1892 - 1962 (69 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Martha Alice Adkins was born on 28 Aug 1892 in WV; died on 12 May 1962 in St. Albans, Jefferson District, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried on 14 May 1962 in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV. Notes:
Birth:
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Martha Alice Atkins/Adkins Ford - Birth Date Discrepancy
According to her death certificate (which apparently relied on her husband's recollection), Martha was born 28 Aug 1892. Her brother, Oliver Balaam, was born 9 Feb 1892 and her mother, Mary Jane Richmond Atkins (if indeed this was her mother) died 16 Feb 1892, as recorded in the family Bible of Martha's brother, Oliver. The truth of her birth may include any of the following:
1.) Her birth date was incorrectly remembered at some point in her life, and her husband had incorrect information...meaning that she was probably born in February, not August, and not on the 28th. So far, no Delayed Birth Certificate for her has surfaced, but very possibly it would also show an incorrect date. Although such misremembering was and is common, such incorrect date by itself cannot explain her absence in the census when her brother, Oliver, age 8, did show in the census.
2.) She had a different mother or perhaps was raised by relatives who had other girls in the family. In 1900, William C.M. Atkins shows no spouse in the census and Martha is not shown. Her death certificate lists her father as Bud Adkins and does not list her mother. William C.M. (Millard) Atkins, given as her father in some later accounts did go by Bud at times.
3.) She was not daughter to either of these parents.
Martha married Lemon Ford, Sr. in 1918. Lemon (son of J. Addison Ford and Sarah Gray) was born on 4 Jun 1885 in Nicholas Co, WV; died on 13 Aug 1977 in St. Albans, Jefferson District, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Henry E. Ford was born est 1918 in WV.
- 3. Willard Dempsey Ford was born on 20 Jun 1919 in Logan, Logan Co, WV; died on 25 Aug 2011 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV.
- 4. Lemon Ford, Jr. was born on 9 Jan 1921 in Logan, Logan Co, WV; died on 4 Sep 1999 in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL; was buried in Holy Nativity Episcopal Church Columbarium, St. Simons Island, Glynn Co, GA.
- 5. Zona Lee Ford was born est 1923 in WV.
- 6. Alma Ford was born est 1930 in WV.
- 7. Bessie Ford was born est 1932 in WV.
- 8. William E. Ford was born on 8 Dec 1934 in WV; died on 16 Feb 1986 in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL; was buried in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV.
- 9. Robert Ford was born est 1939 in WV.
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Generation: 2
3. | Willard Dempsey Ford (1.Martha1) was born on 20 Jun 1919 in Logan, Logan Co, WV; died on 25 Aug 2011 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV; was buried in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV. Willard married Ruth Charlene Moore on 31 Aug 1946 in St. Albans, Jefferson District, Kanawha Co, WV. Ruth was born about 1919 in KY. [Group Sheet]
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4. | Lemon Ford, Jr. (1.Martha1) was born on 9 Jan 1921 in Logan, Logan Co, WV; died on 4 Sep 1999 in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL; was buried in Holy Nativity Episcopal Church Columbarium, St. Simons Island, Glynn Co, GA. Lemon married Ruth Geraldine Ray on 18 Jan 1947 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV. Ruth (daughter of Sidney Clay Ray, Sr. and Clyda Mary Kirk) was born est 1926 in WV. [Group Sheet]
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8. | William E. Ford (1.Martha1) was born on 8 Dec 1934 in WV; died on 16 Feb 1986 in Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL; was buried in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans, Kanawha Co, WV. |
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