Husband: Freeman Brenton Ford
Also known as: Free Ford
Born: Jan-19-1905 1,2,3
Died: Aug- -1984 2,3
Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4
Resided: in Salem, WV 5
Census: 1940 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV 6
Census: 1920 in McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV (see note 1)
Occupation: 1940 carpenter at tin mill 6
Father: Albert Floyd Ford (1879 - 1954)
Mother: Ida Catherine Kellar (1886 - )
Wife: Mabel Mary Davis Also known as: Maybelle Mary Davis 7 Married: Jun- 1-1924 8
Born: Jun- 6-1906 7,3 Died: Jul-12-1971 8,3 Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Census: 1940 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Father: Lewis Elsworth Davis (1872 - 1947) Mother: Alice Perkins (1882 - 1928)
M Child 1: Claudius Arnold Ford Also known as: Claude Ford 9 Born: Apr-25-1925 2 Died: Oct-20-1997 2 Buried: in Coplin Church Cemetery, Jarvisville, Harrison Co, WV 10 Resided: in New Cumberland, Hancock Co, WV 2 Resided: 1989 in Shinnston, Harrison Co, WV 11 Census: 1940 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Education: Doddridge Co H.S. 12 Military: Yeoman 3rd Class, U.S. Navy, World War II (Pacific) 10,12 Wife: Irene Elaine Powell b. Oct- 6-1927 Married: Jan-24-1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 13,14
F Child 2: Gwendolyn Kathryn Ford Born: Jan-14-1928 in Doddridge Co, WV 2,15,4,16 Died: Dec-27-1989 in Salem, WV 17,4 (see note 2) Buried: in Center Point Christian Church Cemetery, Doddridge Co, WV 4 Resided: in Salem, WV 5,16 Census: 1940 at Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Husband: Jimmie Carson Helmick b. Jun-13-1926 d. Oct- 7-2013 Also known as: James C. Helmick 18 Married: Nov-21-1946 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 16
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. 184. (2) Social Security Death Index. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Headstone. (5) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (6) 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District) (7) 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. 94. (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. 155. (9) Obituary of wife's stepfather. (10) Cemetery marker. (11) Obituary of sister. (12) Newspaper article. (13) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (14) 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. 216. (15) Obituary. (16) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (17) Obituary - At home. (18) Marriage record of son. Event Notes Note (1) In household of maternal grandparents Christopher M. & Sarah J. Kellar. Note (2) Death date incorrectly reported in Social Security Death Index as Feb 1990. Obituary and and headstone indicate Dec 27 1989.