James R. FORD

1828 - 1888  (60 years)

• Name	James R. FORD
  Born	29 Oct 1828  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
  	In addition to his wife and children was a boy identified as Newton Boyce, 16, b. Virginia, relationship not given.
  Census	1880	West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
  Occupation	farmer  [2, 3]
  Died	31 Dec 1888	Doddridge Co, WV   [1, 4]
  	Cause: suicide (cut throat with pocket knife)
  Buried	Seventh Day Baptist Church Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV   [1]
  Person ID	I42800	Doddridge County Roots
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Thomas FORD,   b. 12 Dec 1794, Fauquier Co, VA ,   d. 9 Feb 1860  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth DYE,   b. 29 Mar 1791,   d. 10 Feb 1833  (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F15016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Talitha W. DAVIS,   b. 1 Aug 1827,   d. 2 Jan 1900, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 72 years)  [5]
  Married	22 Apr 1851	Lewis Co, (W)VA   [6]
  Children	1. Mary Florence FORD,   b. 24 Oct 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 17 Jul 1876, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 23 years) + 2. Olive Sonora FORD,   b. 6 Oct 1854, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 19 Jul 1918, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 63 years) + 3. Septimus Ardvern FORD,   b. 27 Nov 1856, Buckeye Community, near Salem, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 18 Jan 1926, Salem, Harrison Co, WV  (Age 69 years) + 4. Samuel Lee FORD,   b. 12 Jan 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA ,   d. 16 Feb 1921, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 62 years)   5. Clarence Layton FORD,   b. 8 Mar 1861,   d. 21 Jan 1921, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co, KS  (Age 59 years)   6. William T. (Waitman) FORD,   b. 25 Jul 1863, Doddridge Co, WV ,   d. 28 Jul 1942, Pursley, Tyler Co, WV  (Age 79 years)   7. Lillie May FORD,   b. 2 Sep 1866,   d. 1953  (Age 86 years) + 8. Ernest Osora FORD,   b. 26 Mar 1869,   d. 8 Apr 1944, Doddridge Co, WV  (Age 75 years)
  Photos		42800_FORD_James_1828-1888_TalithaWDavis_1827-1900_Salem7thDayBaptChCem_HarrisonCoWV.jpg
  Documents		42800_JamesFord_TalithaWDavis_LewisCoMarriageRecord_22Apr1851.jpg
  Family ID	F17272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  42800_FORD_JamesR_1828-1888_Suicide-with-Pocket-Knife.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] Headstone. [S2107] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp). [S2148] 1880 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5047564&Type=Death. [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. 16. [S1820] Lewis County Marriage Records, Weston, WV.