of Clay County, Missouri · documented from the public record
The family in the record
M. S. Ford
M. S. Ford⚭ Emily Oldes
childrenGeorge Ford · William Ford · Ollie Ford · Alvey Ford · Rosetta Ford · Maud Ford · Franklin Ford · John Ford · Cora Ford · Etta Ford
Source: History of Clay County, Missouri (1920)
Their story
What the record says
History of Clay County, Missouri (1920).
Farmer, stock raiser and horticulturist near Smithville, Platte township.
One of thirteen children reared in Ohio.
Civil War veteran, enlisted in First Ohio Independent Battery, served under Generals Sheridan and Crook, participated in fourteen engagements including South Mountain and Antietam, mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, June 26, 1865.
Farmed in Wood County OH, then Iowa, Red Willow County NE, Logan County OK, then Clay County MO.
Bought present 130-acre place near Smithville in 1919.
Republican.
Married in Wood County, Ohio, in 1868.
Daughter Ollie married Frank Daniels (Oklahoma).
Rosetta married Harry Burton (Nebraska).
Maud married Tom Kessinger (Rosedale, Kansas).
Cora married Herbert All (Clay County).
Etta married Howard Esler (Independence, MO).
Alvey lives in Henry County, MO.
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