Husband: Elisha Morris FORD
Birthdate: 14 Mar 1858
Birthplace: , Knoxville, Knox Co., TN
Death date: 22 May 1890
Place of death: , Knoxville, Knox Co., TN
Father: Elisha FORD
Mother: Margaret Catherine TARWATER
Other spouses:

Marriage date: 24 Oct 1885
Marriage place: Knoxville, Knox Co., TN.

Wife: Laura Ann SIMPKINS
Birthdate: 17 May 1866
Birthplace: , Pulaski Co., VA
Death date: 14 Sep 1948
Place of death: , Denton, Denton Co., TX
Father: Stephen SIMPKINS
Mother: Rachel THOMPSON
Other spouses: John KAY; William BOWLING; Robert S. THOMAS

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Lillie Mae FORD
Birthdate: 22 Jul 1887, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN
Spouses' names: [1] Eli Hugh DAVIS [2] C. Ed TALIAFERRO; [3] M. Reed MOORE; [4] Rex HADDOCK
Marriage date: [1] 13 Mar 1904, Denton, Denton Co., TX
Death date: 16 Oct 1964, Houston, Harris Co., TX

Child No. 2: Elisha Morris FORD
Birthdate: 27 May 1890, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN
Spouses' names: Bessie THARP
Marriage date: aft 1930, TX
Death date: 27 Feb 1964, Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., TX
 
 
Documentation:
* Family history,
* Bible records,
* Census, birth/death records,
* Cemetery listings.

Notes:
* After Elisha died young in 1885, Laura married John Kay, said marriage only lasted a short time. On 11 May 1896 in Hamblen Co., TN, she married William Bowling. Between 1900 & 1903 the family moved to Texas. Mr. Bowling died in 1909 and she remarried in 1911.