History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 628.
[Scott County]   [Stamping Ground Precinct]

JOHN H. FORD, retired farmer, P. O. Minorsville, was born in Mason County,
Ky., Jan. 28, 1795.  He has during his life followed the trade of brick
layer and also that of farming.  His wife, Elizabeth McCoy, was a native
of Georgetown, Ky.; she was born in 1801, and died in 1880.  Mr. Ford is
now living with his son, and enjoying good health for a man of his age.
He was in the war of 1812 under Col. Richard Johnson.  His son, Rev.
Hiram Ford, was born in Scott County, Dec. 25, 1830; and in Casey County,
Ky., Dec. 15, 1856, he married Miss Elizabeth Conner, a native of Franklin
County; born in 1842; they are the parents of two children: John F. and
James M.  He organized the "Pleasant Hill" (Christian Church) at
Minorsville, in 1854, with only fifteen members, and at the present time
there are 300 members at the same church; he also organized a church in
Owen County.  Mr. Ford has been the pastor of six churches for four years,
including the two he organized.  He is a member of the A.F. & A.M., Scott
Lodge, No. 203, at Stamping Ground.  He and his father are worthy citizens
of their precinct, and most respected by those who best know them.

Ford McCoy Conner
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Mason-KY Franklin-KY

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