| Notes |
- 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), District 13, enumerated on Sep 24 1850:
Aldridge Ford, 35, farmer, value of real estate (blank), cannot read/write; Nancy, 34, cannot read/write; Emily, 9; Mary A, 7; Eliza, 5; Mariah, 3; Richard, 2; Anna, 1; Willis Herrel, 70, farmer, value of real estate $300; Mary Herrel, 65. All born in Virginia.
1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 29 1860:
Oldridge Ford, 50, farmer, value of real estate $300, value of personal estate (blank); Nancy, 45; Emily, 18; Mary, 16; Eliza, 13; Maria, 11; Richard, 10; Anna, 9; James, 7; H. (female), 6; A. A. (female), 6; John, 4; Alfred, 2; Mary Herold, 80.
NOTE: There is consistently an 8 or 9-year difference in the ages of all the older children as compared to the 1850 Census, rather than the expected 10-year difference.
1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on Jul 6 1870:
Oldridge Ford, 57, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100, cannot read/write; Nancy, 56, cannot write; James, 19, farm laborer, attended school within the year, cannot write; Alfred, 13, attended school, cannot read/write; Mary A, 27, cannot read/write; Maria, 24, cannot read/write; Ann, 20, cannot read/write; Herman, 8.
The next enumerated household was that of Oldridge and Nancy's son Richard:
Richard Ford, 23, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $250, cannot read/write; Eveline, 28, cannot write.
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Districtr), enumerated on Jun 12 1880:
Richard Ford, 31, cannot read/write; wife Evaline, 38, cannot write; dau Jenie, 9, attended school within the census year; dau Mary, 8; dau Nancy, 6; dau Francis, 2; mother Nancy N, 65, widowed, cannot write; sister Mariah, 33, single, cannot read/write; brother Alfred N, 22, single, farmer, cannot write; brother Hermin D, 17, single, farmer. In the column labeled "Maimed, Crippled, Bedridden, or otherwise disabled," a mark was entered for both the daughter Nancy and the mother Nancy. Also, in the column labeled "Insane," a mark was entered for sister Mariah. [4]
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| Children |
| | 1. Emily V. FORD, b. 28 Mar 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA  , d. 12 Aug 1897 (Age 56 years) |
| | 2. Mary Ann FORD, b. 1 Sep 1842, d. 10 May 1873 (Age 30 years) |
| | 3. Eliza FORD, b. 3 Feb 1844, d. 18 Oct 1864 (Age 20 years) |
| | 4. Mariah FORD, b. CA 1847 |
| + | 5. Richard FORD, b. 20 Feb 1847, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 27 Apr 1916, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 69 years) |
| + | 6. Lydia Ann FORD, b. 15 Aug 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 12 Jun 1902 (Age 52 years) |
| + | 7. James L. FORD, b. Mar 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 22 Mar 1918, Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV (Age ~ 67 years) |
| | 8. Harriet FORD, b. 21 Nov 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 6 Feb 1865, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 11 years) |
| | 9. Isabel FORD, b. 21 Nov 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 26 Jan 1865, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 11 years) |
| | 10. John FORD, b. 16 May 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 1 Nov 1865, Doddridge Co, WV (Age 10 years) |
| + | 11. Alfred Neely "Doc" FORD, b. 11 Mar 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 30 Jul 1924, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV (Age 67 years) |
| + | 12. Herman D. FORD, b. 18 Mar 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA , d. 17 Jul 1950, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV (Age 88 years) |
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1815 - 1899 (84 years)