Faulk County, SD Biographies.....Ford, Elvin W. 1857 - 
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Author: C. H. Ellis



    ELVIN W. FORD was born May 30, 1857, in Fulton county, Ohio. In the spring

of 1883 he came to Faulk county, South Dakota, and located in what is now the

town of Union, and exercised his homestead right upon the land he now lives

upon; to this quarter section he has added two more. Upon his farm of 480 acres

of valuable land Mr. Ford has seen all sides of Dakota life. First came failure

of crops, disappointment, hardship and a struggle for existence. The last and

hardest was when his entire crop was destroyed by hail. Financially no progress

was made for the first ten or twelve years. On June 2nd, 1884, he was married by

Judge Hardy at LaFoon, to Miss Lunetta Smith, who was born in Hillsdale,

Hillsdale county, Michigan.



    Mr. and Mrs. Ford have the honor of being the first couple married, in the

newly organized county of Faulk, if not by the newly appointed judge. To them

have been born four children, viz: Grace M., Hazel M., Glenn F., and Harold M.

Mr. Ford has 160 acres of land under improvement. He has fifteen head of horses,

thirty head of neat cattle, and ten hogs.. His new house now completed, an

illustration of which is to appear in this history is equal to the best in the

county. Mr, Ford has served on the board of county commissioners and is an

active member of the school board.





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HISTORY OF

FAULK COUNTY

SOUTH DAKOTA

CAPTAIN C. H. ELLIS



TOGETHER WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PIONEERS AND PROMINENT CITIZENS



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