Herbert Ford

FORD

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 11/24/2007 at 20:27:39

Herbert Ford lives on the northwest quarter of section 1 (Union township), where he settled in 1880. He is a native of Wisconsin, born in the city of Oshkosh, where he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the city schools. When he was seventeen years of age he engaged with a house painter to learn the trade, at which he worked until twenty-one years of age. He then went to Waupaca county and engaged in farming, remaining there five years, when he sold out and came to Worth county. He first rented land on section 18, living there until 1880, when he bought his present farm. He was married Oct. 31, 1873, to Emma Landon, who was born in the province of Quebec, Canada. Two children have blessed this union—Winnie and Essie. The first child, Winnie, was born May 4, 1877, and died the 28th of May, 1878.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, page 882.