Daughter of G J & A J
Originally from England the Fords had settled in Tennessee. Perhaps near the middle of the nineteenth century, John Ford, born about 1811 migrated westward with his young Irish wife, the former Methanie Gentry. To this couple were born seven children: Andrew, Martha, Mary, William Benton, Charles, John, Jr. and George Jonathan (in whom we are most interested). During the war between the states, they lived at Bentonville, Arkansas. The final draft call for men to defend the Confederacy included all able bodied whites from sixteen to fifty five, of which he only lacked a few days. Methanie begged him to say he was already fifty five but he said, "I, John Ford, will not tell a lie to save my life." Little George Jonathan remembered the family's last visit to their father's army camp where he was hastily trained. After a few days visit, they returned home and John's company went into the war. John was killed in his first battle. His son, John Jr. was born after his father's death. Methanie never married again but reared her family alone assisted by her eldest son, Andrew. The family eventually moved to east Texas where the children grew up. Bill and Charley married sisters, Laura and Rose, and moved to Panhandle even before George Jonathan. Andrew went to California and lived there in the twenties. Little is known of the others.
James Walker, a fiery Irishman, married Fannie Davis, delicate girl, whose mother was of German descent. Fannie died in childbirth with her third child; their son Eddie also died and left only their first born, Amanda Jane, (later to become the wife of George Jonathan Ford). She went to live with her mother's unmarried brothers and sisters who adored and spoiled her. Her uncle Theodore Davis, the eldest and head of the family, even insisted that the younger aunts and uncles take "Little Mandy" along when they rode for miles on horseback to attend square dances. These gay affairs she learned to love; but later renounced completely when she became a Christian. When she was only nine her father married a girl named Amanda, also; Little Mandy went to live in her new home with her father and step mother. For the next eight years she worked hard helping rear her half brothers and sisters.
When Amanda was sixteen, her family, along with others, went into another county, where crops were good, to pick cotton. To this same county came Ford family George Jonathan, twenty five, unmarried, tall, strongly built, with massive shoulders, keen grey eyes, black curley hair and a handsome mustache along with his brothers, their wives and children. George's nieces and nephews flocked around him for he adored children. Amanda, always a beauty even in her big sunbonnet which hid her long brown hair and shaded her great dark blue eyes, felt the glances of the stalwart stranger. She averted her blushing face and said furiously under her breath, "How dare that old married man stare at me?" She presumed his nieces and nephews were his children. Her white hands in her home made gloves fluttered over the snowy bolls. Off to a bad start their acquaintance, nevertheless, ripened into respect, friendship, and love. They were married the following year. They settled in Erath county for a time, then moved to Parker county. They had four daughter [sic], Pearl born 1889: Mary Jewel, 1891; Adelaide, 1895; Beulah, 1898. Pearl, at sixteen, married Thomas M. Young. Their children are Chester Truett, Willie Opal, and John Thomas.
In the summer of 1909 Mary Jewel was to have married her childhood sweetheart, James Monroe Lain; however typhoid fever struck her family. Her father, always a preacher of righteousness, prayed for his family. He had faithfully pastored the flock at the local school house which also served as a church. Always there was the call to the mission field, the call to go west to minister to the ranchers, cowboys and maybe a few Indians. Amanda also felt the call of God on her life, but strict rule of her church and the customs of the times forbade her from doing more than relieving afflicted, nursing the ill, setting a good example and giving a burning testimony. During that fateful summer Amanda Beulah and Adeliade [sic] were both stricken. Their mother prayed for their healing. Arch Sharp, a cousin to Jim Lain, never left the bed side of his sweetheart, Adelaide. Beulah held her own but Adeliade's condition worsened and after two weeks she died. Their mother Amanda fell ill of the same malady and lay unconscious for many weeks. Beulah recovered a measure of her health, but always a delicate child her afflictions grew worse and she died in a hospital of influenza in 1918.
Meanwhile Amanda had recovered; her daughter Jewel had married James Monroe Lain and life took on a semblance of livability. To Jim and Jewel Lain were born five children; Ruby Arnelda, James Cecil; (who also died in 1918 of flu) Hazel Nadine, Mary Evelyn and Milton Ford Lain.
The Fords left Parker County and settled in Panhandle, Texas in 1911. They worked for farmers and carefully saved their wages. They went into the restaurant business and succeeded in a modest way, accumulating some property and savings. About 1918 they were joined in Panhandle by their two daughters and their families, the Youngs and the Lains. Pearl Young had the old hotel on Main Street for many years while the Lain family were farmers. Mrs. Lain died in 1936; Mrs. Pearl Young died in 1956.
When the Fords had arrived on the plains, there was no more pioneering in the Lord's work. The towns and villages already had their little white churches and seminary trained pastors. The altitude and years had ruined Amanda's beautiful voice. There seemed no place for a self educated preacher and his faithful wife. However, they joined the local congregation and contributed lavishly of their time and money to the cause of Him whoem [sic] they loved best.
They invited their granddaughter Ruby to live with them a year. Her grandfather always called her "Son", which embarrassed her no end. Never having a son, he was really bestowing a term of affection, even honor. He was a strong and gentle man.
With a prayer on her lips Amanda went to her Maker in 1926. Lonely for his companion, George Jonathan followed her in 1929, leaving only his grandson, Ford Lain to carry on his name. But the heritage of his life of honesty, integrity, and Christian fidelity rests like a benediction upon those who knew and loved him.
Note;
This history was written by Mrs. Ruby Lain Tow who lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Evelyn Lain Burleson, a granddaughter lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Nadine Lain Hamm, a granddaughter, lived in Kress, Texas. Ford Lain, who also has a son to carry o the Ford name (Jimmy Ford Lain) lived in Panhandle, Texas.
Of the Young children, Truitt lived in Amarillo; John T. of Denver and Opal Young of Pheonix [sic], Arizona. Their father Tom Young lives in Panhandle and is employed by the city. ------ January 7, 1966
(Published in 'A Time To Purpose, A Chronicle of Carson County, Volume II, First Edition October 1966, Copyright, 1966 by Pioneer Publishers)
Contributor:
Edith Guynes Stanley - [email protected]
Originally from England the Fords had settled in Tennessee. Perhaps near the middle of the nineteenth century, John Ford, born about 1811 migrated westward with his young Irish wife, the former Methanie Gentry. To this couple were born seven children: Andrew, Martha, Mary, William Benton, Charles, John, Jr. and George Jonathan (in whom we are most interested). During the war between the states, they lived at Bentonville, Arkansas. The final draft call for men to defend the Confederacy included all able bodied whites from sixteen to fifty five, of which he only lacked a few days. Methanie begged him to say he was already fifty five but he said, "I, John Ford, will not tell a lie to save my life." Little George Jonathan remembered the family's last visit to their father's army camp where he was hastily trained. After a few days visit, they returned home and John's company went into the war. John was killed in his first battle. His son, John Jr. was born after his father's death. Methanie never married again but reared her family alone assisted by her eldest son, Andrew. The family eventually moved to east Texas where the children grew up. Bill and Charley married sisters, Laura and Rose, and moved to Panhandle even before George Jonathan. Andrew went to California and lived there in the twenties. Little is known of the others.
James Walker, a fiery Irishman, married Fannie Davis, delicate girl, whose mother was of German descent. Fannie died in childbirth with her third child; their son Eddie also died and left only their first born, Amanda Jane, (later to become the wife of George Jonathan Ford). She went to live with her mother's unmarried brothers and sisters who adored and spoiled her. Her uncle Theodore Davis, the eldest and head of the family, even insisted that the younger aunts and uncles take "Little Mandy" along when they rode for miles on horseback to attend square dances. These gay affairs she learned to love; but later renounced completely when she became a Christian. When she was only nine her father married a girl named Amanda, also; Little Mandy went to live in her new home with her father and step mother. For the next eight years she worked hard helping rear her half brothers and sisters.
When Amanda was sixteen, her family, along with others, went into another county, where crops were good, to pick cotton. To this same county came Ford family George Jonathan, twenty five, unmarried, tall, strongly built, with massive shoulders, keen grey eyes, black curley hair and a handsome mustache along with his brothers, their wives and children. George's nieces and nephews flocked around him for he adored children. Amanda, always a beauty even in her big sunbonnet which hid her long brown hair and shaded her great dark blue eyes, felt the glances of the stalwart stranger. She averted her blushing face and said furiously under her breath, "How dare that old married man stare at me?" She presumed his nieces and nephews were his children. Her white hands in her home made gloves fluttered over the snowy bolls. Off to a bad start their acquaintance, nevertheless, ripened into respect, friendship, and love. They were married the following year. They settled in Erath county for a time, then moved to Parker county. They had four daughter [sic], Pearl born 1889: Mary Jewel, 1891; Adelaide, 1895; Beulah, 1898. Pearl, at sixteen, married Thomas M. Young. Their children are Chester Truett, Willie Opal, and John Thomas.
In the summer of 1909 Mary Jewel was to have married her childhood sweetheart, James Monroe Lain; however typhoid fever struck her family. Her father, always a preacher of righteousness, prayed for his family. He had faithfully pastored the flock at the local school house which also served as a church. Always there was the call to the mission field, the call to go west to minister to the ranchers, cowboys and maybe a few Indians. Amanda also felt the call of God on her life, but strict rule of her church and the customs of the times forbade her from doing more than relieving afflicted, nursing the ill, setting a good example and giving a burning testimony. During that fateful summer Amanda Beulah and Adeliade [sic] were both stricken. Their mother prayed for their healing. Arch Sharp, a cousin to Jim Lain, never left the bed side of his sweetheart, Adelaide. Beulah held her own but Adeliade's condition worsened and after two weeks she died. Their mother Amanda fell ill of the same malady and lay unconscious for many weeks. Beulah recovered a measure of her health, but always a delicate child her afflictions grew worse and she died in a hospital of influenza in 1918.
Meanwhile Amanda had recovered; her daughter Jewel had married James Monroe Lain and life took on a semblance of livability. To Jim and Jewel Lain were born five children; Ruby Arnelda, James Cecil; (who also died in 1918 of flu) Hazel Nadine, Mary Evelyn and Milton Ford Lain.
The Fords left Parker County and settled in Panhandle, Texas in 1911. They worked for farmers and carefully saved their wages. They went into the restaurant business and succeeded in a modest way, accumulating some property and savings. About 1918 they were joined in Panhandle by their two daughters and their families, the Youngs and the Lains. Pearl Young had the old hotel on Main Street for many years while the Lain family were farmers. Mrs. Lain died in 1936; Mrs. Pearl Young died in 1956.
When the Fords had arrived on the plains, there was no more pioneering in the Lord's work. The towns and villages already had their little white churches and seminary trained pastors. The altitude and years had ruined Amanda's beautiful voice. There seemed no place for a self educated preacher and his faithful wife. However, they joined the local congregation and contributed lavishly of their time and money to the cause of Him whoem [sic] they loved best.
They invited their granddaughter Ruby to live with them a year. Her grandfather always called her "Son", which embarrassed her no end. Never having a son, he was really bestowing a term of affection, even honor. He was a strong and gentle man.
With a prayer on her lips Amanda went to her Maker in 1926. Lonely for his companion, George Jonathan followed her in 1929, leaving only his grandson, Ford Lain to carry on his name. But the heritage of his life of honesty, integrity, and Christian fidelity rests like a benediction upon those who knew and loved him.
Note;
This history was written by Mrs. Ruby Lain Tow who lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Evelyn Lain Burleson, a granddaughter lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Nadine Lain Hamm, a granddaughter, lived in Kress, Texas. Ford Lain, who also has a son to carry o the Ford name (Jimmy Ford Lain) lived in Panhandle, Texas.
Of the Young children, Truitt lived in Amarillo; John T. of Denver and Opal Young of Pheonix [sic], Arizona. Their father Tom Young lives in Panhandle and is employed by the city. ------ January 7, 1966
(Published in 'A Time To Purpose, A Chronicle of Carson County, Volume II, First Edition October 1966, Copyright, 1966 by Pioneer Publishers)
Contributor:
Edith Guynes Stanley - [email protected]
Daughter of G J & A J
Originally from England the Fords had settled in Tennessee. Perhaps near the middle of the nineteenth century, John Ford, born about 1811 migrated westward with his young Irish wife, the former Methanie Gentry. To this couple were born seven children: Andrew, Martha, Mary, William Benton, Charles, John, Jr. and George Jonathan (in whom we are most interested). During the war between the states, they lived at Bentonville, Arkansas. The final draft call for men to defend the Confederacy included all able bodied whites from sixteen to fifty five, of which he only lacked a few days. Methanie begged him to say he was already fifty five but he said, "I, John Ford, will not tell a lie to save my life." Little George Jonathan remembered the family's last visit to their father's army camp where he was hastily trained. After a few days visit, they returned home and John's company went into the war. John was killed in his first battle. His son, John Jr. was born after his father's death. Methanie never married again but reared her family alone assisted by her eldest son, Andrew. The family eventually moved to east Texas where the children grew up. Bill and Charley married sisters, Laura and Rose, and moved to Panhandle even before George Jonathan. Andrew went to California and lived there in the twenties. Little is known of the others.
James Walker, a fiery Irishman, married Fannie Davis, delicate girl, whose mother was of German descent. Fannie died in childbirth with her third child; their son Eddie also died and left only their first born, Amanda Jane, (later to become the wife of George Jonathan Ford). She went to live with her mother's unmarried brothers and sisters who adored and spoiled her. Her uncle Theodore Davis, the eldest and head of the family, even insisted that the younger aunts and uncles take "Little Mandy" along when they rode for miles on horseback to attend square dances. These gay affairs she learned to love; but later renounced completely when she became a Christian. When she was only nine her father married a girl named Amanda, also; Little Mandy went to live in her new home with her father and step mother. For the next eight years she worked hard helping rear her half brothers and sisters.
When Amanda was sixteen, her family, along with others, went into another county, where crops were good, to pick cotton. To this same county came Ford family George Jonathan, twenty five, unmarried, tall, strongly built, with massive shoulders, keen grey eyes, black curley hair and a handsome mustache along with his brothers, their wives and children. George's nieces and nephews flocked around him for he adored children. Amanda, always a beauty even in her big sunbonnet which hid her long brown hair and shaded her great dark blue eyes, felt the glances of the stalwart stranger. She averted her blushing face and said furiously under her breath, "How dare that old married man stare at me?" She presumed his nieces and nephews were his children. Her white hands in her home made gloves fluttered over the snowy bolls. Off to a bad start their acquaintance, nevertheless, ripened into respect, friendship, and love. They were married the following year. They settled in Erath county for a time, then moved to Parker county. They had four daughter [sic], Pearl born 1889: Mary Jewel, 1891; Adelaide, 1895; Beulah, 1898. Pearl, at sixteen, married Thomas M. Young. Their children are Chester Truett, Willie Opal, and John Thomas.
In the summer of 1909 Mary Jewel was to have married her childhood sweetheart, James Monroe Lain; however typhoid fever struck her family. Her father, always a preacher of righteousness, prayed for his family. He had faithfully pastored the flock at the local school house which also served as a church. Always there was the call to the mission field, the call to go west to minister to the ranchers, cowboys and maybe a few Indians. Amanda also felt the call of God on her life, but strict rule of her church and the customs of the times forbade her from doing more than relieving afflicted, nursing the ill, setting a good example and giving a burning testimony. During that fateful summer Amanda Beulah and Adeliade [sic] were both stricken. Their mother prayed for their healing. Arch Sharp, a cousin to Jim Lain, never left the bed side of his sweetheart, Adelaide. Beulah held her own but Adeliade's condition worsened and after two weeks she died. Their mother Amanda fell ill of the same malady and lay unconscious for many weeks. Beulah recovered a measure of her health, but always a delicate child her afflictions grew worse and she died in a hospital of influenza in 1918.
Meanwhile Amanda had recovered; her daughter Jewel had married James Monroe Lain and life took on a semblance of livability. To Jim and Jewel Lain were born five children; Ruby Arnelda, James Cecil; (who also died in 1918 of flu) Hazel Nadine, Mary Evelyn and Milton Ford Lain.
The Fords left Parker County and settled in Panhandle, Texas in 1911. They worked for farmers and carefully saved their wages. They went into the restaurant business and succeeded in a modest way, accumulating some property and savings. About 1918 they were joined in Panhandle by their two daughters and their families, the Youngs and the Lains. Pearl Young had the old hotel on Main Street for many years while the Lain family were farmers. Mrs. Lain died in 1936; Mrs. Pearl Young died in 1956.
When the Fords had arrived on the plains, there was no more pioneering in the Lord's work. The towns and villages already had their little white churches and seminary trained pastors. The altitude and years had ruined Amanda's beautiful voice. There seemed no place for a self educated preacher and his faithful wife. However, they joined the local congregation and contributed lavishly of their time and money to the cause of Him whoem [sic] they loved best.
They invited their granddaughter Ruby to live with them a year. Her grandfather always called her "Son", which embarrassed her no end. Never having a son, he was really bestowing a term of affection, even honor. He was a strong and gentle man.
With a prayer on her lips Amanda went to her Maker in 1926. Lonely for his companion, George Jonathan followed her in 1929, leaving only his grandson, Ford Lain to carry on his name. But the heritage of his life of honesty, integrity, and Christian fidelity rests like a benediction upon those who knew and loved him.
Note;
This history was written by Mrs. Ruby Lain Tow who lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Evelyn Lain Burleson, a granddaughter lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Nadine Lain Hamm, a granddaughter, lived in Kress, Texas. Ford Lain, who also has a son to carry o the Ford name (Jimmy Ford Lain) lived in Panhandle, Texas.
Of the Young children, Truitt lived in Amarillo; John T. of Denver and Opal Young of Pheonix [sic], Arizona. Their father Tom Young lives in Panhandle and is employed by the city. ------ January 7, 1966
(Published in 'A Time To Purpose, A Chronicle of Carson County, Volume II, First Edition October 1966, Copyright, 1966 by Pioneer Publishers)
Contributor:
Edith Guynes Stanley - [email protected]
Originally from England the Fords had settled in Tennessee. Perhaps near the middle of the nineteenth century, John Ford, born about 1811 migrated westward with his young Irish wife, the former Methanie Gentry. To this couple were born seven children: Andrew, Martha, Mary, William Benton, Charles, John, Jr. and George Jonathan (in whom we are most interested). During the war between the states, they lived at Bentonville, Arkansas. The final draft call for men to defend the Confederacy included all able bodied whites from sixteen to fifty five, of which he only lacked a few days. Methanie begged him to say he was already fifty five but he said, "I, John Ford, will not tell a lie to save my life." Little George Jonathan remembered the family's last visit to their father's army camp where he was hastily trained. After a few days visit, they returned home and John's company went into the war. John was killed in his first battle. His son, John Jr. was born after his father's death. Methanie never married again but reared her family alone assisted by her eldest son, Andrew. The family eventually moved to east Texas where the children grew up. Bill and Charley married sisters, Laura and Rose, and moved to Panhandle even before George Jonathan. Andrew went to California and lived there in the twenties. Little is known of the others.
James Walker, a fiery Irishman, married Fannie Davis, delicate girl, whose mother was of German descent. Fannie died in childbirth with her third child; their son Eddie also died and left only their first born, Amanda Jane, (later to become the wife of George Jonathan Ford). She went to live with her mother's unmarried brothers and sisters who adored and spoiled her. Her uncle Theodore Davis, the eldest and head of the family, even insisted that the younger aunts and uncles take "Little Mandy" along when they rode for miles on horseback to attend square dances. These gay affairs she learned to love; but later renounced completely when she became a Christian. When she was only nine her father married a girl named Amanda, also; Little Mandy went to live in her new home with her father and step mother. For the next eight years she worked hard helping rear her half brothers and sisters.
When Amanda was sixteen, her family, along with others, went into another county, where crops were good, to pick cotton. To this same county came Ford family George Jonathan, twenty five, unmarried, tall, strongly built, with massive shoulders, keen grey eyes, black curley hair and a handsome mustache along with his brothers, their wives and children. George's nieces and nephews flocked around him for he adored children. Amanda, always a beauty even in her big sunbonnet which hid her long brown hair and shaded her great dark blue eyes, felt the glances of the stalwart stranger. She averted her blushing face and said furiously under her breath, "How dare that old married man stare at me?" She presumed his nieces and nephews were his children. Her white hands in her home made gloves fluttered over the snowy bolls. Off to a bad start their acquaintance, nevertheless, ripened into respect, friendship, and love. They were married the following year. They settled in Erath county for a time, then moved to Parker county. They had four daughter [sic], Pearl born 1889: Mary Jewel, 1891; Adelaide, 1895; Beulah, 1898. Pearl, at sixteen, married Thomas M. Young. Their children are Chester Truett, Willie Opal, and John Thomas.
In the summer of 1909 Mary Jewel was to have married her childhood sweetheart, James Monroe Lain; however typhoid fever struck her family. Her father, always a preacher of righteousness, prayed for his family. He had faithfully pastored the flock at the local school house which also served as a church. Always there was the call to the mission field, the call to go west to minister to the ranchers, cowboys and maybe a few Indians. Amanda also felt the call of God on her life, but strict rule of her church and the customs of the times forbade her from doing more than relieving afflicted, nursing the ill, setting a good example and giving a burning testimony. During that fateful summer Amanda Beulah and Adeliade [sic] were both stricken. Their mother prayed for their healing. Arch Sharp, a cousin to Jim Lain, never left the bed side of his sweetheart, Adelaide. Beulah held her own but Adeliade's condition worsened and after two weeks she died. Their mother Amanda fell ill of the same malady and lay unconscious for many weeks. Beulah recovered a measure of her health, but always a delicate child her afflictions grew worse and she died in a hospital of influenza in 1918.
Meanwhile Amanda had recovered; her daughter Jewel had married James Monroe Lain and life took on a semblance of livability. To Jim and Jewel Lain were born five children; Ruby Arnelda, James Cecil; (who also died in 1918 of flu) Hazel Nadine, Mary Evelyn and Milton Ford Lain.
The Fords left Parker County and settled in Panhandle, Texas in 1911. They worked for farmers and carefully saved their wages. They went into the restaurant business and succeeded in a modest way, accumulating some property and savings. About 1918 they were joined in Panhandle by their two daughters and their families, the Youngs and the Lains. Pearl Young had the old hotel on Main Street for many years while the Lain family were farmers. Mrs. Lain died in 1936; Mrs. Pearl Young died in 1956.
When the Fords had arrived on the plains, there was no more pioneering in the Lord's work. The towns and villages already had their little white churches and seminary trained pastors. The altitude and years had ruined Amanda's beautiful voice. There seemed no place for a self educated preacher and his faithful wife. However, they joined the local congregation and contributed lavishly of their time and money to the cause of Him whoem [sic] they loved best.
They invited their granddaughter Ruby to live with them a year. Her grandfather always called her "Son", which embarrassed her no end. Never having a son, he was really bestowing a term of affection, even honor. He was a strong and gentle man.
With a prayer on her lips Amanda went to her Maker in 1926. Lonely for his companion, George Jonathan followed her in 1929, leaving only his grandson, Ford Lain to carry on his name. But the heritage of his life of honesty, integrity, and Christian fidelity rests like a benediction upon those who knew and loved him.
Note;
This history was written by Mrs. Ruby Lain Tow who lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Evelyn Lain Burleson, a granddaughter lived in Amarillo; Mrs. Nadine Lain Hamm, a granddaughter, lived in Kress, Texas. Ford Lain, who also has a son to carry o the Ford name (Jimmy Ford Lain) lived in Panhandle, Texas.
Of the Young children, Truitt lived in Amarillo; John T. of Denver and Opal Young of Pheonix [sic], Arizona. Their father Tom Young lives in Panhandle and is employed by the city. ------ January 7, 1966
(Published in 'A Time To Purpose, A Chronicle of Carson County, Volume II, First Edition October 1966, Copyright, 1966 by Pioneer Publishers)
Contributor:
Edith Guynes Stanley - [email protected]
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