Son of David Ford and Maria V. Hamilton.
Thomas W. Ford married Mary Aurelia Cheatham May 9, 1871, in Newton Co., Texas.
Originally buried in the Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas. On Sep 6, 1943, his remains were dis-interred. Mary Molly Cheatham was the daughter of Colonel James Cheatham and Martha Norvell.
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Thomas W. Ford, President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co., was born in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6th, 1847, of French Huguenot ancestry; his grandfather, John Ford, was a Mississippi planter. He attended public school until the age of eighteen he enlisted (1865) in Company E. Whitfield's Legion, Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the Law Department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville, later removing to Houston. He was a member of the Sixteenth Legislature. His career at the bar has been successful and dignified, and he has won prominence in business and public affairs.
Judge Ford is President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co. and interested in other business undertakings. He is a member of Newton Lodge No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery No. 24, K. T.; Washington Chapter R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Houston. In 1871 he married Miss Mary A. Cheatham, daughter of an old and influential Texas family. She died in 1902, the mother of seven children. (Source: The Book of Texas, A Newspaper Reference Work, published by the Austin Statesman (1914) transcribed by Susan Geist)
FORD, Hon. THOMAS W.
Hon. Thomas W. Ford, one of the ablest members of the southeast Texas bar, began the practice of law at Burkeville, Texas, in 1875. For ten years, from July, 1880, to 1890, he resided and practiced at Jasper, Jasper county, and since the latter date has been connected with the Houston bar. He has served as special judge of the first judicial district, and at one time represented Jasper, Newton and Orange counties in the sixteenth legislature. Judge Ford was one of the promoters and builders of the G., L. P. & H. Railroad from Houston to Galveston, and served as its first president, subsequently becoming vice president and general attorney.
Thomas W. Ford was born at Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6, 1847. His parents were David and Maria (Van Dyke) Ford; the mother was born in New Jersey in 1812. The ancestors were of French Huguenot stock and had originally settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century. Grandfather John Ford emigrated from South Carolina about 1810 and settled on Pearl river, in Mississippi, where he was a planter. David Ford (the father) was born in South Carolina in 1805, and after spending most of his youth in Mississippi, came to Texas in 1841, during the era of the Republic. He was a planter and slave owner and a very influential citizen at Burkeville, where, during the Civil war, he served as post quartermaster. He died in September, 1873, while his wife survived until 1892. There were six sons and six daughters in the family. The three living are Mrs. Catharine A. Nation, Dr. F. C. Ford, of Nacogdoches, and Thomas W.
The latter was reared in the country home at Burkeville, began his education in the country schools, and at the age of eighteen, in 1865, just before the surrender of Lee, enlisted in Company E, Witfield's legion of the Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the law department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville. His career as a lawyer has been dignified and successful, and he has also achieved prominence in business and public affairs. He is president of the Sour Lake Chemical Company and interested in other business undertakings. Fraternally he affiliates with Newton Lodge, No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; Washington Chapter, R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Houston. He is a Democrat in politics.
In 1871 Judge Ford married Mary A. Cheatham. James Cheatham, her father, a pioneer planter of Newton County, was a native of Tennessee and a cousin of Gen. Frank Cheatham, the noted Confederate general. Mrs. Ford died April 2, 1902. She was the mother of seven children, as follows: Florence, wife of T. H. Stone, the Houston lawyer; Thomas C., an attorney; Francis C., state quarantine officer at Galveston, Texas; William H., deceased; Ethel G., wife of O. M. Stone, of Houston; Henry H., manager of the Mound Oil Company, and Mary Louise, wife of Dr. Jesse M. Goss, of Houston. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
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Thomas W. Ford married Mary Aurelia Cheatham May 9, 1871, in Newton Co., Texas.
Originally buried in the Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas. On Sep 6, 1943, his remains were dis-interred. Mary Molly Cheatham was the daughter of Colonel James Cheatham and Martha Norvell.
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Thomas W. Ford, President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co., was born in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6th, 1847, of French Huguenot ancestry; his grandfather, John Ford, was a Mississippi planter. He attended public school until the age of eighteen he enlisted (1865) in Company E. Whitfield's Legion, Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the Law Department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville, later removing to Houston. He was a member of the Sixteenth Legislature. His career at the bar has been successful and dignified, and he has won prominence in business and public affairs.
Judge Ford is President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co. and interested in other business undertakings. He is a member of Newton Lodge No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery No. 24, K. T.; Washington Chapter R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Houston. In 1871 he married Miss Mary A. Cheatham, daughter of an old and influential Texas family. She died in 1902, the mother of seven children. (Source: The Book of Texas, A Newspaper Reference Work, published by the Austin Statesman (1914) transcribed by Susan Geist)
FORD, Hon. THOMAS W.
Hon. Thomas W. Ford, one of the ablest members of the southeast Texas bar, began the practice of law at Burkeville, Texas, in 1875. For ten years, from July, 1880, to 1890, he resided and practiced at Jasper, Jasper county, and since the latter date has been connected with the Houston bar. He has served as special judge of the first judicial district, and at one time represented Jasper, Newton and Orange counties in the sixteenth legislature. Judge Ford was one of the promoters and builders of the G., L. P. & H. Railroad from Houston to Galveston, and served as its first president, subsequently becoming vice president and general attorney.
Thomas W. Ford was born at Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6, 1847. His parents were David and Maria (Van Dyke) Ford; the mother was born in New Jersey in 1812. The ancestors were of French Huguenot stock and had originally settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century. Grandfather John Ford emigrated from South Carolina about 1810 and settled on Pearl river, in Mississippi, where he was a planter. David Ford (the father) was born in South Carolina in 1805, and after spending most of his youth in Mississippi, came to Texas in 1841, during the era of the Republic. He was a planter and slave owner and a very influential citizen at Burkeville, where, during the Civil war, he served as post quartermaster. He died in September, 1873, while his wife survived until 1892. There were six sons and six daughters in the family. The three living are Mrs. Catharine A. Nation, Dr. F. C. Ford, of Nacogdoches, and Thomas W.
The latter was reared in the country home at Burkeville, began his education in the country schools, and at the age of eighteen, in 1865, just before the surrender of Lee, enlisted in Company E, Witfield's legion of the Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the law department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville. His career as a lawyer has been dignified and successful, and he has also achieved prominence in business and public affairs. He is president of the Sour Lake Chemical Company and interested in other business undertakings. Fraternally he affiliates with Newton Lodge, No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; Washington Chapter, R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Houston. He is a Democrat in politics.
In 1871 Judge Ford married Mary A. Cheatham. James Cheatham, her father, a pioneer planter of Newton County, was a native of Tennessee and a cousin of Gen. Frank Cheatham, the noted Confederate general. Mrs. Ford died April 2, 1902. She was the mother of seven children, as follows: Florence, wife of T. H. Stone, the Houston lawyer; Thomas C., an attorney; Francis C., state quarantine officer at Galveston, Texas; William H., deceased; Ethel G., wife of O. M. Stone, of Houston; Henry H., manager of the Mound Oil Company, and Mary Louise, wife of Dr. Jesse M. Goss, of Houston. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Son of David Ford and Maria V. Hamilton.
Thomas W. Ford married Mary Aurelia Cheatham May 9, 1871, in Newton Co., Texas.
Originally buried in the Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas. On Sep 6, 1943, his remains were dis-interred. Mary Molly Cheatham was the daughter of Colonel James Cheatham and Martha Norvell.
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Thomas W. Ford, President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co., was born in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6th, 1847, of French Huguenot ancestry; his grandfather, John Ford, was a Mississippi planter. He attended public school until the age of eighteen he enlisted (1865) in Company E. Whitfield's Legion, Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the Law Department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville, later removing to Houston. He was a member of the Sixteenth Legislature. His career at the bar has been successful and dignified, and he has won prominence in business and public affairs.
Judge Ford is President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co. and interested in other business undertakings. He is a member of Newton Lodge No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery No. 24, K. T.; Washington Chapter R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Houston. In 1871 he married Miss Mary A. Cheatham, daughter of an old and influential Texas family. She died in 1902, the mother of seven children. (Source: The Book of Texas, A Newspaper Reference Work, published by the Austin Statesman (1914) transcribed by Susan Geist)
FORD, Hon. THOMAS W.
Hon. Thomas W. Ford, one of the ablest members of the southeast Texas bar, began the practice of law at Burkeville, Texas, in 1875. For ten years, from July, 1880, to 1890, he resided and practiced at Jasper, Jasper county, and since the latter date has been connected with the Houston bar. He has served as special judge of the first judicial district, and at one time represented Jasper, Newton and Orange counties in the sixteenth legislature. Judge Ford was one of the promoters and builders of the G., L. P. & H. Railroad from Houston to Galveston, and served as its first president, subsequently becoming vice president and general attorney.
Thomas W. Ford was born at Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6, 1847. His parents were David and Maria (Van Dyke) Ford; the mother was born in New Jersey in 1812. The ancestors were of French Huguenot stock and had originally settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century. Grandfather John Ford emigrated from South Carolina about 1810 and settled on Pearl river, in Mississippi, where he was a planter. David Ford (the father) was born in South Carolina in 1805, and after spending most of his youth in Mississippi, came to Texas in 1841, during the era of the Republic. He was a planter and slave owner and a very influential citizen at Burkeville, where, during the Civil war, he served as post quartermaster. He died in September, 1873, while his wife survived until 1892. There were six sons and six daughters in the family. The three living are Mrs. Catharine A. Nation, Dr. F. C. Ford, of Nacogdoches, and Thomas W.
The latter was reared in the country home at Burkeville, began his education in the country schools, and at the age of eighteen, in 1865, just before the surrender of Lee, enlisted in Company E, Witfield's legion of the Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the law department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville. His career as a lawyer has been dignified and successful, and he has also achieved prominence in business and public affairs. He is president of the Sour Lake Chemical Company and interested in other business undertakings. Fraternally he affiliates with Newton Lodge, No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; Washington Chapter, R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Houston. He is a Democrat in politics.
In 1871 Judge Ford married Mary A. Cheatham. James Cheatham, her father, a pioneer planter of Newton County, was a native of Tennessee and a cousin of Gen. Frank Cheatham, the noted Confederate general. Mrs. Ford died April 2, 1902. She was the mother of seven children, as follows: Florence, wife of T. H. Stone, the Houston lawyer; Thomas C., an attorney; Francis C., state quarantine officer at Galveston, Texas; William H., deceased; Ethel G., wife of O. M. Stone, of Houston; Henry H., manager of the Mound Oil Company, and Mary Louise, wife of Dr. Jesse M. Goss, of Houston. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Thomas W. Ford married Mary Aurelia Cheatham May 9, 1871, in Newton Co., Texas.
Originally buried in the Hollywood Cemetery, Houston, Texas. On Sep 6, 1943, his remains were dis-interred. Mary Molly Cheatham was the daughter of Colonel James Cheatham and Martha Norvell.
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Thomas W. Ford, President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co., was born in Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6th, 1847, of French Huguenot ancestry; his grandfather, John Ford, was a Mississippi planter. He attended public school until the age of eighteen he enlisted (1865) in Company E. Whitfield's Legion, Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the Law Department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville, later removing to Houston. He was a member of the Sixteenth Legislature. His career at the bar has been successful and dignified, and he has won prominence in business and public affairs.
Judge Ford is President of the Sour Lake Chemical Co. and interested in other business undertakings. He is a member of Newton Lodge No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery No. 24, K. T.; Washington Chapter R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine, and a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Houston. In 1871 he married Miss Mary A. Cheatham, daughter of an old and influential Texas family. She died in 1902, the mother of seven children. (Source: The Book of Texas, A Newspaper Reference Work, published by the Austin Statesman (1914) transcribed by Susan Geist)
FORD, Hon. THOMAS W.
Hon. Thomas W. Ford, one of the ablest members of the southeast Texas bar, began the practice of law at Burkeville, Texas, in 1875. For ten years, from July, 1880, to 1890, he resided and practiced at Jasper, Jasper county, and since the latter date has been connected with the Houston bar. He has served as special judge of the first judicial district, and at one time represented Jasper, Newton and Orange counties in the sixteenth legislature. Judge Ford was one of the promoters and builders of the G., L. P. & H. Railroad from Houston to Galveston, and served as its first president, subsequently becoming vice president and general attorney.
Thomas W. Ford was born at Burkeville, Newton County, Texas, October 6, 1847. His parents were David and Maria (Van Dyke) Ford; the mother was born in New Jersey in 1812. The ancestors were of French Huguenot stock and had originally settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century. Grandfather John Ford emigrated from South Carolina about 1810 and settled on Pearl river, in Mississippi, where he was a planter. David Ford (the father) was born in South Carolina in 1805, and after spending most of his youth in Mississippi, came to Texas in 1841, during the era of the Republic. He was a planter and slave owner and a very influential citizen at Burkeville, where, during the Civil war, he served as post quartermaster. He died in September, 1873, while his wife survived until 1892. There were six sons and six daughters in the family. The three living are Mrs. Catharine A. Nation, Dr. F. C. Ford, of Nacogdoches, and Thomas W.
The latter was reared in the country home at Burkeville, began his education in the country schools, and at the age of eighteen, in 1865, just before the surrender of Lee, enlisted in Company E, Witfield's legion of the Texas Cavalry Brigade, under General Earl Van Dorn. He later entered the law department of Cumberland University, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and on graduation in 1875 began practice at Burkeville. His career as a lawyer has been dignified and successful, and he has also achieved prominence in business and public affairs. He is president of the Sour Lake Chemical Company and interested in other business undertakings. Fraternally he affiliates with Newton Lodge, No. 136, A. F. & A. M.; Ruthven Commandery, No. 2, K. T.; Washington Chapter, R. A. M., and El Mina Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the board of stewards of the First Methodist Episcopal church, South, at Houston. He is a Democrat in politics.
In 1871 Judge Ford married Mary A. Cheatham. James Cheatham, her father, a pioneer planter of Newton County, was a native of Tennessee and a cousin of Gen. Frank Cheatham, the noted Confederate general. Mrs. Ford died April 2, 1902. She was the mother of seven children, as follows: Florence, wife of T. H. Stone, the Houston lawyer; Thomas C., an attorney; Francis C., state quarantine officer at Galveston, Texas; William H., deceased; Ethel G., wife of O. M. Stone, of Houston; Henry H., manager of the Mound Oil Company, and Mary Louise, wife of Dr. Jesse M. Goss, of Houston. Historical Review of South-East Texas, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
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