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Show ~~,.),.,wO"''''O:.~''''''_W~c.A:~=-'''''''- I . .CENTES-VltLE f~- 7)V~ii~V~\i~ ~ ~ ~ HISTOBICAt. SOCIETY ;Je~ ~ I .' ~ \ !!.~!\~.n.~.n.~I\~/\~,n.~/I.~!\~!\~.n,~.n~~·l\re·n.~!\~!'·ffl·~~;r..: •••••••) (;:9'.;;', (;:9'.;;', (;:9'.;;·,c;:s.;;', (;:9'.;;', ,,;:9'.;;',(;:9'.;;) (;:9'.;;', (;;9'.;;', c·•••.." ~ .•••.•",.•••... 'c·.• ~.-:~ (..••.•.. ,~ ~.~ .•. ,_~."-~'.'J. ~;;~;;j ;:' By VES HARRISON I It's hard enough to tell the com. plete story of some of our pioneer families, with their numerous children, in one presentation before I our Historical Society, but it is 1 more difficult still to chronicle such I an account in the limited space of a , I newspaper article. ' RULON and Arvilla Ford gave us a pretty comprehensive report I of the Ford family on Wednesday evening, Nov. 21, beginning with ·the lives of Rulon's grandparents, John Sr. and Rebecca Chandler Ford, and continuing with his father and mother, Joseph and Emma Gam Ford . . However, due to space confine'OJ) n I ments, it is necessary that we break theaccotfnt into two installments; __ RULON & ARVILLA F~ this one will tell the story of John I Gravely, Cambridge, England to and Rebecca, and our next one will I Thomas and Sarah Turner Mason , relate the life and tiines of Joseph Ford, day laborers when they I and Emma. Because of the close could find work, and very poor, but relationship of the Fordfamilywith ambitious. Following.the death of ~ many other families of Centerville, the father, the mother taught the we feel sure that these tales will village school. . . John attended school three days, I evoke more than passing interest I among our readers. and then was taught at home by his I' mother. At age eight he began tendJOHN FORD, Sr. was born ing sheep, following the plow and ; March 8, 1807 in the little town of doing farm work. He later bought I, ran a meat shop and became an expert judge of stock. I REBECCA was born Dec. 23, 1814 to William and Elizabeth I JOHN FORD Bo~dCha.ndler,seventhinafamily nagemJune, 1833. , ' r-;,G"'r'rt-:-y-' j cl'-y""t.r e-=. -:lcr=O'Tfii~dco~age~ ofmnechlldren. When old enough, John and Rebecca s home was . 0~i eaCh~lde f . mamtraffi way she was hired in a .home to do seti~ a historic neighborhood ~o~e : w re prt~e u's English cd ~try hous~~ork and. cookll!g. One day 50 miles north of fhe largest cIty m ' vii a~' t~"e. He! Johrl~ and R becshe vlslte~ her sIster Ehz~beth who t~e worldf Lond,n. Here ~ad re- ,j d Ii ' & their s mplevillage I ves ; was mamed toJohn Ford s brother . slde~ man~ oft~e ancestral hneslof !The otintry ro nd at10ut was set James. John h~ppened to be ~here, Joh~ an~ ,Rebl'~a., N~arby chur- . wi~h crltiy-ated fields ,and g~azing and, that meet 109 dt:velope? mto a chyards In t~C! r as ylI.lages ga~e ,strlpSija,n ,deal $ettl~~ for the careromance that culminated 10 mar- r .headstone WIth s of thIS. Her~ In I ' taker :qf .s heep ~n,d caitle. C!ONT. |
