Thomas Gaines “Tom” FordAge: 61 years1910–1971
- Name
- Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford
- Given names
- Thomas Gaines
- Surname
- Ford
- Nickname
- Tom
 Birth | April 15, 1910 25 22 |
 Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 19 days) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Birth of a sister | Barbara Luella Ford January 21, 1918 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 7 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Larkin Paxton 1920 (Age 9 years) |
| Census | January 15, 1920 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Ruth Anne Ford June 14, 1921 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Robert Ford September 4, 1923 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Robert Ford January 13, 1926 (Age 15 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 19 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 10, 1930 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Martin Thomas Ford April 14, 1933 (Age 22 years) |
| Death of a son | Martin Thomas Ford April 14, 1933 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Jon Michael Ford about 1938 (Age 27 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1940 (Age 29 years) |
 Military | WW2 Draft October 16, 1940 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Barbara Jane Driskill September 11, 1942 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 31 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 39 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 35 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | August 29, 1971 (Age 61 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Verna Elmore Ford Birth: September 9, 1884 — Union, Kentucky, United States Death: April 7, 1974 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Mayme Nell Paxton Birth: December 15, 1887 27 31 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 28, 1976 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: calculated 1905 — |
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22 months elder sister |
Opal Beatrice Ford Birth: November 15, 1906 22 18 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: February 8, 1974 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
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3 years himself |
Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford Birth: April 15, 1910 25 22 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1971 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Barbara Luella Ford Birth: January 21, 1918 33 30 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: December 24, 1992 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Ruth Anne Ford Birth: June 14, 1921 36 33 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: November 30, 2009 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
James Robert Ford Birth: September 4, 1923 38 35 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: January 13, 1926 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Izora Etta Mercer |
| himself |
Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford Birth: April 15, 1910 25 22 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: August 29, 1971 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| wife |
Izora Etta Mercer Birth: May 16, 1912 — Rochester, Butler, Kentucky, United States Death: July 11, 1996 — Owensboro, Daviess, Kentucky, United States |
| son |
Martin Thomas Ford Birth: April 14, 1933 22 20 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: April 14, 1933 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| son |
Jon Michael Ford Birth: about 1938 27 25 — Kentucky, United States Death: December 27, 2018 — Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
Walnut Street Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
399 Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Verna Elmore Ford - Household
West Cross Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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