Fords of Claiborne County TN 1900-1920
I am searching for information on Laura Bell Ford, her first husbands, and her family.I suspect that some of the Ford family lived in the Claiborne County area between 1900 and 1920.This is the information I have on Laura Bell (my ggm):
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1900 GA, Dade County, Egy Jef, Dist. 7/47, 1089 Dist, DW 241, FM 265, STP 242
Ford, Noah W-M-36 Jul 1863 GA-TN-TN M:16yrs Farmer
Addie W-F-29 Jan 1871 GA-AL-AL M:16yrs 5 born 5 living
Jane W-F-15 Jan 1885 GA-GA-GA
Charley W-M-13 Apr 1887 GA-GA-GA
Thomas W-M-11 Feb 1889 GA-GA-GA
Laura W-F-7 Feb 1893 GA-GA-GA
Lida W-F-4 Feb 1896 GA-GA-GA
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Mom remembers a picture of her grandmother's son by her first marriage.Mom says her grandmother told her that her first husband and their son died in Premier, Kentucky or Fork Ridge, Tennessee (Claiborne County).Mom just got the picture the enlargement was made from.On the back of the picture was written "Mrs. Laura Oakes has moved to Dora, Ala.Del enlargement to Andrew Garner Char Ford in Dora, Ala."Laura's son was named Daniel Oakes and he died of pneumonia at about two years of age.I do not know her husband's first name.
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Laura Bell Ford married Jesse Adkinson Dilbeck on June 06, 1920 in Dora, Alabama, Walker County.They both had been married once before.
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Laura Bell (Ford) Dilbeck died Nov. 29, 1954 in Ringgold, Georgia, Catoosa County.The guestbook from her funeral included:
Clyde & Jane Seale
James Seale
Big Jim Ford
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Ford
Mrs. Lonnie E. Crawford
Lee Ford
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Her SSAN was 400-26-6927 and was issued on November 07, 1940 in Middlesboro, Kentucky, Bell County.She listed her mother as Viola Coates and her father as Madison Ford.
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