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Directions: From intersection of FM2626 and US190 (south of Newton), travel north on US190 1.1 miles; turn right / east on Ford Chapel Road, travel east 1.4 miles; cemetery on right / south.

Historical Marker: The family of John H. and Margaret Ford came to Texas prior to 1880. Establishing farms and homes, the family helped settle this area of Newton County. A community cemetery was begun on the land of J. D. and Ida J. Ford. Although the cemetery contains some unmarked graves, the earliest documented burial is that of Promontory Inez Ford (1877-1880), daughter of J. D. and Ida Ford. Originally kept as a scraped earth cemetery, the graveyard was later planted with grass. Northwest of the cemetery is the site of the Ford Community School. Organized in 1893, the school was housed in a one-room log building. It became a part of the Newton Independent School District in 1929-30, and area students traveled to Newton for classes. A wooden frame structure was erected northeast of the cemetery in 1910 to serve as a place of worship for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Although regular worship services were discontinued in the 1930s, the chapel remained on its original site. The Ford Chapel and Cemetery Association, organized in 1961, maintains the cemetery as well as the Chapel and School Site.

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Ford Cemetery at Find A Grave

Burials from death certificates: Alford, Jessie William 04 Mar 1943 18 May 1943 Son of Jessie W. Alford and Hazel Horn Alfred, Hazel Alerene Ham 08 Aug 1910 15 Jul 1945 Dau of Andrew Ham and Miss Collins Barfield, Floyd 22 Jul 1928 03 Dec 1929 Son of George Barfield and Lela Caplen Birdsong, Bluford Wyatt 31 Oct 1917 09 Jul 1961 Son of I D Birdsong and Mary Ella Hughes Birdsong, Mary "Mollie" Ella 02 Jan 1888 07 Sep 1955 Dau of Samuel F Hughes and Minerva Davis Brown, Josephine 24 Nov 1929 About 50; Dau of Julian Gott Bunch, Mae 01 Aug 1905 03 Jul 1937 Dau of J. P. Windham and Nettie Nichols Burks, Ada 29 Sep 1922 Dau of Randle ? and Cate Daugherty Burks, Effie Irene 18 Dec 1903 10 Dec 1934 Dau of W. P. Daugharty and ? Snider Cobb, Ella Aline 10 May 1925 01 Feb 1926 Dau of Bill Cobb and Lillie R. Sheffield Cofty, Thomas Vester 23 Oct 1915 14 Aug 1949 Son of Rev Joseph W Cofty and Lovada Nixon; WW II Veteran Cooley, Raymond Reginald 01 Dec 1927 27 Sep 1933 Son of Calvin (Cleveland?) Cooley and Florence Keel Cousins, Miles J. 21 Jul 1878 05 Apr 1944 Son of John Cousins and Lizzie Teston Cousins, Myrtis Beatrice 10 Aug 1916 21 Feb 1936 Dau of W. A. Davis and Effie Morgan Davis, Bettie Jean 27 Oct 1931 27 Oct 1931 Dau of Ramsey Davis and Arrie Haley Davis, Cherry Adeline 01 Apr 1868 20 Jun 1950 Dau of R E Hughes and Winnie West Davis, Francis Marion 26 Oct 1855 25 Feb 1937 Son of Turner Davis and Nancy Hall Davis, J. W. 05 Dec 1871 05 Jun 1939 Davis, John Wilburn 25 Feb 1947 27 May 1947 Son of Earl William Davis and Jewell Burrks Davis, William Jackson 20 Apr 1908 20 Jul 1956 Son of William Jackson Davis Sr and Mary Ella Hughes, WW II veteran DeSpain, B. F. 06 Jan 1862 22 May 1934 Son of Benjamin DeSpain and Sintha Wheat Dougharty, Bryant Edward 07 Feb 1878 24 Feb 1936 Son of Charles B. Dougharty and Nancy Stark Dougharty, Doyle Wallace 11 Aug 1945 16 Jul 1950 Son of Carlton R Dougharty and Alta Wyane Young Dougharty, Floyd E 14 Oct 1913 16 Jul 1945 Son of Franklin A Dougharty and Viola Herrin Dougharty, James Edgar 31 Oct 1910 17 Jul 1960 Son of Frank A Dougharty and Mary Viola Herrin Dougharty, Joseph B 06 Jan 1874 20 Jun 1954 Son of Charles Dougharty and Nancy Stark Dougharty, Mary Viola 09 Oct 1882 20 Apr 1960 Dau of Sam Herrin and Mary Cochran Dougharty, May Bee 13 Jun 1886 26 Jul 1944 Dau of Asbury Snider and Virginia Wester Dougharty, Sabra Ann 20 Feb 1861 21 Dec 1939 Dau of William Rutherford and Susan Havens Dubose, John Amos 15 Apr 1901 04 Apr 1953 Son of John A Dubose and Fleta Belle Snyder Fowler, Julia Rebecca 20 Sep 1871 06 Feb 1955 Dau of Pierce Windham Garbett, Levane 13 Sep 1869 22 Jan 1942 Garsee, Polley Elizabeth 20 Mar 1864 17 Jan 1945 Dau of John Whitman Gilchrist, Mertie Elizabeth 15 Dec 1867 22 May 1942 Dau of Henry Wilson and Margaret Stewart Gray, Hattie Lillian 13 Nov 1864 24 Apr 1962 Dau of William J French and Elizabeth Height Gray, S. P. 30 Jun 1857 30 Jun 1932 Son of S. Gray and Elizabeth Cox Grissom, James L 03 Dec 1875 13 Jul 1948 Son of James Grissom Grissom, Tempie 11 Jan 1872 12 Aug 1950 Dau of Buck Rammer Gunter, William N. 20 Jun 1925 22 Jun 1940 Son of Warren Gunter and Berta Miller Hall, James Henry 01 Oct 1885 15 Jun 1953 Son of M H Hall and Nancy Favers Ham, Andrew William 11 Sep 1886 16 Aug 1957 Son of Bud Ham Hammock, George M. 19 May 1855 13 Jul 1931 Hammock, Mandy 23 Oct 1883 13 Dec 1951 Dau of John Dickerson and Louise Hereford Havens, Elijah L. 02 Nov 1860 15 Aug 1938 Havens, Lugenia P 12 Jun 1865 19 Dec 1949 Dau of Fred Johnson and Mary Emma Herrin, J. J. 26 Feb 1886 24 Jan 1937 Son of Sam Herrin and Mary Cochran Hughes, Robert E 22 Jul 1908 10 Mar 1951 Son of T M Hughes and Mollie Meadows Husbands, Fannie Lelia 22 Jun 1878 01 Mar 1963 Dau of David A Pussell and Julie Ann Gunter Husbands, John Quincy 02 Nov 1869 23 May 1936 Son of William P. Husbands and Mary Alice Graves Husbands, Joseph Eugene 20 Mar 1873 23 Jul 1937 Son of William Husbands and Mary Graves Ipes, Sarah Josephine 29 Jun 1880 21 Jan 1962 Dau of Isaac Meadows Johnson, John W. 24 Mar 1859 23 Feb 1937 Son of J. F. Johnson and Emily Robinson Johnson, Mary Jane 26 Sep 1859 23 Mar 1925 Dau of William Rutherford and Susan Havens Johnson, Thomas Jefferson Sr 02 Apr 1885 23 Feb 1954 Son of Johnnie Johnson and Mary Rutherford Jones, Willie Jackson 14 Sep 1902 21 May 1958 Son of Robert H Jones and Mandy G Davis Jordan, Eugene H 21 Mar 1881 25 Feb 1959 King, Floyd F 18 May 1904 24 Jan 1963 Son of Dan King and Margaret Page Leach, Arcay 17 Mar 1895 20 Jul 1928 Dau of Sam M. Hughes and Minerva Davis Lee, James Richard 12 Mar 1847 05 Jul 1931 Son of Moses Lee and Mary F. Parker Lee, Mary Elizabeth 18 Mar 1847 26 Apr 1936 Dau of Lewis Hogg Hoard and Carolina A. Sholan McMahan, Alice 06 Sep 1907 15 Sep 1940 Dau of Henry W. Chew and Mamie Green Miller, Datha Mae 25 Mar 1917 05 Mar 1926 Dau of Dave Miller and Bertha Gunter Miller, Margaret Isabell 26 May 1860 29 Nov 1936 Dau of Mose Daniels and Margaret Isabell Thompson Miller, Walter I 08 Oct 1889 24 Mar 1963 Son of Burrell Miller and Margaret Daniel Noack, Ruby May 04 Oct 1897 16 Aug 1948 Dau of J O Gilchriest and Mertie Wilson Nolan, Abson S. 29 Jun 1891 06 Mar 1927 Nolen, Margret 12 Nov 1862 08 Jul 1940 Dau of Philip Laze Nolen, Thomas Edgar 07 Apr 1904 28 Feb 1951 Son of Franklin Nolen and Margaret Lacaze Page, Dee Allen 22 Jan 1879 26 Jul 1957 Peacock, General Weaver 13 Nov 1880 22 Jun 1954 Son of Benjamin Peacock and Mary Swinney Peacock, Mary 12 Mar 1916 03 Jul 1933 Dau of S. W. Peacock Pence, George Washington 09 Feb 1853 25 Oct 1922 Son of Singler Augustus Pence and Sarah Ann Winford Pence, Jane 09 Dec 1859 24 Jul 1954 Dau of Marion Jacks and Mary Rice Pence, Sarah Ann 24 Mar 1898 04 Mar 1949 Dau of G W Pence and Mary Jane Jacks Pruett, Theodore 19 May 1880 16 Mar 1936 Son of William C. Pruett and Georgian Lockridge Reed, Jack 15 Jun 1932 14 Nov 1936 Son of Johnnie Reed and Jewell Smith Reed, Jerry 25 Sep 1934 28 Feb 1935 Son of Jno. Reed and Jewel Smith Reed, Lillie Ann 20 Aug 1904 31 May 1950 Dau of John Mitchell and Millise E Bell Reed, Mildred 26 Nov 1928 20 Jan 1931 Dau of John M. Reed and Melinda Smith Roberts, Alice Canzada 28 Feb 1884 24 May 1958 Dau of Richmond Nolen and Margaret LaCaze Roberts, Joseph M. 08 Dec 1879 09 Jan 1944 Son of Ike Roberts and Nancy Gartman Smith, Joseph Durham 29 Jun 1885 02 Nov 1961 Son of Enoch Smith and Elizabeth Marshall Stark, Dennis Dennie 06 Nov 1917 03 Nov 1932 Son of S. A. Stark and Mattie Parker Stark, Margrett Elizabeth 23 Jan 1866 21 May 1944 Dau of Lewis Myles Stark and Annie Elizabeth Ford Starks, Augusta Perry 13 Sep 1885 28 May 1944 Dau of A. L. Starks and Sarah Windham Starks, Georgia Mae 19 Nov 1900 01 May 1944 Dau of George Daugharty and Maude Lewis Stephens, Nora 18 Jul 1883 01 Apr 1930 Dau of George Sellers and Emma Luvenia Powell Stewart, Freddie Louie 11 Oct 1939 12 Oct 1939 Son of James T. Stewart and Jennie Chism Terry, Frank 03 Jan 1897 08 Dec 1962 Son of Ben Terry and Lula Jowers Tindal, Isabell 29 Jan 1881 17 Feb 1961 Dau of Sam Hall and Lou Chandler Walton, Cicero Theodore 22 Sep 1865 26 Jul 1947 Wiggins, Hagar Edward 06 Aug 1891 01 Nov 1951 Dau of Edward Peel and Nancy Ann Harkcon Wilson, Sadie 29 Dec 1880 27 Aug 1963 Dau of Organ Smith and Mattie Swinney Windham, William Pierce 1842 23 Oct 1934 Son of William Pierson Windham Young, Alice A 19 Aug 1881 16 Feb 1955 Dau of Frank Leonard Young, Stillborn girl 31 Apr 1930 31 Apr 1930 Dau of Riley Young and Miss Eva Simmons

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