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CO I 196th OHIO VOL INF
Bio:Bedford Times-Press (Bedford, Iowa)
Thursday September 28, 1933 p. 4
D. F. Ford Succumbs
Had Been A Resident of Taylor County More Than 50 Years
David Francis Ford, 87, died at the home of his son, Ernest Ford, Sunday, Sept. 24. The funeral services were held at the Ernest Ford home Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. W. H. Warrior. Burial was in the Rose Hill cemetery.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ford [Margaret Bastrus] and was born Dec. 28, 1845, in Lycoming County, Penn., near Jersey Shore.
He moved with his parents to Ashland County, O. [hio], at the age of 8 months and there grew to manhood. He enlisted in Company I, Ohio, 196th infantry, and served until the end of the civil war. Then he moved to Fulton County, Ill., and on June 9, 1868, was married to Eliza Brown. To this union five children were born, Mrs. Florence Raper and Ernest Ford, both of Blockton, Mrs. Nellie Severns of Palisade, Nebr., Mrs. Effie Sharp, deceased, and Tom Ford of Blockton.
In the spring of 1881 he moved to Taylor County, Iowa, where he lived on the farm until 1892 when he moved to Blockton. He resided in Blockton until the death of his wife, Dec. 22, 1932. Since that time he has lived with his children. He leaves to mourn his death his four children, twelve grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. There is also one brother, M. [ilton] S. Ford of Smithville, Mo.
He united with the Methodist Episcopal church in early life.
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1845 - 1933 (87 years)
