Husband: Elijah Walker FORD
Birthdate: 11 Nov 1816
Birthplace: South Carolina
Death date: 09 Jan 1874
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Father: Daniel FORD
Mother: Agatha WALKER

Marriage date: 15 Aug 1844
Marriage place: Henry Co., Georgia

Wife: Elva/Elvy PURSER
Birthdate: 26 Feb 1822
Birthplace: North Carolina
Death date: 07 Aug 1899
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Father: Richard PURSER
Mother: unknown

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Joseph Madison FORD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 28 Apr 1845
Birthplace: Stone Mountain, Georgia
Death date: 28 Nov 1920
Place of death: Burnsville, Mississippi
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Mary Elizabeth HICKS

Child No. 2: John Henry FORD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 Feb 1848
Birthplace: Alabama
Death date: 22 Jan 1910
Place of death: Itawamba Co., Mississippi
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Martha C. STREETMAN

Child No. 3: Frances Miriam FORD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 08 Oct 1852
Birthplace:
Death date: 04 Apr 1934
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Henry Jackson STREETMAN

Child No. 4: Jason Parks FORD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 19 Jan 1855
Birthplace:
Death date: 20 Apr 1926
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Permelia Adaline WEATHERFORD

Child No. 5: Jabez Gillian FORD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 06 Jul 1857
Birthplace:
Death date: 25 May 1889
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Marriage date: 03 Mar 1878
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Susan Elizabeth LODEN

Child No. 6: Jeptha Daniel FORD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 06 Dec 1860
Birthplace:
Death date: 12 Aug 1929
Place of death: Hamilton, Alabama
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Janice Alice GIBSON

Child No. 7: Winnie Lee FORD
Sex: F
Birthdate: 25 Apr 1861
Birthplace:
Death date: 20 Feb 1940
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Andrew Jackson NICHOLS

Child No. 8: Elva Jane FORD
Sex: F
Birthdate: Feb 1864
Birthplace:
Death date:
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: William D. PURSER

Child No. 9: James Walker FORD
Sex: M
Birthdate: 16 Jun 1869
Birthplace:
Death date: 23 Feb 1940
Place of death: Marion Co., Alabama
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names: Willie Ann Reed
 
 
Documentation:
1. Cemeteries of Tishomingo County, Mississippi by Rayma Biggs and Irene Barnes.
2. Cemetery Inscriptions of Marion County, Alabama, compiled by Dorothy Stalcup and William Stalcup.
3. Cemetery Markings of Itawamba County, Mississippi by Betty Burton-Cruber.
4. Death Certificates.
5. Federal Censuses of 1820-1920 for Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
6. First Alabama Cavalry, USA, Homage to Patriotism by Glenda McWhirter Todd.
7. Heritage Book of Marion County, Alabama, published in 2000.
8. Records of New Hope Freewill Baptist Church, Marion Co., Alabama.
9. The Roster of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865, published by Broadfoot Publishing Co.