JAMES FORD, farmer, P. O. Omar, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 18, 1829, and removed to Huron County, Ohio, in 1841 with his parents, Uriah and Elizabeth (Dulin) Ford, the latter of whom, a native of Virginia, born in 1805 died in 1855, was a daughter of Collin Dulin, who was a son of Collin Dulin, Sr., both of whom were in the Revolutionary war. Uriah Ford was born in 1800 in Delaware, and died in 1876, a son of Alexander and Martha (Robinson) Ford, the former of whom a native of Germany, came to the United States at ten years of age and was sold to pay his passage across the Atlantic (he was in the Revolutionary war); the latter came from Scotland and died in 1842, aged eighty-seven years. Uriah Ford's children were Collin, residing in Cincinnati, Ohio, manger of the Aetna Life Insurance Company; James; Zachariah, deceased; William, residing in Alabama; Harrison, deceased; Isaac, deceased, was a member of Third Ohio Cavalry during the late was of the Rebellion; Mary J., wife of a Mr. Craven, residing near Bismarck, Dak.; John, in northern Kansas, and Loantha, deceased. Our subject received his education in the country school, worked at the carpenter's trade and taught school until 1870, when he turned his attention to farming. He was married, February 8, 1855 to Mary, a twin daughter of John and Sarah (Weaver) Michener, of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, but natives of Washington County, Penn., and who came to this county in 1835. To this union were born the following children: Sarah, wife of Edson Bishop, of Reed Thownship, this county, and J. W., in Williams County, Ohio. Mrs. Ford died June 6, 1862, in her thirty-first year; her sister then became Mr. Ford's wife, October 4, 1863, her birth occurring January 9, 1936, and to this union was born one child, Frank. During the late war of the Rebellion Mr. Ford enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and did duty at Washington, D.C. He is a member of Harmony Grange, also of Attica Lodge No. 367, F. & A. M.

HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY, OHIO - 1886
Warner, Beers & Co., page 956
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