Obituary of Jesse FORD, Hardin County, Illinois Copyright 1999 Wanda Reed Name of Deceased: Jesse FORD Name of Newspaper: Hardin County Independent Date of Newspaper: 15 March 1923 Obituary: Jesse Ford was born 1850, raised in Putnam Co. West Virginia, was married to E. J. BAYLOUS when 25 years of age, of whom he lived with until his death, which occured Feb. 25th, 1923. His mother and father died when he was a young man. He was the father of 4 children. Burnie C. Ford who died in infancy, Mintie Price, Everett, with whom he was living at the time of his death in Moline, Ill, and Willie E. Kilgore, wife of Jeff Kilgore. He was a noble Christian for 38 years. He came to Hardin County in November 1898 where he lived until 2 years, and 3 months prior to his death, when he and wife went to Moline to live with Everett, his son. He has been in poor health for 10 or 15 years, until he took the flu and did not live long. Weep not dear ones for papa is not dead but sleeping to await the resurrection morning. He cannot come to us but we can go to him some sweet day. Written by his daughter Mintie M. Price ----------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ----------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Wanda Reed