John Tarplay Ford

1856 - 1902  (46 years)

• Name	John Tarplay Ford
  Nickname	Johnnie
  Birth	7 Feb 1856
  	Edwin Ford: His tombstone lists 1854 as his date of birth, but the 1870 census lists him as 14 years old.
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Jul 1902	Thomasville, AL
  Burial	Methodist Cemetery, Choctaw Corner, AL
  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.
  Person ID	I99	dougandneely
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2010

  
  

  Father	Joel Tarplay Ford
  Mother	Elizabeth B. Pickett
  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.
  Family ID	F26	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stella Melissa Curtis,   b. 29 Aug 1861   d. 2 Feb 1938, Thomasville,Alabama (Age 76 years)
  Children	+ 1. Lucy Ford   2. Edna Ford,   b. c1879 + 3. Johnnie Huey Ford, Sr,   b. 8 Sep 1891, Choctaw Corners, AL d. 22 Sep 1967, Selma, AL (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F25	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2006

  
  

• Photos

  John Tarplay Ford and Stella Curtis Ford with Edna From a tin type taken c1880.