The Third Generation

Here is a listing of all the people in the third generation. There were fourteen; no more than three are still with us.

Third Generation of Descendants of Benjamin Ford

Name	Parents	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Age	Spouse
Octavia F Marx	Sidney Strauss Marx & Alma Ford	19 Jan 1907	19 Jul 2001	94	MERLE EVERT WILSON	MERLE was born on 30 Oct 1904 in NEBRASKA. He died on 9 Feb 1984 in Onyx, Kern, California
Gilbert Ford Kinney	Gilbert Earle Kinney & Mabel Ford	29 Dec 1907	23 Apr 2000	92	Martha Turquand Stinson	Martha was born on 15 Jun 1909 in Arkansas. She died on 21 Sep 1986 in Monterey, California.
Helen Marx	Sidney Strauss Marx & Alma Ford	21 Nov 1908	2 Dec 1983	75	WILLIAM FULLER DOZIER	WILLIAM was born on 5 Jan 1905 in Anderson, Shasta, CALIFORNIA. He died on 31 Mar 1989 in Oakland, Alameda, California
Abbott Ford Kinney	Gilbert Earle Kinney & Mabel Ford	11 Nov 1909	10 Apr 2002	92	Dorothy Lucille Jeffers	Dorothy was born on 15 Oct 1924 in Dermott, Chicot County, Arkansas. She died on 17 Jan 1986 in Dermott, Chicot County, Arkansas.
Herschella Ford	Homer P Ford & Novella Taylor	25 Aug 1911	30 Aug 1990	79	Jimmy Mitchell	Jimmy was born about 1911. He died about 1978.
					unknown Muehlenbruch	He died in 1988
Benjamin Ford	Ernest Paul Ford & Louise Cogbill	12 Mar 1912	1913	1
MaeLouise Ford	Ernest Paul Ford & Louise Cogbill	28 Mar 1914		93+	Robert Wesley Town	Robert was born on 3 Feb 1913 in San Diego, California. He died on 21 Jun 1994 in SAN DIEGO, California
Marjorie Robertson	Charles Robertson & Aline Ford	6 Dec 1915	31 Jan 1997	81	Carl Bowers	Carl was born about 1914
					Edward F Andrews	Edward was born on 19 Apr 1918. He died on 4 Mar 2003 in Boulder City, Clark, Nevada
Vera May Marx	Sidney Strauss Marx & Alma Ford	19 May 1916	23 Dec 1974	58	Albert R Hunter	Albert was born about 1915
					Warrington Brereton Spears	Warrington was born on 29 Oct 1918 in Illinois. He died on 21 Oct 1958 in Los Angeles
					James J Powers	James was born in 1916.
Virginia Langman Ford	Homer P Ford & Muriel Pearl Langman	9 Sep 1918	28 Nov 1975	57	John Sturgis Bradley	John was born about 1918.
					Michael Weiss	Michael was born about 1928.
					unknown Morrison.	He was born about 1920.
Richard Benjamin Ford	Homer P Ford & Muriel Pearl Langman	1920		86+	Dorothy Eileen Laby	Dorothy was born about 1920. She died in 1962
					Almanette Bernice Melchior	Almanette was born about 1920
Ernest Paul Ford Jr.	Ernest Paul Ford & Louise Cogbill	18 Jul 1920	26 May 1976	55	Gwendolyn Suchy	Gwendolyn was born on 23 Mar 1920 in FLORIDA. She died on 11 Aug 1950 in SAN DIEGO, California.
					Mary Dodson	Mary was born about 1931
Aline Martha Beeson	Virgil Augustus Beeson & Aline Ford	1924		82+	Gerry Gail Thompson	Gerry was born on 10 Feb 1927 in Alamosa,CO. He died on 26 Jul 2004 in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California
Beverly Vee Beeson	Virgil Augustus Beeson & Aline Ford	14 Sep 1926	9 Jan 1974	47	Bruce Earle
					Louis Denton	Louis was born on 13 Jul 1920. He died on 8 Jul 1978 in Clackamas, Oregon.
					George Arthur Joseph Howard	George was born on 29 Oct 1911. He died in Apr 1981 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
					Glenn Weatherspoon	Glenn was born on 13 Nov 1923 in KENTUCKY. He died on 23 Apr 1981 in LOS ANGELES, California

Marie Levenia Ford (9 Aug 1857-4 Apr 1936)

Benjamin Ford's sister Marie came to his funeral in 1925 and is listed in the obituary as Mrs. M. L. Omering. She was born August 9, 1857, in Buttersville, Arkansas. Sometime around 1880, she married Charles Omering, a German, and they lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. They had two or three children who died as infants, followed by a son, Carl Herman Omering, on August 24, 1895. Carl served in a machine gun company in World War I. Perhaps he was injured during the war, as he is listed as disabled on his World War II draft registration. Charles died August 4, 1923. Sometime in the 1920s, Carl married Grace Ethel Oates. The couple lived with Marie until she died April 4, 1936. Carl died December 23, 1954 but Grace lived until July of 1981. It's not clear whether or not Carl and Grace had any children. Charles, Marie, and Carl are all buried in Little Rock.

Photo courtesy Pris Weathers.
Here are the relevant census records from 1860 through 1930 (she sure 'changes' her name a lot, doesn't she?):

Name	Age	Place of Birth	Comment
Year: 1860; Census Place: Caroline, Prairie, Arkansas; Roll: M653_48; Page: 949; Image: 420.
Luvenia Ford	3	Arkansas
Year: 1870; Census Place: Caroline, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: M593_62; Page: 108; Image: 213.
Maria Ford	12	Arkansas
Year: 1880; Census Place: Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas; Roll: T9_45; Family History Film: 1254045; Page: 119.4000; Enumeration District: 73; Image: 0242.
Chas. Oemering	23	Hanover
Mary Oemering	17	Illinois
Hester J. Power	52	Louisiana	This is problematical. She is listed as 'Mother-in-law', but her name is wrong and Marie's mother died in 1870. However, it's hard to imagine that these Oemerings are not the same Omerings that appear later.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Little Rock Ward 1, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T623 73; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 71.
Martha Omering	41	Arkansas
Chas H Omering	44	Germany
O Carl Omering	5	Arkansas
Hattie Omering	36	Arkansas	This is probably Marie's sister, Harriet Virginia Bell Ford and her daughter, Alma. Their last name was possibly Nelson
Alma Omering	12	Arkansas
Year: 1910;Census Place: Little Rock Ward 1, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T624_62;Page: 37A; Enumeration District: 107; Image: 589.
Mariah Omering	53	Arkansas
Charles H Omering	54	Germany
Carl Omering	14	Arkansas
Year: 1920;Census Place: Little Rock Ward 3, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: T625_79; Page: 22A; Enumeration District: 128; Image: 368.
Myria Omering	60	Arkansas
Charles H Omering	65	Germany
Carl H Omering	24	Arkansas
Year: 1930; Census Place: Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: 91; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 154.0.
Marie L Omering	70	Arkansas
Carl H Omering	34
Grace Omering	30		Carl has married Grace Ethel Oates

List of Ben Ford's Siblings

This is from a paper that Abbott gave me from her father's papers. On the back it said, "Notes owned by Dorothy Kinney, Dermott, Arkansas". There are no sources indicated, so this is just what it is, nothing more. I scanned the copy and OCR'd it, then proof read it as carefully as I could. The birth year for Ben Ford is given as 1855, while we've accepted it as 1854 -- so if there is a typo there, it isn't mine. After the list, I've added some census records that match the list.

Father Wm. Ford died, March 1884, Atkins, Arkansas. Mother Sarah Ford, died July 21, 1870, Little Rock, Ark.

Children listed according to date of birth.

Daughter, Lizzie Ford Jones, Borned May 1838, Kentucky, died Dec. 1887, little Rock, Ark. One child surviving, Jim C. Jones, 912 Allen, Street, Little Rock, Ark.

Daughter, Margaret Ford Stanley, Borned April 7, 1840, Missouri, died June 30, 1918, Eureka Springs, Ark. No children.

Daughter, Sarah Ford Phillips Borned Sept. 1843, Missouri, died Jan. 1860, Old Austin, Arkansas. No children.

Son, James K. Polk Ford Borned March 18, 1847, Pocahontas, Arkansas, died Feb. 3rd, 1918, Little Rock, Ark. 10 children surviving. Seven boys, James Franklin, Early Wayne, Ernest Benjamin, Jessie Woodson, Samuel Washington, Shirley Edward, Lloyd Dock, Three Girls, Eudie, Della and Fruza. Myrtle deceased.

Son George Washington Ford, borned Oct. 28th, 1852, Old Austin, Ark. murdered on the plains of Texas about 1878, no children.

Son Benjamin Franklin Ford Ford borned Dec. 5, 1855, Old Austin Ark. died Jan. 5th, 1925, Dermott, Ark. Balance is known to you.

Daughter, Marie Levenia Ford Omering, borned Aug. 9th, 1857, Buttersville, Ark. One son, Carl H. Omering, both residing at 1616 spring St. Little Rock, Ark.

Daughter, Harriett Virginia Bell Ford Nelson, borned Oct. 1, 1863, Old Austin, Ark. died. Sept. 28th, 1922, Portland, Oregon. Three daughters surviving, Sarah J. Stounbough, Macon, Ill. Nora A. Gregory, Herrick, Ill. Alma M. Peglow, last heard of in Japan before the disaster.

Son, (Half-brother) Wm. Ford borned June 1879, Cabot, Ark. Killed in railroad accident on Fort Smith branch of I.M. Railroad Co. 1898, Near Atkins, Ark.

Here are some possibly relevant census records.

Year: 1850; Census Place: Jefferson, Jackson, Arkansas; Roll: M432_27; Page: 54; Image: 108

Name	Age	Place of Birth	Comment
William Ford	30	Tennessee
Sarah Ford	29	Kentucky
Elizabeth Ford	12	ditto
Margaret Ford	10	Illinois
Nancy Ford	8	Arkansas
Sarah Ford	5	ditto
James Ford	3	ditto
Mary Ford	6/12
George W. Ford	31	Tennessee	Presumably, this is William's brother
Margaret Ford	6	Arkansas	Geo. W's daughter, Wm's niece
William Ford	4	ditto	Geo. W's son, Wm's nephew
Amanda Ford	2	ditto	Geo. W's daughter, Wm's niece

Year: 1860; Census Place: Caroline, Prairie, Arkansas; Roll: M653_48; Page: 949; Image: 420.

Name	Age	Place of Birth	Comment
William Ford	48	Tennessee
Sallie Ford	38	"	Sallie a nickname for Sarah
Sarah Ford	16	Arkansas
James Ford	14	"
George Ford	8	"
Benjamin Ford	6	"
Luvenia Ford	3	"
Margaret Ford	15	"	Since she is listed separate, and from the age, this is probably William's niece, not the daughter of the same name

Year: 1870; Census Place: Caroline, Pulaski, Arkansas; Roll: M593_62; Page: 108; Image: 213.

Name	Age	Place of Birth	Comment
William Ford	55	Kentucky
Sarah Ford	45	"
George W Ford	17	Arkansas
Ben F Ford	16	"
Maria Ford	12	"
Bell Ford	8	"
Margarett Bell	25	"	Looks like the niece got married, had some kids, maybe widowed, and moved in with the uncle
Amanda Bell	8	"
Sallie Bell	3	"

Year: 1880; Census Place: Atkins, Pope, Arkansas; Roll: T9_54; Family History Film: 1254054; Page: 123.4000; Enumeration District: 139; Image: 0365.

Name	Age	Place of Birth
William Ford	67	Tennessee
Mary E Ford	39	Alabama
William Ford	4	Arkansas

A Photo Of Gilbert Ford Kinney

Now that I've met my wonderful cousin, Abbott Hart Hall, and looked at some pictures of her father, it strikes me that this picture may be her father, Gilbert Ford Kinney (1907-2000).

Okay, that's not too clear. Here's a closeup of the face with the brightness and contrast adjusted:

Now for a digression on family archeology. When I started trying to make sense out of stuff that was lying around my mother's house, I had a bow of 35mm slides. There was almost no organization, just a jumble of slides in a dusty box. I bought a slide scanner to digitize them, but I needed to organize them somehow.

It appears that most of the vacation photos cover about 1948 through 1953. Your corrections are always welcome.

I started by sorting the slides into groups based upon the cardboard mountings and how they were marked. E.g., some say Kodachrome in red, some Ektachrome in yellow, and so on. The I tried to distinguish them by the way the stamped numbers looked: some faint, some darker, some red, etc. Once I had them in groups, I tried to group them by the original roll. I tried to pick one of each sequence number. I tried to guess by the subject of the photo.

In the case of this photo, it's stamped 11, and I had it grouped with a number 12 that shows the Arkansas State Capitol. Some of the rolls of film seem to represent trips my grandmother Aline took with her husband Brooks, so the supposition would be this was taken in Arkansas. However, that would make it more likely that this is Gilbert's brother Abbott, and my eyes say it really looks more like Gilbert.

So I just went back to the actual slides and look again and the stamping of the 11 and 12 seem different. I find other slides that are indicative of a trip north in California: cypress trees as in Monterey, and Morro Rock.

This is real-time investigation, I look and add these to this posting. This one is sequence number 12 and it appears to be the same guy on the right. Here's another one with my grandmother this time: Here's another that seems to be in front of the same house. If the man is Gilbert F Kinney, perhaps this boy is his son, Gilbert "Butch" Jr?

For some perspective, here's a photo of Gilbert on the left, with hs mother Mabel, brother, Abbott, and father Earle, taken in the 1930s: (The pictures are clickable and will take you to the flickr page where you can see them in more detail.)

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Aline Ford

Aline Ford was born in Texas on August 27, 1893. The family moved to Judsonia, Arkansas and lived there in 1900. Judsonia is on the rail line -- expected as her father worked all his life for the railroad. By 1910, she was living in Saint Louis with her mother and her brother, Homer. In Saint Louis, she probably attended Hodgen Elementary School. In the 1950s, she visited the school site and had her picture taken in front of the school: Their home in 1910, at 1613 Missouri Avenue was only a few blocks from the Hodgen School. The school recently replaced the building pictured here with a modern one. Aline may have attended Galloway Women's College in Arkansas. During the same trip as the Hodgen visit, she visited the site of Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. Harding was located on the original site of Galloway. Sometime before 1915, Aline married Charles Robertson, a druggist. Her first daughter, Marjorie, was born in 1915. In 1920, they lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. The marriage did not last much longer. Aline and Charles were divorced and on July 15, 1922, she married Virgil Augustus Beeson. Virgil had been a newspaper publisher and Arkansas Legislator. He served in Europe as an officer in the American Expeditionary Force and after returning to Arkansas, he became leader of the Arkansas National Guard. However, Virgil became embroiled in politics and lost a struggle with the second in command when the governor sided with the other guy. At the same time, he was divorced from his first wife, Charlotte Lewis; the proceedings were covered by the local newspapers. Perhaps because of this adverse publicity, the couple left Arkansas shortly after they wed. Aline and Virgil lived in many places for the next several years. Their first daughter, Aline Jr., was born in 1924 in Atlanta Georgia. Virgil also sold real estate in Florida during this time. Aline's third, and final, child, Beverly, was born in North Carolina in 1926. After Beverly was born, the family left North Carolina and came to California. Aline and the three girls traveled via train while Virgil drove his car. They sent telegrams to each other as they traveled. By 1930, the family was living in San Francisco. Aline began working for a typewriter company managing a business that supplied typists to businesses. They moved to Los Angeles and Aline performed the same kind of work for Royal Typewriter. In 1936, she founded the Beeson Agency to provide secretarial services to attorneys. The secretaries would come to the Beeson Agency office and wait until a call for their services was received, and be dispatched to the client's office. In later years, when telephones were more universal, the Agency would telephone the secretaries at their homes. The Beeson Agency was extremely successful into the early 1980s when changing technology made the business model obsolete. Meanwhile, Aline and Virgil's relationship hit the rocks and they were divorced in 1944. Aline married E. Brooks Pemberton in 1945. They lived in a number of places around Los Angleles. They lived in the Birmingham trailer park on Balboa in Van Nuys. In 1948 and 1949 they had a "ranch" they called AlBrooks Ranch on Tuxford in Sun Valley. They raised one calf and some rabbits while they lived there. Later they lived on Stagg Street near Lockheed Air Terminal. The house on Stagg was previously occupied by Marjorie and her family. Aline also later owned another house across the street which at one time was occupied by her daughter Beverly. Brooks was a man that nobody other than Aline seemed to like, and eventually she agreed with the rest of the world and they were divorced in the 1960s. In 1948, Beverly married Louis Denton in Portland Oregon. Louis was a used car salesman. Aline and Brooks would purchase used taxi cabs in Los Angeles, and drive them to Portland, where Louis would sell them for a profit. Beverly and Louis soon split up and Beverly returned to Los Angeles so this scheme ended. Aline preferred Lincoln automobiles, owning many of them from 1953 on. Only once did she purchase a Mercury instead as she thought a station wagon would be better for traveling to horse shows while pulling a trailer. However, she found the Mercury to lack the luxury she was used to in the Lincolns and traded it for another Lincoln. Aline was among the first to do many things aside from being a businesswoman in an era when most women were homemakers. She purchased one of the first color televisions, with the round picture tube. She was one of the first people to have a garage door opener. She flew to Hawaii in 1959 and traveled around the United States several times.She visited Mexico as well. She visited Knott's Berry Farm when it was a Berry Farm. She went to Disneyland when it was $ 0.90 admission but you needed to buy tickets for each ride. Beverly's daughters, Christie and Kelly, came to live with their grandmother in the mid 1950s. Aline was effectively their mother until they were grown. In the early 1960s, Aline purchased a house on Lassen Street in Chatsworth where she could have horses. They outgrew the property and she sold it and purchased a three-acre ranch in Sand Canyon in Saugus, California. Sand Canyon is now an exclusive residential community. They raised some Arabian and half-Arab horses. They owned a beautiful gelding, El Seyn, who won many prizes. Even later in her life, she continued to work at the business she had founded. Aline moved back to Stagg Street and lived there until she suffered a stroke and needed nursing care. She died on September 30, 1976. She outlived her daughter Beverly by two years, but failed to live as long as her oldest sister, Alma, by thirteen.

Family Photo From 1937

p00031-001, originally uploaded by Mighty Morgno.

This picture was taken in front of Octavia Lutes Ford's house on 2nd Street in LA in September of 1937. From left to right: Aline Beeson, Octavia Marx, Beverly Beeson, Aline Ford, Marion Gray, Alma Ford, May Lutes, Octavia Lutes, Fannie Mae Fink, Ida Lutes.