Rebeccah Snedeker was the sixth of the eight children born to Garret Snedeker & Elizabeth Wykoff of Loudoun County, Virginia and Brooke County, West Virginia.
Rebecca's parents were German, and she spoke only their language until she was 12 years old. At this time, 1792, her father moved to Brooke County, West Virginia. Rebecca, up to this time, had never spent a day in an English school nor could she speak the English language, but the neighbors were Americans and her father, mother and brothers understood the language, and adopted it in the family. In a short time, she acquired the language, and had the rare privilege of attending an English school for 3 months. During this interval she learned to spell and read, and took some lessons in writing. In the two former studies she succeeded well, but in the latter, for the want of more practice, she failed. Pens, at that day, were made of goose quills, which required a sharp knife and skill to make a good pen; in this, females generally failed, consequently there were few good writers among them.
Rebecca was married Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1796 in Brooke County to James Ford, a grist-mill operator and son of Henry & Rachel Gillan Ford. After their marriage, they moved into the wilderness across the Ohio River in what was then called Jefferson county, Ohio. They had 5 children: Henry(1798), Nicholas(1800), Mary(1802), William Johnson(1805)and James Jr.(1812)
In 1805, James and Rebeccah relocated to east of Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio for better land and mill opportunities. On March 17, 1819, her husband James died, leaving her in a new country with four children still at home. In 1837, she came to Connersville, Indiana to live with her youngest son, James, and with him, she came to Wabash county in 1841, where she resided for 31 years until her death. This house is now the Dr. James Ford Historic Home.
She was raised in the Lutheran Church, but joined the Presbyterians when she was a young girl. She took great pleasure in reading the Scriptures. She died with an abiding faith in the fullness and completeness of the Atonement of Jesus the Christ.
"A History of the Ford Family" book written in 1889 by her son Dr. James Ford describes his mother: "Her person was about five feet five inches high; weight, say, one hundred forty-five pounds; complexion light, eyes gray, hair auburn or dark, face full and round, cheeks red, teeth rather samll but perfect and white. She had never worn a corset and her waist was as nature had designed it. In short, I think she was a beautiful woman. She had a bland countenance, was retired in manner and slow to anger; not loquacious, but firm in what she conceived to be proper and right. With her neighbors she was sympathetic and obliging, and never abandoned a worthy friend".
Rebecca's parents were German, and she spoke only their language until she was 12 years old. At this time, 1792, her father moved to Brooke County, West Virginia. Rebecca, up to this time, had never spent a day in an English school nor could she speak the English language, but the neighbors were Americans and her father, mother and brothers understood the language, and adopted it in the family. In a short time, she acquired the language, and had the rare privilege of attending an English school for 3 months. During this interval she learned to spell and read, and took some lessons in writing. In the two former studies she succeeded well, but in the latter, for the want of more practice, she failed. Pens, at that day, were made of goose quills, which required a sharp knife and skill to make a good pen; in this, females generally failed, consequently there were few good writers among them.
Rebecca was married Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1796 in Brooke County to James Ford, a grist-mill operator and son of Henry & Rachel Gillan Ford. After their marriage, they moved into the wilderness across the Ohio River in what was then called Jefferson county, Ohio. They had 5 children: Henry(1798), Nicholas(1800), Mary(1802), William Johnson(1805)and James Jr.(1812)
In 1805, James and Rebeccah relocated to east of Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio for better land and mill opportunities. On March 17, 1819, her husband James died, leaving her in a new country with four children still at home. In 1837, she came to Connersville, Indiana to live with her youngest son, James, and with him, she came to Wabash county in 1841, where she resided for 31 years until her death. This house is now the Dr. James Ford Historic Home.
She was raised in the Lutheran Church, but joined the Presbyterians when she was a young girl. She took great pleasure in reading the Scriptures. She died with an abiding faith in the fullness and completeness of the Atonement of Jesus the Christ.
"A History of the Ford Family" book written in 1889 by her son Dr. James Ford describes his mother: "Her person was about five feet five inches high; weight, say, one hundred forty-five pounds; complexion light, eyes gray, hair auburn or dark, face full and round, cheeks red, teeth rather samll but perfect and white. She had never worn a corset and her waist was as nature had designed it. In short, I think she was a beautiful woman. She had a bland countenance, was retired in manner and slow to anger; not loquacious, but firm in what she conceived to be proper and right. With her neighbors she was sympathetic and obliging, and never abandoned a worthy friend".
Rebeccah Snedeker was the sixth of the eight children born to Garret Snedeker & Elizabeth Wykoff of Loudoun County, Virginia and Brooke County, West Virginia.
Rebecca's parents were German, and she spoke only their language until she was 12 years old. At this time, 1792, her father moved to Brooke County, West Virginia. Rebecca, up to this time, had never spent a day in an English school nor could she speak the English language, but the neighbors were Americans and her father, mother and brothers understood the language, and adopted it in the family. In a short time, she acquired the language, and had the rare privilege of attending an English school for 3 months. During this interval she learned to spell and read, and took some lessons in writing. In the two former studies she succeeded well, but in the latter, for the want of more practice, she failed. Pens, at that day, were made of goose quills, which required a sharp knife and skill to make a good pen; in this, females generally failed, consequently there were few good writers among them.
Rebecca was married Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1796 in Brooke County to James Ford, a grist-mill operator and son of Henry & Rachel Gillan Ford. After their marriage, they moved into the wilderness across the Ohio River in what was then called Jefferson county, Ohio. They had 5 children: Henry(1798), Nicholas(1800), Mary(1802), William Johnson(1805)and James Jr.(1812)
In 1805, James and Rebeccah relocated to east of Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio for better land and mill opportunities. On March 17, 1819, her husband James died, leaving her in a new country with four children still at home. In 1837, she came to Connersville, Indiana to live with her youngest son, James, and with him, she came to Wabash county in 1841, where she resided for 31 years until her death. This house is now the Dr. James Ford Historic Home.
She was raised in the Lutheran Church, but joined the Presbyterians when she was a young girl. She took great pleasure in reading the Scriptures. She died with an abiding faith in the fullness and completeness of the Atonement of Jesus the Christ.
"A History of the Ford Family" book written in 1889 by her son Dr. James Ford describes his mother: "Her person was about five feet five inches high; weight, say, one hundred forty-five pounds; complexion light, eyes gray, hair auburn or dark, face full and round, cheeks red, teeth rather samll but perfect and white. She had never worn a corset and her waist was as nature had designed it. In short, I think she was a beautiful woman. She had a bland countenance, was retired in manner and slow to anger; not loquacious, but firm in what she conceived to be proper and right. With her neighbors she was sympathetic and obliging, and never abandoned a worthy friend".
Rebecca's parents were German, and she spoke only their language until she was 12 years old. At this time, 1792, her father moved to Brooke County, West Virginia. Rebecca, up to this time, had never spent a day in an English school nor could she speak the English language, but the neighbors were Americans and her father, mother and brothers understood the language, and adopted it in the family. In a short time, she acquired the language, and had the rare privilege of attending an English school for 3 months. During this interval she learned to spell and read, and took some lessons in writing. In the two former studies she succeeded well, but in the latter, for the want of more practice, she failed. Pens, at that day, were made of goose quills, which required a sharp knife and skill to make a good pen; in this, females generally failed, consequently there were few good writers among them.
Rebecca was married Tuesday, Jan. 26, 1796 in Brooke County to James Ford, a grist-mill operator and son of Henry & Rachel Gillan Ford. After their marriage, they moved into the wilderness across the Ohio River in what was then called Jefferson county, Ohio. They had 5 children: Henry(1798), Nicholas(1800), Mary(1802), William Johnson(1805)and James Jr.(1812)
In 1805, James and Rebeccah relocated to east of Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio for better land and mill opportunities. On March 17, 1819, her husband James died, leaving her in a new country with four children still at home. In 1837, she came to Connersville, Indiana to live with her youngest son, James, and with him, she came to Wabash county in 1841, where she resided for 31 years until her death. This house is now the Dr. James Ford Historic Home.
She was raised in the Lutheran Church, but joined the Presbyterians when she was a young girl. She took great pleasure in reading the Scriptures. She died with an abiding faith in the fullness and completeness of the Atonement of Jesus the Christ.
"A History of the Ford Family" book written in 1889 by her son Dr. James Ford describes his mother: "Her person was about five feet five inches high; weight, say, one hundred forty-five pounds; complexion light, eyes gray, hair auburn or dark, face full and round, cheeks red, teeth rather samll but perfect and white. She had never worn a corset and her waist was as nature had designed it. In short, I think she was a beautiful woman. She had a bland countenance, was retired in manner and slow to anger; not loquacious, but firm in what she conceived to be proper and right. With her neighbors she was sympathetic and obliging, and never abandoned a worthy friend".
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