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Ford Family Cemetery
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Located in Gilmer, in the 700 block of Pine St.  There is a wooden marker at the sidewalk, the cemetery is located at the back of the house on the left.  It is fenced, and other than needing a little clean up from some fallen limbs, the stones are in very good condition and very legible. The stones are tall obelisk type, with some of them have multiple names on them.

As hard as we all try, we are human and sometimes when reading a cemetery we miss a grave covered with leaves, fireants, or bushes. Sometimes the headstone has sunk and is mostly underground. Our area also has many graves only marked with iron ore rocks and even many unmarked graves. There are headstones that have long ago been destroyed by the elements or even vandalizm, and are hard to impossible to read the details. We would appreciate it if you would let us know if you did not find your relative which was buried
here, and would appreciate your letting us use the information you know about them. With the combined efforts of us all, we can make the Upshur County website bigger and better.

Read Oct 21, 2001 by Randy and Sharon Pierce.

Alexander P Ford           S/o Precia & James Ford; son of J F & P A Ford; Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer
Jan 18, 1878            Jul 30, 1927

(Precia A Hopson Ford             "Mother"; Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer
Nov 1, 1843           Jan 27, 1920
(Sister to W A (Wm) Hopson buried Derrick Cem; Briggs Hopson; Edward Hardy Hopson buried Pitts Cem, Pittsburg, TX)
(James P Ford                "Father"
Jan 28, 1840              Feb 16, 1882
(Their daughter Bocca Ford m. Douglas Buie and is buried in the Gilmer Cemetery); Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer

On same stone:  (Precia & James P Ford's children); Submitted by Nancy Wedemeyer
   Ida Lee               Nov 6, 1870           Oct 18, 1872
   Little Dick           Jul 3, 1874              Sep 30, 1879
   Mattie                 Feb 12, 1876          Mar 27, 1877
   George W          Jul 25, 1872             Jul 7, 1873
   J P Ford             Jan 28, 1840           Feb 16, 1882
   (same as on stone above)
   Roy                   Feb 13, 1883           Feb 11, 1884

Sacred to the Memory of Fanny Harrison         (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Mollie E Harrison         (no dates)

On ground small marble slab  with   M E H
On ground small marble slab with   U P H

Sacred to the Memory of Richard E Harrison        (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Johnny Harrison      (no dates)

Sacred to the Memory of Elizabeth Harrison        (no dates)

(Alexander Ford
May 15, 1834        Feb 13, 1899
(Eliza Ford
Oct 25, 1843         Oct 25, 1894

Rosa Cecil Ford
Feb 8, 1879          Mar 7, 1899

(Nancy J Ford
Feb 4, 1825         Sep 20, 1881
(Frank Ford
Oct 1, 1865           Oct 28, 1885
 

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