Apr-16-1946 1,2 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 3 Census: 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Ernest Osora Ford (1869 - 1944) Mother: Ida Frances Kinney (1875 - 1966) Notes
Wife: Thelma Louise Smith
Married: Jul- 3-1923 1
Born: Oct- 4-1908 at Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV 4,5
Died: Nov-22-2000 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 6,5
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 4
Resided: in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 4,7
Census: 1910, 1920, 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: teacher, Doddridge County schools 4
Education: Salem College, West Virginia Univ (masters degree) 4
Father: Ephraim Harvey Smith (1879 - 1960)
Mother: Delphia Davisson (1885 - 1973)
M Child 1: Donald Warren Ford Born: Jun-30-1924 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 5,2,8 Died: Sep- -1967 9,2 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Resided: 1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Wife: Doris Marie Asher b. Sep-30-1929 Married: Aug-15-1946 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8
F Child 2: Betty Frances Ford
Born: Jul-18-1925 10,11
Died: Jul- 2-1940 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,11
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 10,3
Cause of death: third-degree burns from clothing catching fire 10
Census: 1930 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 3: James Edward Ford Born: Nov-22-1929 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,1,5,8 Died: Feb-20-2009 in New Eagle, Washington Co, PA 14 Buried: in Mannington Memorial Park Cemetery, Marion Co, WV 4 Resided: in New Eagle, Washington Co, PA 4,7 Resided: 2000 in Finleyville, Washington Co, PA 15 Resided: 1951 near West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 8 Census: 1930 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: dispatcher for Equitable Gas Co. (30 yrs, retired 1985) 4 Education: Doddridge Co H.S. (1948) 4 Military: U.S. Air Force, Korea 4 Wife: Peggy Ruth Jones b. ca 1931 Married: Mar- 2-1951 in Mannington, Marion Co, WV 16
F Child 4: Living Husband: Robert Glenwood Phillips b. Sep-18-1929 d. Aug- 9-2009
F Child 5: Thelma Marie Ford Born: Nov- 7-1936 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 17,18,4 Died: Apr- 3-2016 4 Resided: in Vienna, Wood Co, WV 4,15,19 Resided: 1964 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17 Occupation: music teacher & band director, high school & elementary (32 yrs) 4,18 Education: Doddridge Co H.S., Salem College (music degree), WVU (master's degree) 18,4 Husband: Living
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. 235. (2) Headstone (year only) (3) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990) (4) Obituary. (5) Social Security Death Index. (6) Obituary - At home. (7) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (8) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (9) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 235, reports birth/death dates for "Donnie W. Ford" as Jul 30 1924 - Jul 3 1966. But SSDI shows dates for Donald Ford as Jun 30 1924 - Sep 1967, and "West Union Cemeteries," p. 28, reports dates on headstone for Donald W. Ford as 1924-1967. (10) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (11) Headstone. (12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 235, reports birth/death dates as Jul 8 1925 - Jul 3 1940. But death record and headstone show them to be Jul 18 1925 - Jul 2 1940. (13) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (14) Obituary - At home, Death date incorrectly reported in Social Security Death Index as Feb 19 2009. Obituary states that he "died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, in his home." That date did fall on a Friday. (15) Obituary of mother. (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as James E. Ford, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. West Union Star Route, son of Hadsel (deceased) & Thelma Ford; and Peggy Ruth Jones, 20, b. Mannington WV, res. West Union, dau of William & Orene Jones. Married Mar 2 1951 in Mannington. (Note: "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 235, incorrectly states marriage date as Feb 1 1951.), MR p. 313. (17) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV. (18) The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, Taylor Publishing Co, 1979, p. 213. (19) Obituary of brother.