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George Washington FORD

George Washington FORD

Male 1855 - 1949  (93 years)


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  • Name George Washington FORD
    Census 1880, 1900, 10, 30  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Birth 17 Sep 1855  Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," reports his birth date as 17 Sep 1855 on page 61, but as 16 March 1857 on page 119. The 1855 date appears to conflict with the birth date of an older sibling. However, his obituary states that he was born on 17 Sep 1855, while age 28 at the time of of his Sep 1886 marriage would put his birth in about 1858. The date on his headstone is 1855.
    Gender Male
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1] 
    Death 21 Jul 1949  [3, 4] 
    Burial IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5] 
    Person ID I41901  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Nov 2023

    Father Albert H. FORD,   b. 4 Aug 1819, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Sep 1888 (Age 69 years)
    Mother Rulana DAVIS,   b. 13 Apr 1819, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Feb 1867 (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F14026  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margaret Virginia "Maggie" MAXWELL,   b. 14 Feb 1860, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 1921, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)  [6]
    Marriage 17 Sep 1886  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
    +1. Maxie Louella FORD,   b. 22 Oct 1887, Doak (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1973 (Age 85 years)
    +2. Clyde Maxwell FORD,   b. 25 Aug 1889, Cloverdale (Big Flint), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1957, Big Flint, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    +3. Mona Audra FORD,   b. 22 Oct 1891, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1956, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    +4. James Clifford FORD,   b. 12 Jun 1893, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Kathleen B. "Kittie" FORD,   b. 3 Jul 1896   d. 8 Aug 1975 (Age 79 years)
    +6. Lettie Viola FORD,   b. 21 May 1899   d. Jun 1946 (Age 47 years)
    Family ID F16850  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

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

    3. [S141] Wade H. Coffindaffer Jr. (1918-1991), Clarksburg, WV, Descendants of Thomas and Elizabeth Dye Ford, (Self-published, July 1991), p. 15.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2243] Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989, revised 1995)).

    6. [S83] 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. 46.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.