Ford, Amos

FORD, JOHNSON

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FORD, Amos
Farmer; Sec. 19; P. O. Kellogg; was born in Ohio November 25, 1843; came to this county in 1874; owns 169 7/8 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. He is a Republican in politics. His wife Araminta JOHNSON, born in Ohio, Dec. 5, 1848. Married November 22, 1866; their children are Charles, born August 1, 1868; Olive, born February 11, 1871. Mr. FORD enlisted in Co. D, 11th I. V. I., Sept. 1861, and served till July 1865, and was at the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka, and with Gen. Sherman in his famous march to the sea, and at the review in Washington. ~ " Hickory Grove Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)