History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 463.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

JAMES KEITH FORD, hardware and distillery; P. O. Paris; represents one of
the old pioneer families of the Blue Grass Region.  He was born Oct. 23,
1844, in this county, being the third son and fourth child to Nicholas W.
Ford, who was a son of William Ford, who was once Sheriff of Fayette
County; he was a son of Edward, a native of Fairfax County, Va.  Nicholas
Ford, the father of James K., married Martha H. Page, March 11, 1834; she
born him six children.  Nicholas W. died Oct. 23, 1844, when James K. was
very young.  He was raised to manhood under the care of his mother.  When a
young man he began clerking in Paris.  In 1863, he went in the employ of
the government, continuing nearly three years, after which he engaged in
business with Mr. W. Taylor, under firm name of Ford & Taylor, after which
he associated with Mr. Bowen.  Prior to this he was for a time engaged in
business with H. C. Clay & Co., in the whisky [sic] trade.  Since he
associated with Mr. Bowen, they have not only carried on their store, but
have more recently embarked in the manufacturer of Bourbon County Whisky
[sic], brand, "Peacock," at their distillery in Ruddell's Mills Precinct.
December 5, 1865, he married Winifred, second daughter of James S. and Mary
(Williams) Duncan, Mary being a daughter of Maj. Geo. W. Williams.

Ford Page Taylor Bowen Clay Williams Duncan
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Fayette-KY Fairfax-VA

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