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Directions: From intersection of FM2626 and US190 (south of Newton), travel north on US190 1.1 miles; turn right / east on Ford Chapel Road, travel east 1.4 miles; cemetery on right / south.

Historical Marker: The family of John H. and Margaret Ford came to Texas prior to 1880. Establishing farms and homes, the family helped settle this area of Newton County. A community cemetery was begun on the land of J. D. and Ida J. Ford. Although the cemetery contains some unmarked graves, the earliest documented burial is that of Promontory Inez Ford (1877-1880), daughter of J. D. and Ida Ford. Originally kept as a scraped earth cemetery, the graveyard was later planted with grass. Northwest of the cemetery is the site of the Ford Community School. Organized in 1893, the school was housed in a one-room log building. It became a part of the Newton Independent School District in 1929-30, and area students traveled to Newton for classes. A wooden frame structure was erected northeast of the cemetery in 1910 to serve as a place of worship for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Although regular worship services were discontinued in the 1930s, the chapel remained on its original site. The Ford Chapel and Cemetery Association, organized in 1961, maintains the cemetery as well as the Chapel and School Site.

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Ford Cemetery at Find A Grave




Burials from death certificates:

Alford, Jessie William    04 Mar 1943     18 May 1943     Son of Jessie W. Alford and Hazel Horn
Alfred, Hazel Alerene Ham 08 Aug 1910     15 Jul 1945     Dau of Andrew Ham and Miss Collins

Barfield, Floyd           22 Jul 1928     03 Dec 1929     Son of George Barfield and Lela Caplen
Birdsong, Bluford Wyatt   31 Oct 1917     09 Jul 1961     Son of I D Birdsong and Mary Ella Hughes
Birdsong, Mary "Mollie" Ella 02 Jan 1888  07 Sep 1955     Dau of Samuel F Hughes and Minerva Davis
Brown, Josephine                          24 Nov 1929     About 50; Dau of Julian Gott
Bunch, Mae                01 Aug 1905     03 Jul 1937     Dau of J. P. Windham and Nettie Nichols
Burks, Ada                                29 Sep 1922     Dau of Randle ? and Cate Daugherty
Burks, Effie Irene        18 Dec 1903     10 Dec 1934     Dau of W. P. Daugharty and ? Snider

Cobb, Ella Aline          10 May 1925     01 Feb 1926     Dau of Bill Cobb and Lillie R. Sheffield 
Cofty, Thomas Vester      23 Oct 1915     14 Aug 1949     Son of Rev Joseph W Cofty and Lovada Nixon; WW II Veteran
Cooley, Raymond Reginald  01 Dec 1927     27 Sep 1933     Son of Calvin (Cleveland?) Cooley and Florence Keel
Cousins, Miles J.         21 Jul 1878     05 Apr 1944     Son of John Cousins and Lizzie Teston
Cousins, Myrtis Beatrice  10 Aug 1916     21 Feb 1936     Dau of W. A. Davis and Effie Morgan

Davis, Bettie Jean        27 Oct 1931     27 Oct 1931     Dau of Ramsey Davis and Arrie Haley
Davis, Cherry Adeline     01 Apr 1868     20 Jun 1950     Dau of R E Hughes and Winnie West
Davis, Francis Marion     26 Oct 1855     25 Feb 1937     Son of Turner Davis and Nancy Hall
Davis, J. W.              05 Dec 1871     05 Jun 1939                
Davis, John Wilburn       25 Feb 1947     27 May 1947     Son of Earl William Davis and Jewell Burrks
Davis, William Jackson    20 Apr 1908     20 Jul 1956     Son of William Jackson Davis Sr and Mary Ella Hughes, WW II veteran 
DeSpain, B. F.            06 Jan 1862     22 May 1934     Son of Benjamin DeSpain and Sintha Wheat
Dougharty, Bryant Edward  07 Feb 1878     24 Feb 1936     Son of Charles B. Dougharty and Nancy Stark
Dougharty, Doyle Wallace  11 Aug 1945     16 Jul 1950     Son of Carlton R Dougharty and Alta Wyane Young
Dougharty, Floyd E        14 Oct 1913     16 Jul 1945     Son of Franklin A Dougharty and Viola Herrin
Dougharty, James Edgar    31 Oct 1910     17 Jul 1960     Son of Frank A Dougharty and Mary Viola Herrin
Dougharty, Joseph B       06 Jan 1874     20 Jun 1954     Son of Charles Dougharty and Nancy Stark
Dougharty, Mary Viola     09 Oct 1882     20 Apr 1960     Dau of Sam Herrin and Mary Cochran
Dougharty, May Bee        13 Jun 1886     26 Jul 1944     Dau of Asbury Snider and Virginia Wester     
Dougharty, Sabra Ann      20 Feb 1861     21 Dec 1939     Dau of William Rutherford and Susan Havens
Dubose, John Amos         15 Apr 1901     04 Apr 1953     Son of John A Dubose and Fleta Belle Snyder

Fowler, Julia Rebecca     20 Sep 1871     06 Feb 1955     Dau of Pierce Windham

Garbett, Levane           13 Sep 1869     22 Jan 1942     
Garsee, Polley Elizabeth  20 Mar 1864     17 Jan 1945     Dau of John Whitman 
Gilchrist, Mertie Elizabeth 15 Dec 1867   22 May 1942     Dau of Henry Wilson and Margaret Stewart               
Gray, Hattie Lillian      13 Nov 1864     24 Apr 1962     Dau of William J French and Elizabeth Height
Gray, S. P.               30 Jun 1857     30 Jun 1932     Son of S. Gray and Elizabeth Cox
Grissom, James L          03 Dec 1875     13 Jul 1948     Son of James Grissom
Grissom, Tempie           11 Jan 1872     12 Aug 1950     Dau of Buck Rammer
Gunter, William N.        20 Jun 1925     22 Jun 1940     Son of Warren Gunter and Berta Miller

Hall, James Henry         01 Oct 1885     15 Jun 1953     Son of M H Hall and Nancy Favers
Ham, Andrew William       11 Sep 1886     16 Aug 1957     Son of Bud Ham
Hammock, George M.        19 May 1855     13 Jul 1931       
Hammock, Mandy            23 Oct 1883     13 Dec 1951     Dau of John Dickerson and Louise Hereford
Havens, Elijah L.         02 Nov 1860     15 Aug 1938    
Havens, Lugenia P         12 Jun 1865     19 Dec 1949     Dau of Fred Johnson and Mary Emma
Herrin, J. J.             26 Feb 1886     24 Jan 1937     Son of Sam Herrin and Mary Cochran
Hughes, Robert E          22 Jul 1908     10 Mar 1951     Son of T M Hughes and Mollie Meadows
Husbands, Fannie Lelia    22 Jun 1878     01 Mar 1963     Dau of David A Pussell and Julie Ann Gunter
Husbands, John Quincy     02 Nov 1869     23 May 1936     Son of William P. Husbands and Mary Alice Graves
Husbands, Joseph Eugene   20 Mar 1873     23 Jul 1937     Son of William Husbands and Mary Graves

Ipes, Sarah Josephine     29 Jun 1880     21 Jan 1962     Dau of Isaac Meadows

Johnson, John W.          24 Mar 1859     23 Feb 1937     Son of J. F. Johnson and Emily Robinson
Johnson, Mary Jane        26 Sep 1859     23 Mar 1925     Dau of William Rutherford and Susan Havens
Johnson, Thomas Jefferson Sr 02 Apr 1885  23 Feb 1954     Son of Johnnie Johnson and Mary Rutherford
Jones, Willie Jackson     14 Sep 1902     21 May 1958     Son of Robert H Jones and Mandy G Davis
Jordan, Eugene H          21 Mar 1881     25 Feb 1959     

King, Floyd F             18 May 1904     24 Jan 1963     Son of Dan King and Margaret Page

Leach, Arcay              17 Mar 1895     20 Jul 1928     Dau of Sam M. Hughes and Minerva Davis
Lee, James Richard        12 Mar 1847     05 Jul 1931     Son of Moses Lee and Mary F. Parker
Lee, Mary Elizabeth       18 Mar 1847     26 Apr 1936     Dau of Lewis Hogg Hoard and Carolina A. Sholan

McMahan, Alice            06 Sep 1907     15 Sep 1940     Dau of Henry W. Chew and Mamie Green
Miller, Datha Mae         25 Mar 1917     05 Mar 1926     Dau of Dave Miller and Bertha Gunter  
Miller, Margaret Isabell  26 May 1860     29 Nov 1936     Dau of Mose Daniels and Margaret Isabell Thompson
Miller, Walter I          08 Oct 1889     24 Mar 1963     Son of Burrell Miller and Margaret Daniel

Noack, Ruby May           04 Oct 1897     16 Aug 1948     Dau of J O Gilchriest and Mertie Wilson
Nolan, Abson S.           29 Jun 1891     06 Mar 1927             
Nolen, Margret            12 Nov 1862     08 Jul 1940     Dau of Philip Laze
Nolen, Thomas Edgar       07 Apr 1904     28 Feb 1951     Son of Franklin Nolen and Margaret Lacaze             

Page, Dee Allen           22 Jan 1879     26 Jul 1957    
Peacock, General Weaver   13 Nov 1880     22 Jun 1954     Son of Benjamin Peacock and Mary Swinney
Peacock, Mary             12 Mar 1916     03 Jul 1933     Dau of S. W. Peacock
Pence, George Washington  09 Feb 1853     25 Oct 1922     Son of Singler Augustus Pence and Sarah Ann Winford
Pence, Jane               09 Dec 1859     24 Jul 1954     Dau of Marion Jacks and Mary Rice
Pence, Sarah Ann          24 Mar 1898     04 Mar 1949     Dau of G W Pence and Mary Jane Jacks
Pruett, Theodore          19 May 1880     16 Mar 1936     Son of William C. Pruett and Georgian Lockridge

Reed, Jack                15 Jun 1932     14 Nov 1936     Son of Johnnie Reed and Jewell Smith
Reed, Jerry               25 Sep 1934     28 Feb 1935     Son of Jno. Reed and Jewel Smith
Reed, Lillie Ann          20 Aug 1904     31 May 1950     Dau of John Mitchell and Millise E Bell
Reed, Mildred             26 Nov 1928     20 Jan 1931     Dau of John M. Reed and Melinda Smith
Roberts, Alice Canzada    28 Feb 1884     24 May 1958     Dau of Richmond Nolen and Margaret LaCaze
Roberts, Joseph M.        08 Dec 1879     09 Jan 1944     Son of Ike Roberts and Nancy Gartman

Smith, Joseph Durham      29 Jun 1885     02 Nov 1961     Son of Enoch Smith and Elizabeth Marshall
Stark, Dennis Dennie      06 Nov 1917     03 Nov 1932     Son of S. A. Stark and Mattie Parker
Stark, Margrett Elizabeth 23 Jan 1866     21 May 1944     Dau of Lewis Myles Stark and Annie Elizabeth Ford
Starks, Augusta Perry     13 Sep 1885     28 May 1944     Dau of A. L. Starks and Sarah Windham
Starks, Georgia Mae       19 Nov 1900     01 May 1944     Dau of George Daugharty and Maude Lewis
Stephens, Nora            18 Jul 1883     01 Apr 1930     Dau of George Sellers and Emma Luvenia Powell
Stewart, Freddie Louie    11 Oct 1939     12 Oct 1939     Son of James T. Stewart and Jennie Chism

Terry, Frank              03 Jan 1897     08 Dec 1962     Son of Ben Terry and Lula Jowers
Tindal, Isabell           29 Jan 1881     17 Feb 1961     Dau of Sam Hall and Lou Chandler

Walton, Cicero Theodore   22 Sep 1865     26 Jul 1947                 
Wiggins, Hagar Edward     06 Aug 1891     01 Nov 1951     Dau of Edward Peel and Nancy Ann Harkcon
Wilson, Sadie             29 Dec 1880     27 Aug 1963     Dau of Organ Smith and Mattie Swinney
Windham, William Pierce          1842     23 Oct 1934     Son of William Pierson Windham

Young, Alice A            19 Aug 1881     16 Feb 1955     Dau of Frank Leonard
Young, Stillborn girl     31 Apr 1930     31 Apr 1930     Dau of Riley Young and Miss Eva Simmons




 

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