Husband: Oral Virtes Ford
Born: May-29-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 1,2,3,4
Died: Apr-20-1968 in Philippi, Barbour Co, WV 4,2
Resided: in Galloway, Barbour Co, WV 5
Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1915 in Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: miner 4
Occupation: 1930 dairy truck driver 6
Occupation: 1920 laborer for Hope Gas Co. 7
Father: William Fernando Ford (1865 - 1943)
Mother: Irena Bell Davis (1871 - 1927)
Other spouse 2
Wife: Nina Pearl Ball 8
Also known as: Pearl Ball
Married: Nov-25-1915 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 9,10
Born: Nov-10-1898 in Doddridge Co, WV 11,12,3 (see note 1)
Died: Sep-29-1949 in Littleton, Wetzel Co, WV 13
Buried: Masonic Cemetery 13
Resided: in Littleton, Wetzel Co, WV 13
Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Resided: 1915 in Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1900 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: James F. Ball (1860 - 1900)
Mother: Phebe Melvina Dye (1862 - 1942)
F Child 1: Wavelene Virginia Ford Born: Sep-20-1917 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 13,14 Died: Nov-25-1965 in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13 Buried: in Three Springs Cemetery, near Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13 Resided: in Weirton, Hancock Co, WV 13 Census: 1940 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Resided: 1936 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 14 Resided: 1935 in Hancock Co, WV 15 Census: 1930 in Salem, Harrison Co, WV Census: 1920 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV Occupation: die press operator, Kusic & Haines 13 Husband: Forest Everett Maxwell b. Jun-24-1915 d. Jul- 1-1985 Married: Nov-25-1936 in New Cumberland, Hancock Co, WV 14
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. 218. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (4) Barbour County Death Records, Philippi, WV. (5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (6) 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV. (7) 1920 Census, Harrison County, WV. (8) Death record of daughter. (9) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Oral Ford, 22, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Pearl Ball, 17, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 25 1915 "at The Columbia Hotel, West Union," officiated by P. S. Strader, a Minister of the U.B. Church. MR p. 454 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795150&Type=Marriage. (10) Newspaper wedding announcement, "West Union Record," Thursday, Dec 2 1915, in its entirety: FORD - BALL Miss Pearl Ball and Orval Ford of near Salem were married here at the Columbian hotel Thursday evening about 5 o'clock. Rev. P. S. Strader officiated. The ceremony was witnessed by J. A. Finley and Miss Ford, as sister of the groom. (11) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (12) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (13) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (14) Hancock County Marriage Records, New Cumberland, WV. (15) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District) Event Notes Note (1) Birth date given in death record as Nov 10 1897. But the 1900 Census shows it as Nov 1898, age 1, and her birth record states Nov 10 1898. Other than her birth record and that 1900 Census, in which she was listed as Nina P. Ball, she was known almost exclusively by her middle name Pearl.