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Rosalind <I>Sweetser</I> Ford

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Rosalind Sweetser Ford

Birth
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana, USA
Death
23 Feb 1980 (aged 89)
Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Wabash, Wabash County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec OP, lot 488
Memorial ID
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Rosalind Sweetser was a daughter of John Quincy Sweetser and Ida (Keller) Sweetser of Logansport and Wabash, Indiana; both of her parents' families were pioneers in Wabash County. Rosalind was the granddaughter of Jonathan Keller, Jr., the first white child born in Wabash County, and Harriet Tait Keller.

Rosalind was married on July 5, 1920 in Wabash to Holton Neff Ford, son of Edwin Holton Ford and Elizabeth (Neff) Ford of Hartford City and LaFontaine, Indiana. They had one son, John Holton Ford (b. 1921); four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Rosalind and Holton lived in Hamilton, Ohio, from 1920 to 1950, during which time he was secretary-treasurer of the Andrews Asphalt Paving Co. and director of the Anthony Wayne Hotel. They returned to Wabash in 1950 and Holton became active in the family business, the Ford Meter Box Co.

She was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Rosalind's husband, Holton, was a grandson of Dr. James Ford and America (Holton) Ford of Wabash.

Died at age 89 years, 8 months, 13 days.
Rosalind Sweetser was a daughter of John Quincy Sweetser and Ida (Keller) Sweetser of Logansport and Wabash, Indiana; both of her parents' families were pioneers in Wabash County. Rosalind was the granddaughter of Jonathan Keller, Jr., the first white child born in Wabash County, and Harriet Tait Keller.

Rosalind was married on July 5, 1920 in Wabash to Holton Neff Ford, son of Edwin Holton Ford and Elizabeth (Neff) Ford of Hartford City and LaFontaine, Indiana. They had one son, John Holton Ford (b. 1921); four grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

Rosalind and Holton lived in Hamilton, Ohio, from 1920 to 1950, during which time he was secretary-treasurer of the Andrews Asphalt Paving Co. and director of the Anthony Wayne Hotel. They returned to Wabash in 1950 and Holton became active in the family business, the Ford Meter Box Co.

She was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Rosalind's husband, Holton, was a grandson of Dr. James Ford and America (Holton) Ford of Wabash.

Died at age 89 years, 8 months, 13 days.


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