Born near the community of Washington in Rhea County, Tennessee. Daughter of William P. and Nancy (Smith) Thomison. Elected 3rd Lieutenant in Cavalry Company organized by young ladies around Washington in Rhea County to carry clothing, food, and "such other necessities and delecacies as able to procure" to nearby Confederate States Army camps. Arrested and "marched, a foot, in front of an armed guard of soldiers to Dayton, a distance of five miles, and from there to "Bell's Landing" on the Tennessee River. There the sixteen young ladies were placed aboard a U.S. Army cattle boat (supposedly named "The Chicken Thief"), and brought to Chattanooga where General Steedman ordered their release after they all signed the oath of allegiance." After the Civil War, she married J.H. Ford on November 20, 1873. Cumberland Presbyterian faith. Died at her home on Dry Valley Road. Burial in White Oak Cemetery (present Chattanooga Memorial Park).
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Chattanooga Times, 9 December 1918 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
MRS. RHODA THOMISON FORD;SURVIVOR FAMOUS COMPANY
Mrs. Rhoda Thomison Ford, widow of the late J. H. Ford, died yesterday morning at 9:45 at her residence on the Dry Valley road, where she had lived for forty-five years.
Mrs. Ford was born near Washington, in Rhea county, Nov. 10, 1842, and lived there until her marriage in November, 1873. Upon her marriage she moved into the Ford home, where she has resided since. She has lived a beautiful Christian life, devoted to her family and her many friends, and for more than fifty years has been a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Ford leaves surviving her four brothers – W. P. Thomison, Dr. J. G. Thomison, R. L. Thomison and Dr. W. F. Thomison, all residents of Rhea county, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Thomison, who has resided with her since the death of her husband, J. H. Ford and Mrs. Hattie Johnson, and Miss Sarah Ford, her husband’s sister, who has lived with the family all her life.
During the civil war the young ladies in and around Washington, in Rhea county, whose sympathies were with the confederacy, organized themselves into a cavalry company for the purpose of carrying to the camps of the confederate soldiers in that section food, clothing and such other necessaries and such delicacies as they might be able to procure, the purpose of the company being similar to that of the canteen workers so popuar [sic] at this time throughout the United States and France. Mrs. Ford, then Miss Rhoda Thomison, was third lieutenant of this company and along with other members of the company, was arrested and marched, a foot, in front of an armed guard of soldiers, to Dayton, a distance of five miles, and from there to Bell’s Landing, on the Tennessee. At Bell’s Landing the company, consisting of sixteen young ladies, was placed on board an army cattle boat, named Chicken Thief, and brought to Chattanooga, where Gen. Steadman promptly ordered their release and transport back home. This incident, in which Mrs. Ford participated, constitutes a part of the history of the civil war, and this company, of which she was the last survivor, is the pride of Rhea county.The funeral services will be held at this residence on the Dry Valley road at 2 this afternoon, Dr. Bachman officiating, and the interment will be at White Oak cemetery.The following friends of the family will act as pallbearers: Joe Rogers, A. C. Foust, J. C. Martin, Martin Hartman, B. A. Crisman, Vander Davis, J. L. Foust and George B. Sawyer.
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Chattanooga Times, 9 December 1918 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
MRS. RHODA THOMISON FORD;SURVIVOR FAMOUS COMPANY
Mrs. Rhoda Thomison Ford, widow of the late J. H. Ford, died yesterday morning at 9:45 at her residence on the Dry Valley road, where she had lived for forty-five years.
Mrs. Ford was born near Washington, in Rhea county, Nov. 10, 1842, and lived there until her marriage in November, 1873. Upon her marriage she moved into the Ford home, where she has resided since. She has lived a beautiful Christian life, devoted to her family and her many friends, and for more than fifty years has been a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Ford leaves surviving her four brothers – W. P. Thomison, Dr. J. G. Thomison, R. L. Thomison and Dr. W. F. Thomison, all residents of Rhea county, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Thomison, who has resided with her since the death of her husband, J. H. Ford and Mrs. Hattie Johnson, and Miss Sarah Ford, her husband’s sister, who has lived with the family all her life.
During the civil war the young ladies in and around Washington, in Rhea county, whose sympathies were with the confederacy, organized themselves into a cavalry company for the purpose of carrying to the camps of the confederate soldiers in that section food, clothing and such other necessaries and such delicacies as they might be able to procure, the purpose of the company being similar to that of the canteen workers so popuar [sic] at this time throughout the United States and France. Mrs. Ford, then Miss Rhoda Thomison, was third lieutenant of this company and along with other members of the company, was arrested and marched, a foot, in front of an armed guard of soldiers, to Dayton, a distance of five miles, and from there to Bell’s Landing, on the Tennessee. At Bell’s Landing the company, consisting of sixteen young ladies, was placed on board an army cattle boat, named Chicken Thief, and brought to Chattanooga, where Gen. Steadman promptly ordered their release and transport back home. This incident, in which Mrs. Ford participated, constitutes a part of the history of the civil war, and this company, of which she was the last survivor, is the pride of Rhea county.The funeral services will be held at this residence on the Dry Valley road at 2 this afternoon, Dr. Bachman officiating, and the interment will be at White Oak cemetery.The following friends of the family will act as pallbearers: Joe Rogers, A. C. Foust, J. C. Martin, Martin Hartman, B. A. Crisman, Vander Davis, J. L. Foust and George B. Sawyer.
Born near the community of Washington in Rhea County, Tennessee. Daughter of William P. and Nancy (Smith) Thomison. Elected 3rd Lieutenant in Cavalry Company organized by young ladies around Washington in Rhea County to carry clothing, food, and "such other necessities and delecacies as able to procure" to nearby Confederate States Army camps. Arrested and "marched, a foot, in front of an armed guard of soldiers to Dayton, a distance of five miles, and from there to "Bell's Landing" on the Tennessee River. There the sixteen young ladies were placed aboard a U.S. Army cattle boat (supposedly named "The Chicken Thief"), and brought to Chattanooga where General Steedman ordered their release after they all signed the oath of allegiance." After the Civil War, she married J.H. Ford on November 20, 1873. Cumberland Presbyterian faith. Died at her home on Dry Valley Road. Burial in White Oak Cemetery (present Chattanooga Memorial Park).
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Chattanooga Times, 9 December 1918 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
MRS. RHODA THOMISON FORD;SURVIVOR FAMOUS COMPANY
Mrs. Rhoda Thomison Ford, widow of the late J. H. Ford, died yesterday morning at 9:45 at her residence on the Dry Valley road, where she had lived for forty-five years.
Mrs. Ford was born near Washington, in Rhea county, Nov. 10, 1842, and lived there until her marriage in November, 1873. Upon her marriage she moved into the Ford home, where she has resided since. She has lived a beautiful Christian life, devoted to her family and her many friends, and for more than fifty years has been a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Ford leaves surviving her four brothers – W. P. Thomison, Dr. J. G. Thomison, R. L. Thomison and Dr. W. F. Thomison, all residents of Rhea county, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Thomison, who has resided with her since the death of her husband, J. H. Ford and Mrs. Hattie Johnson, and Miss Sarah Ford, her husband’s sister, who has lived with the family all her life.
During the civil war the young ladies in and around Washington, in Rhea county, whose sympathies were with the confederacy, organized themselves into a cavalry company for the purpose of carrying to the camps of the confederate soldiers in that section food, clothing and such other necessaries and such delicacies as they might be able to procure, the purpose of the company being similar to that of the canteen workers so popuar [sic] at this time throughout the United States and France. Mrs. Ford, then Miss Rhoda Thomison, was third lieutenant of this company and along with other members of the company, was arrested and marched, a foot, in front of an armed guard of soldiers, to Dayton, a distance of five miles, and from there to Bell’s Landing, on the Tennessee. At Bell’s Landing the company, consisting of sixteen young ladies, was placed on board an army cattle boat, named Chicken Thief, and brought to Chattanooga, where Gen. Steadman promptly ordered their release and transport back home. This incident, in which Mrs. Ford participated, constitutes a part of the history of the civil war, and this company, of which she was the last survivor, is the pride of Rhea county.The funeral services will be held at this residence on the Dry Valley road at 2 this afternoon, Dr. Bachman officiating, and the interment will be at White Oak cemetery.The following friends of the family will act as pallbearers: Joe Rogers, A. C. Foust, J. C. Martin, Martin Hartman, B. A. Crisman, Vander Davis, J. L. Foust and George B. Sawyer.
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Chattanooga Times, 9 December 1918 - Chattanooga, Tennessee
MRS. RHODA THOMISON FORD;SURVIVOR FAMOUS COMPANY
Mrs. Rhoda Thomison Ford, widow of the late J. H. Ford, died yesterday morning at 9:45 at her residence on the Dry Valley road, where she had lived for forty-five years.
Mrs. Ford was born near Washington, in Rhea county, Nov. 10, 1842, and lived there until her marriage in November, 1873. Upon her marriage she moved into the Ford home, where she has resided since. She has lived a beautiful Christian life, devoted to her family and her many friends, and for more than fifty years has been a consistent member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Ford leaves surviving her four brothers – W. P. Thomison, Dr. J. G. Thomison, R. L. Thomison and Dr. W. F. Thomison, all residents of Rhea county, and two sisters, Miss Jennie Thomison, who has resided with her since the death of her husband, J. H. Ford and Mrs. Hattie Johnson, and Miss Sarah Ford, her husband’s sister, who has lived with the family all her life.
During the civil war the young ladies in and around Washington, in Rhea county, whose sympathies were with the confederacy, organized themselves into a cavalry company for the purpose of carrying to the camps of the confederate soldiers in that section food, clothing and such other necessaries and such delicacies as they might be able to procure, the purpose of the company being similar to that of the canteen workers so popuar [sic] at this time throughout the United States and France. Mrs. Ford, then Miss Rhoda Thomison, was third lieutenant of this company and along with other members of the company, was arrested and marched, a foot, in front of an armed guard of soldiers, to Dayton, a distance of five miles, and from there to Bell’s Landing, on the Tennessee. At Bell’s Landing the company, consisting of sixteen young ladies, was placed on board an army cattle boat, named Chicken Thief, and brought to Chattanooga, where Gen. Steadman promptly ordered their release and transport back home. This incident, in which Mrs. Ford participated, constitutes a part of the history of the civil war, and this company, of which she was the last survivor, is the pride of Rhea county.The funeral services will be held at this residence on the Dry Valley road at 2 this afternoon, Dr. Bachman officiating, and the interment will be at White Oak cemetery.The following friends of the family will act as pallbearers: Joe Rogers, A. C. Foust, J. C. Martin, Martin Hartman, B. A. Crisman, Vander Davis, J. L. Foust and George B. Sawyer.
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