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Oldridge FORD

Oldridge FORD

Male 1815 - 1879  (~ 64 years)

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  • Name Oldridge FORD 
    Born CA 1815  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 2, 3] 
    Died 15 Jul 1879  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Cause: epilepsy 
    Notes 
    • Although many researchers report Oldridge (or Aldridge) Ford to be a son of Thomas Ford and Elizabeth Dye, we have found no evidence to support that. When Thomas Ford died in 1860, his will listed eight surviving children, none of whom was Oldridge. The death record of Oldridge Ford identified his father as Richard Ford, mother not given.
    Person ID I68136  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 5 Nov 2014 

    Father Richard FORD 
    Family ID F41587  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy HEROLD,   b. 21 Nov 1815,   d. 26 Dec 1899  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 22 Jul 1840  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), District 13, enumerated on Sep 24 1850:
      Aldridge Ford, 35, farmer, value of real estate (blank), cannot read/write; Nancy, 34, cannot read/write; Emily, 9; Mary A, 7; Eliza, 5; Mariah, 3; Richard, 2; Anna, 1; Willis Herrel, 70, farmer, value of real estate $300; Mary Herrel, 65. All born in Virginia.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 29 1860:
      Oldridge Ford, 50, farmer, value of real estate $300, value of personal estate (blank); Nancy, 45; Emily, 18; Mary, 16; Eliza, 13; Maria, 11; Richard, 10; Anna, 9; James, 7; H. (female), 6; A. A. (female), 6; John, 4; Alfred, 2; Mary Herold, 80.
      NOTE: There is consistently an 8 or 9-year difference in the ages of all the older children as compared to the 1850 Census, rather than the expected 10-year difference.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant Twp), enumerated on Jul 6 1870:
      Oldridge Ford, 57, farmer, value of real estate (blank), value of personal estate $100, cannot read/write; Nancy, 56, cannot write; James, 19, farm laborer, attended school within the year, cannot write; Alfred, 13, attended school, cannot read/write; Mary A, 27, cannot read/write; Maria, 24, cannot read/write; Ann, 20, cannot read/write; Herman, 8.
      The next enumerated household was that of Oldridge and Nancy's son Richard:
      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. [5]
    Children 
     1. Emily V. FORD,   b. 28 Mar 1841, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1897  (Age 56 years)
     2. Mary Ann FORD,   b. 1 Sep 1842,   d. 10 May 1873  (Age 30 years)
     3. Eliza FORD,   b. 3 Feb 1844,   d. 18 Oct 1864  (Age 20 years)
     4. Mariah FORD,   b. CA 1847
    +5. Richard FORD,   b. 20 Feb 1847, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1916, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
    +6. Lydia Ann FORD,   b. 15 Aug 1849, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1902  (Age 52 years)
    +7. James L. FORD,   b. Mar 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1918, Morgans Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
     8. Harriet FORD,   b. 21 Nov 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     9. Isabel FORD,   b. 21 Nov 1853, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 11 years)
     10. John FORD,   b. 16 May 1855, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
    +11. Alfred Neely "Doc" FORD,   b. 11 Mar 1857, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jul 1924, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +12. Herman D. FORD,   b. 18 Mar 1862, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1950, Wallace, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F24798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S941] 1850 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    2. [S2107] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp).

    3. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.

    4. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR p. 32, Line 17 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046285&Type=Death.
      Identified as Oldridge Ford, white male, 65, born in Virginia, son of Richard Ford, husband of Nancy Ford, farmer; died Jul 15 1879 in Doddridge County, cause of death epilepsy.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.