Doddridge County Roots


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James L. FORD

James L. FORD

Male 1851 - 1918  (~ 67 years)


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  • Name James L. FORD
    Birth Mar 1851  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Birth date on headstone is 1850, but age 23 in 1875 marriage record would put birth in about 1852/53, and age 28 in the 1880 Census would put it in about 1852. The 1900 Census shows it as Mar 1848. Rather than stating his birth date, his obituary gives his age as 67y 11m 29d, which calculates to a birth date of Mar 21 1850. He did not appear with his family in the 1850 Census, enumerated in Sep 1850.
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880, 1900  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Avon, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Death 22 Mar 1918  Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Keys Cemetery, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I36297  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 21 Mar 2018

    Father Oldridge FORD,   b. CA 1815   d. 15 Jul 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 64 years)
    Mother Nancy HEROLD,   b. 21 Nov 1815   d. 26 Dec 1899 (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F24798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Rebecca Jane ASH,   b. Apr 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Oct 1917 (Age ~ 62 years)  [4]
    Marriage 9 May 1875  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Children 
    +1. Laura Lizabelle FORD,   b. 15 Mar 1876, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1943, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    >2. Oakley FORD,   b. 29 Jul 1877, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1948 (Age 70 years)
     3. James William FORD,   b. Dec 1878   d. Oct 1879, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 0 years)
    >4. Amanda Virginia FORD,   b. 25 Aug 1880   d. 16 Dec 1909 (Age 29 years)
    +5. Fred FORD,   b. 12 Jan 1883, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1918 (Age 35 years)
    +6. Minnie May FORD,   b. 28 Feb 1884, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1966, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     7. Sammie FORD,   b. 1885   d. IN INFANCY
     8. Edward FORD,   b. 21 Mar 1886   d. 2 Jul 1961 (Age 75 years)
     9. Daniel FORD,   b. 12 Mar 1888   d. 16 Mar 1888, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +10. Nancy Catherine "Kate" FORD,   b. 15 Mar 1889   d. 17 Nov 1954, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     11. Mary Priscilla FORD,   b. 16 Jan 1892   d. 16 Jan 1892 (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F14393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 206 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11792254&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as James L. Ford, single, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, son of Oldridge & Nancy Ford; and Rebecca J. Ash, single, 20, b. & res. in Doddridge Co, dau of Ralph Smith & Catharine Ash. Married May 9 1875.

    6. [S2093] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant District).