Bartow County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ford, Francis M. September 21, 1903
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Atlanta Constitution, 22 September 1903
Cartersville, Ga., September 21-
Colonel Francis M. Ford, mayor of this city, died at his home here this morning 
at 11 o'clock of heart failure, induced by general debility.
Colonel Ford was 71 years of age.  He was born in Dickson, Tennessee, but moved 
to this county in 1854.  In 1861 he raised a company that went into the civil 
war, being attached to the Eighteenth Georgia regiment.  He was made captain of 
the company and afterwards was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the regiment.
He was a brave officer and stood by the cause until Appomatox, being constantly 
with his regiment, which fought in Malvern Hill, Gaines' Farm, Second Manassas, 
Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg and a dozen other notable engagements.  In 1868 he 
was elected representative of the county in the legislature.  He was serving 
his second continuous term as mayor when he died, and had the position a number 
of times.
His funeral will occur from his home tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.  The 
business houses will close during the funeral hour as a mark of respect, and 
the city officials will attend the funeral in a body.  P. M. B. Young camp of 
veterans will also attend in a body.

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