Brief Life History of William
When William Ford was born on 29 November 1829, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jesse Ford, was 22 and his mother, Nancy Downe, was 24. He married Rebecca Jane Ford on 20 December 1855, in Macon, Hart, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Van Buren Township, Newton, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Sycamore Township, Butler, Kansas, United States in 1900. He died on 15 February 1904, at the age of 74, and was buried in Cassoday Cemetery, Cassoday, Butler, Kansas, United States.
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- William Ford in household of Jesse Ford, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Ford, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- William Ford, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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