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James Edward FORD

James Edward FORD

Male 1929 - 2009  (79 years)

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  • Name James Edward FORD 
    Born 22 Nov 1929  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Military U.S. Air Force, Korea  [5] 
    Census 1930  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Education Doddridge Co H.S. (1948)  [5] 
    Occupation dispatcher for Equitable Gas Co. (30 yrs, retired 1985)  [5] 
    Residence New Eagle, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Residence 1951  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 2000  Finleyville, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 20 Feb 2009  New Eagle, Washington Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Buried Mannington Memorial Park Cemetery, Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Person ID I52282  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2018 

    Father Hadsel Mansfield FORD,   b. 22 Jun 1904, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Apr 1946  (Age 41 years) 
    Mother Thelma Louise SMITH,   b. 4 Oct 1908, Nutters Fork, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 2000, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Family ID F21571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Peggy Ruth JONES,   b. CA 1931, Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Married 2 Mar 1951  Mannington, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Family ID F21572  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2569] West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    2. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 235.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S14] Obituary.

    6. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    7. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    8. [S1752] 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.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 313.
      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.)