Lillian Jane (Gift) Ford (1862 - 1929)

Born 1 Mar 1862 in Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James Barnett Ford — married 9 Sep 1883 in Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Descendants

Died 4 Nov 1929 at age 67 in Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA

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Biography

Lillian Gift was born 1 March 1862 in Preble Co., Ohio. She was the daughter of Hezekiah Gift and Elizabeth Decker.

1870 census -- Jefferson Twnp., Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Hezekiah P Gift, age 46, male, , white, wagonmaker, $175 real estate, $100 personal property, born Ohio; Elizabeth Gift, age 42, female, , keeping house, born Ohio, cannot read/write; William Gift, age 19, male, , works in the shop, born Ohio; Mary F Gift, age 15, female, , domestic servant, born Ohio; James W Gift, age 10, male, , attending school, born Ohio; Lilly Gift, age 8, female, , attending school, born Ohio, attends school; Anna I Gift, age 6, female, , attending school, born Ohio, attending school; Hezekiah Gift, age 3, male, , born Ohio; Elias Gift, age 5/12 (Dec), male, , born Ohio.^[1]

1880 census --- Camden, Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Hezekiah Gift, white, male, age 55, married, woodworker, born Ohio, father born South Carolina, mother born Tennessee; Elizabeth J Gift, white, female, age 51, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio; James WS GIft, white, male, age 20, son, single, shoemakers app, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Lily I Gift, white, female, age 18, daughter, single, tailors app, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Anna F Gift, white, female, age 15, daughter, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Henry Gift, white, male, age 12, son, single, enlarged brain, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Elias A Gift, whtie, male, age 10, son, single, attends school, attended school, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Carey E Gift, white, male, age 4, son, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; ^[2]

She married James B Ford 9 September 1883 in Preble Co., Ohio.^[3]

1900 census -- Camden, Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Jas B Ford, head, white, male, born Aug 1856, age 43, married 17 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, tailor (pants and vest maker), rent house; Lillian Ford, wife, white, female, born Mar 1862, age 38, married 17 years, 3 children / 1 living, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, tailor (pants and vest maker); Ola Ford, daughter, white, female, born Nov 1886, age 13, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, at school, attended school^[4]

1910 census -- Camden, Preble Co., Ohio, USA

James B Ford, head, white, male, age 53, married 26 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, tailor own shop, own mortgaged house; Lillian Jane Ford, wife, white, female, age 48, married 26 years, 3 children / 1 living, born Ohio, father born US, mother born Ohio, tailor shop^[5]

1920 census -- Camden, Preble Co., Ohio, USA

Lillian Ford, head, own free, white, female, age 57, widow, born Ohio, father born Pennsylvania, mother born US, cleaning clothes at home^[6]

She died 4 November 1929 in Dayton, Ohio.^[7]She was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Camden, Ohio.^[8]

Obituary

Mrs Lillie Ford Passes Away

Camden, Nov 8 -- Funeral Services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from the Camden ME Church, Rev Ben DuVal, pastor, officiating for Mrs Lillie Ford, well known Camden lady who passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs William Worth, of Dayton.

Mrs. Ford had been in failing health for several months and a few weeks ago suffered a stroke of paralysis and has been in serious condition since that time.

She had lived in this community practically her entire life where she and her husband for many years conducted a tailor shop. Since his death several years ago, she had successfully continued the business.

She is survived by one daughter, Mrs William Worth, of Dayton, in whose home she passed away; two grandchildren, Merril and Burdette Worth, of Dayton; one sister, Mrs Mary Connell, of Camden; four brothers, Carey Gift, of Dayton, Elias Gift of Collinsville, and William, James and John Gift of Camden.

Interment took place in Fairmount Cemetery.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LJ-R1T : 12 April 2016), Lilly Gift in household of Hezekiah P Gift, Ohio, United States; citing p. 34, family 265, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,758.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8SN-S7C : 16 July 2017), Lily J Gift in household of Hezekiah Gift, Camden, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 202, sheet 179C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1060; FHL microfilm 1,255,060.
3. ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8DH-DYF : 10 December 2017), James B. Ford and Lillie J. Gift, 09 Sep 1883; citing Preble, Ohio, United States, reference Pg.525; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 564,965.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM6G-3DW : accessed 9 December 2018), Lillian Ford in household of Jas B Ford, Somers Township Camden village, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 111, sheet 5A, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,315.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6X-1NV : accessed 9 December 2018), Lillian Jane Ford in household of James B Ford, Somers, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 7B, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1225; FHL microfilm 1,375,238.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDRX-3DV : accessed 9 December 2018), Lillian Ford, Somers, Preble, Ohio, United States; citing ED 257, sheet 1B, line 72, family 25, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1428; FHL microfilm 1,821,428.
7. ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X688-C3T : 9 March 2018), Lillian Ford, 04 Nov 1929; citing Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, reference fn 72510; FHL microfilm 1,992,020.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 December 2018), memorial page for Lillian Jane Gift Ford (1 Mar 1862–4 Nov 1929), Find A Grave Memorial no. 195248705, citing Fairmount Cemetery, Camden, Preble County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Meghan Conroy gedmatch #A794565 (contributor 46861492) .
9. ↑ "Mrs Lillie Ford Passes Away", Hamilton Evening Journal, 11/8/1929, p 4, c 4