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