John Tarplay Ford

Notes:

from Edwin Ford: John Tarplay came to Thomasville/Choctaw Corner to teach school but ended up keeping books for people. Had problems with alcohol. May have presented himself as being older than he actually was--cemetery marker says 1854, as written by his widow, but census suggests his actual birth may have been 1856.

Birth:
Edwin Ford: His tombstone lists 1854 as his date of birth, but the 1870 census lists him as 14 years old.

Family/Spouse: Stella Melissa Curtis. Stella (daughter of Dr James H. Curtis and Lucy M. Giles) was born on 29 Aug 1861; died on 2 Feb 1938 in Thomasville,Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lucy Ford
2. Edna Ford was born in c1879.
3. Johnnie Huey Ford, Sr was born on 8 Sep 1891 in Choctaw Corners, AL; died on 22 Sep 1967 in Selma, AL; was buried in Thomasville, AL.

Joel married Elizabeth B. Pickett. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
Edwin Ford: either Pickett or Prickett

Notes:

from Edwin Ford: 1840 census shows Joel and Elizabeth in NC; 1850 census shows them with children in Natchitoches Parish, LA; 1860 census shows them in Mobile without two oldest children; 1870 census shows Elizabeth only in Choctaw Corner, AL, with her youngest son, age 14. They had six children altogether: the two who presumably stayed in Louisiana, one who was killed in the Civil War; Harrison who was injured but survived, Cassandra who was the second-youngest, and John who was the youngest.