Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

Family: Richard FORD / Eveline ASHCRAFT (F24602)

m. 31 Dec 1868


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  • Richard FORDFather | Male
    Richard FORD

    Born  20 Feb 1847  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  27 Apr 1916  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  31 Dec 1868  [1]  Doddridge Co, WV  [1] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Oldridge FORD | F24798 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Nancy HEROLD | F24798 Group Sheet 

    Eveline ASHCRAFTMother | Female
    Eveline ASHCRAFT

    Born  1839  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  19 Feb 1923  Harlin (Morgans Run), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  John ASHCRAFT | F28653 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Dicy FORD | F28653 Group Sheet 

    Jennie FORDChild 1 | Female
    + Jennie FORD

    Born  17 Mar 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  21 Apr 1936  Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Ravenswood Cemetery, Ravenswood, Jackson Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Leander "Lee" DAVIS | F24601 
    Married  3 Apr 1890  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Mary FORDChild 2 | Female
    Mary FORD

    Born  8 Apr 1872  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  2 May 1887  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     

    Nancy FORDChild 3 | Female
    + Nancy FORD

    Born  9 Aug 1874  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Oct 1954  Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Levi Jackson COTTRILL | F24457 
    Married  22 Aug 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

    Talitha Frances FORDChild 4 | Female
    + Talitha Frances FORD

    Born  28 Feb 1878  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  4 Dec 1940  Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Lorhemus W. "Low" DAVIS | F24789 
    Married  22 Dec 1895  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on Jul 6 1870:
      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.

      1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 2 1900:
      Richard Ford, 53, b. Feb 1847, farmer, married 33 yrs; son-in-law Loremus Davis, 24, b. Apr 1876, farm hand, married 4 yrs; wife Evaline Ford, 58, b. Aug 1841, married 33 yrs, (count of children illegible); dau Talitha Davis, 22, b. Feb 1878, married 4 yrs, mother of 2 children (both still living); granddau Silva B. Davis, 3, b. Feb 1897; grandson Richard T. Davis, 1, b. Oct 1898.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 27 1910:
      Richard Ford, 63, farmer, married 43 yrs; wife Evaline, 72 (sic). [2]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 158, Line 21 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791743&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Richard Ford, 21, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Oldridge & Nancy Ford, farmer; and Evaline Ashcraft, 24, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of John & Dicy Ashcraft. Married Dec 31 1868 in Doddridge County, officiated by A. M. Coon.

    2. [S1590] Death record of daughter.