W. A. Ford, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

W. A. Ford. Prominent among the leading young farmers of this section stands the name of W. A. Ford, of Jackson Township.
He was born in Drew County in 1859, the third in a family of seven children born in to Alex and Nancy Ford. His parents were
natives of Alabama and Tennessee and came to Arkansas at an early day, settling in Drew County, where the father cleared up
several farms, which he sold from time to time. The mother died, April 4, 1881, and the father still lives in Drew County. Our
subject received his education at the common schools of his county, which he attended until the age of nineteen, when he
started in life for himself. Being brought up on a farm it was but natural for him in selecting an occupation for life to choose that
of farming, and accordingly, in 1884, he bought a farm of 120 acres. He cleared about thirty acres, and then sold out and came
to Calhoun County, and bought the farm on which he now lives, 120 acres, sixty -five being under cultivation. Here he does a
general farming, devoting much attention, however, to the raising of cotton and corn, the former of which he averages one-half
bale to the acre, and of the latter twenty-five bushels. He was married, in 1878, to Miss Cornelia Hines, a native of Arkansas,
daughter of W. M. Hines, an old settler of Calhoun County. To this union were born three children: Norah May, Arthur Lee
and Ethel. Mr. Ford is a member of the Wheel, and takes an active interest in the public welfare. The family belong to the
Missionary Baptist Church.