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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Chicot County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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William W. Ford. The subject of this sketch, a prominent citizen and popular man in Lakeport, Chicot County, Ark., was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1838, and is a son of Nicholas and Martha (Page) Ford. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania, and the father of Kentucky, and the latter had excellent educational advantages, was a successful merchant, and acquired both fame and “worldly gain” during his life. He died when thirty-eight years old, and when the subject of this sketch, William W., was only six years old. William was in school in Paris, Ky., during his boyhood, and afterward near Frankfort, the same State, and emigrated to Arkansas in 1858, where his mother once owned a farm, until 1862, at which date he enlisted in the army, and was present at many of the famous battles. At Arkansas Post he was captured and taken to Springfield, and when released returned to Kentucky, and remained there until the close of the war, after which he settled in Chicot County, Ark. He married Miss Annie Milton, daughter of Bushrod and Mary Milton, and to them have been born two children, Pattie P. and Catherine, both of whom are still living. Mr. Ford is in the mercantile business, having for a partner Mr. Jeff Peak. Besides, he is largely interested in stock-raising, and owns much valuable real estate. Mr. Ford is a Democrat, and takes an active part in the welfare of the county where he makes his home; is a Mason and a member of the Episcopal Church.

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This family biography is one of 34 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Chicot County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Chicot County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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