Bio of Ford, Joseph Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Ford, Joseph, the father of O. D. Ford, was born in Delaware county, New
York. His father was a cloth-dresser, of whom he learned the business, and
afterward moved to Madison county, New York, where he established and
carried on the same business for a number of years, when he turned his
attention to farming, at which he continued till 1855, when he came to
Mazeppa, arriving in the fall of 1855. He at once pre-empted one hundred
and sixty acres of land in the north half of section 6, which he improved
and for a number of years carried on farming operations, supervising in
person his entire business till he was about eighty years of age, when his
son, O. D. Ford, attended to his business up to the time of his death,
which occurred in 1882, he being at the time about eighty-three years old.
As a friend and neighbor he was greatly esteemed by all who knew him; in
intercourse he was urbane and genial; his convictions were strong but
sincere, and his reputation for probity and fair-dealing was above
reproach; his daily line of conduct did honor to his community, his
country and his Creator, and is well worthy the emulation of all mankind.
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm
There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some 
of the bios on her pages.

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