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Mary Thomas Davis

Female 1821 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Mary Thomas Davis  [1, 2
    Birth 28 Mar 1821  Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • Carolyn Bausinger emailed, in June 2012 that John S. Ford's first wife was "Mary Thomas Davis, born 28 March 1821 to Thomas Davis and wife, Elizabeth, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, TN. Mary married Dr. John Ford on 24 Nov 1835. They are supposed to have had twins 1840-41, but only daughter Fannie Ford (born in TX) was living and with her mother in the 1850 census, They were living with Mary's sister and her family in Rutherford County, TN. Mary and John must have been divorced shortly after 1842."

    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1850 Census
      Tennessee, Rutherford County, Millersburgh District
      Enumerated 22 Oct 1850
      1042-1042
      Augustus H. White 51 M Physician 5000 Ky
      Clementine R 35 F Tenn
      Stephen M White 20 M Tenn
      Thomas B. White 18 M Tenn
      Susan C White 14 F Tenn
      Mary E. White 9 F Tenn
      John M White 5 M Tenn
      Benjamin White 2 M Tenn
      Mary L Ford 28 F Tenn
      Fanny Ford 9 F Tx
    Person ID I21338  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Family John Salmon "Rip" Ford,   b. 26 May 1815, Greenville County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Nov 1897, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 24 Nov 1835 
    • "After receiving his license and entering a medical practice, he met a young girl named Mary DAVIS. They were married and became the parents of twins a year later, a boy and a girl. The marriage gradually fell apart and they were divorced shortly before Ford's twenty-first birthday. Leaving his daughter, Fannie, behind with his parents, Ford set out for Texas." Noble, Harry SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE Thursday, October 30, 2003 "John Salmon (Rip) Ford "A New Resident" Carolyn Bausinger emailed, in June 2012, "Truth is that they were not married until 1835 and either she went with John Ford to TX or followed later. And their children were born there. And he did not leave Fannie behind with his parents. She came home with her mother. Fannie was 9 at the time the 1850 census was taken, and she was with her mother and aunt and uncle and their family, not with the Fords. Probably the later sanitized version sounded better than the truth in later years."
    Children 
     1. Fanny Ford,   b. Abt 1841, Republic Of Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F7489  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2012 

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  • Sources 
    1. [S230] Noble, Harry Jr. "John Salmon (Rip) Ford 'A Hand in Everything'" SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE December 4, 2003 p 12.

    2. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Tennessee, Rutherford County, Millersburgh District Enumerated 22 Oct 1850 1042-1042 (Reliability: 3).