John Randolph Ford Sr.

Male1 December 1826–8 January 1909

Brief Life History of John Randolph

John Randolph Ford Sr. was born on 1 December 1826, in West Virginia, United States. He married Mary Elizabeth Thurmond on 28 March 1880, in Fayette, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Fayetteville, Fayette, West Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 8 January 1909, in Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

John Randolph Ford Sr.
1826–1909
Mary Elizabeth Thurmond
1854–1926
Marriage: 28 March 1880
Edward Ford
1879–1881
John R Ford Jr.
1882–1923
Lucy W Ford
1884–1963
Lacy Thornton Ford
1887–1974
Joseph Cullivan Ford
1889–
Charles Philip Spurgeon Ford
1892–
Spurgeon C P Ford
1893–

Sources (21)

  • John R Ford, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John R. Ford, Senior - Published information: birth-name: John R ford
  • Jno R Ford, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 March 1880Fayette, West Virginia, United States

    • Children (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 4

    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 · The Oregon Trail

    Age 4

    Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

    1863

    Age 37

    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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