Ocea Belle (Hayzlett) Ford (1870 - 1931)

Born 10 Mar 1870 in Linn County, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Henry Ford — married 16 Apr 1891 in Walker, Linn, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1931 at age 60 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo, Iowa, United States

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Biography

Listed as Osa, 3 mos. old in 1870 census--born April 1870, IA

OCEA BELLE HAYZLETT (WILLIAM HENRY>, ANDREW>, JOHN HAYZLETT) was born March 10, 1870 in Linn Co., Iowa, and died January 24, 1931 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa. She married EDWARD HENRY FORD April 16, 1891 in Walker, Linn Co., Iowa, son of ENOS FORD and MARY ABEL. He was born July 03, 1866 in Andrew, Jackson Co., Iowa. Edward Henry Ford sometimes went by Henry Edward Ford.

Iowa Marriages FHL Film Number: 1705614 Name: O...La Bell Hayzlett - Single - Age: 21 Birth Date: 1870 Birth Place: Troy Mills , IA Marriage Date: 16 Apr 1891 Marriage Place: Walker, Linn, Iowa Father: Wm. H. Hayzlett Mother: Mary E. Dorman Spouse: Henry Edward Ford

Children of OCEA HAYZLETT and EDWARD FORD are: i. OCEA DELLE FORD, b. April 18, 1896, Rowley, Buchanan Co., Iowa; d. April 30, 1950, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa. ii. HAROLD LOUIS FORD, b. November 27, 1893, Toddville, Iowa; d. August 05, 1920, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa. iii. WILLIAM FORD.

Find A Grave Memorial# 117368781 for Ocea Bell Hayzlett Ford
Birth: Mar. 10, 1870 Troy Mills, Linn County, Iowa
Death: 1931, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, USA
-Walker Cemetery, Walker, Linn County, Iowa, USA
Ocea B FORD Wife of Henry E. FORD(1866-)
Parents of:
-Harold L NOV 1893
-Ocea Delle APR 1896-
- Harry N Ford (1892 - 1892)

Ocea attended Cornell College and taught school till marriage. Parents:  William Henry Hayzlett (1834 - 1902)  Mary Elizabeth Dorman (1842 - 1917)
Sibling:   George Andrew Hayzlett (1865 - 1951)*

Stevens-2498Obit 20 Jan 1931 Mason City, Iowa Globe GazetteStevens-2498 "FUNERAL RITES TO BE THURSDAY
Mrs. H. E. Ford to Be Buried at Walker; Service Here

Funeral services for Mrs. H. E. Ford, 1617 Washington avenue northwest, will be held at 10 o'clock Thursday forenoon at the First Methodist church. The body will be taken from the Randall funeral home to lie in state at the church from 9 o'clock until service time. The Rev. William H. Spence will be in charge.

Following the short services at the church, the body will be taken overland to Walker where a service will be held at the Methodist church at 2:30 o'clock with the Rev. C.H. Hawn of Masonville, a cousin of Mrs. Ford, in charge. Six nephews will act as pallbearers. Burial will be at Walker.

Mrs. Ford, formerly Ocea B. Hayzlett, was born at Troy Mills, March 10, 1870. She attended Cornell college and taught school until her marriage to Mr. Ford in 1891. She had been a practical nurse for years.

She was a member of the Queen Rebekah lodge, the American Legion auxiliary and the auxiliary to the Sons of Union Veterans. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Wesley Sunday school class of the First Methodist church.

Mrs. Ford is survived by her husband, a son, William, and a daughter, Mrs. Charles McMann. Two sons, Harry, who died in infancy, and Harold, who died in 1920, preceded Mrs. Ford in death.

Mrs. Ford is also survived by a brother, G.A. Hayzlett, Independence, and a sister, Mrs. William Todd, Urbann, and two grandchildren, Erma May and Mary Belle Bullard.

Mrs. Ford died Monday afternoon."

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Sara Patton for creating WikiTree profile Hayzlett-23 through the import of hayzlett-hughart-black-waln-adams.ged on Mar 10, 2013.

Ocea was born in 1870. She passed away in 1931. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Ocea Delle (Ford) McMann.