William was born in
County Cork, Ireland to Irish parents John and Thomasine S. Ford, and had one sister named Rebecca Ford (1824-1895). William attended St. Joseph's High School.
On
April 19 1850 William married Mary Litogot; they later had five children. After a few years they relocated to
County Tyrone in Ireland, in the small village of
Ardboe. Ardboe had been the place where William's father had spent his childhood, from 1796 to 1804.
William worked as a businessman in County Tyrone; his uncle
Richard D. Ford was also a talented business man working for
James Ferguson.
William retired in 1879 and lived out the rest of his years in
Ireland. He died of natural causes on
December 9, 1905 in his home, and was buried at Killens Chapel Cemetery just north from his father's home village.
rss feed