Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-26
FIVE CHILDREN ALL PRESENT
AT CELEBRATION At PAR
ENTAIL HOME.
COME LONG DISTANCES TO
PARTICIPATE IN AFFAIR
MIR. and Mrs. Ford Married Nov. 2e,
1865, at Havana, liI.-Have Lived in
This County Most Of Married Life
Shower Of Gold by Children Pre-.
scented at Dinner Hour.

Surrounded by their five children
:! participate in the affair, Mr. and Mrs.
Abijah Ford 304 North Fourth street
celebrated today the hftieth anniver-
sary of their happy welded life.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Ford were married
! Nov 26, 1860 at Havana Ill. The we'd
ding was not love-at- first-sight af-
1 fair, altho Mr. Ford admitted today
(. that even when he and Ann Ross were
going to school he thought the little
New jersey girl was pretty nice"
Possibly Mr.. Fords brass buttons had
something to do with the match. as
he had been discharged from almost
four years service in the civil war in
the preceding July. At any rate. the
wedding took place and, like the fairy
tale. they lived happily ever after
ward,
In This County Most Of Time.
Mr. and Mrs Ford have spent most
of their married life in this county.
They continued to live at Havana for
a few years after their marriage. and
came to this county in 1869. settling on
farm three miles north of Albion.
where they resided for nine years.
Then they went TO Grundy county, and
for nine years lived on a farm two
miles north of Conrad. Their next
place Of residence was on a farm on
the Quaker Lane" road. three miles
west of LeGrand. where they lived for
twelve years. After a few years resi-
dence in Stuttgart. Ark. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ford came to this city eleven years
ago and since have made their home
here.
Served in Sixty Sixth Illinois.
Mr.. Ford is a native OF Tippecanoe
county. Indiana, having been born near
La Fayette Dec. s. 1910. His parents
moved to Mason county, Illinois when
their son Abijah was a small boy, and
on farm near Havana young Ford
was reared He enlisted at Havana in
Company A. Sixty-sixth Illinois infan-
try, Sept. 20, 1861, and served until
July s, 1865.
Mrs Ford was born near Bound
Brook, y. j.. March 5. 1S4S, and her
people, in an early day. came TO the
Mason county neighborhood where the
Fords lived. Here young Ford and
Ann Ross became acquainted and at
tended the same school.
Have One Great GrandehiId.
In addition to their five children Mr..
and Mrs. Ford have nine grandchildren
and one great grandchild The chill
drer are John Ford. of Hepburn.
Idaho: Edgar A. Ford city: Edwin
Ford, Fort Shaw. Mont: Charles Ford,
Los Angeles: and Mrs. George L. Glenn.
of this city. The three sons from
distance had their wives with them at
the anniversary celebrat ton today, and
all the members of the families Of the
son and daughter here We're present.
The one great srandchild is a son Of
Mrs Nettie Bryson. who is daughter
OF John Ford. and lives at Hepburn.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford have lost one child.
daughter Lille, who died shortly
after birth.
Mr. Ford is the last of his family,
but Mrs. Ford has one brother, John
Ross. who lives at Easton, III. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford are in good health
for people of their years. Mr.. Ford be-
ing especially rugged for his age.
Family Dinner at Noon.
Thirty guests were seated around
the family table at noon today, when
a four course dinner was served. Dur
/ ing the meal a shower of gold pieces
/, was given the bride and groom by
+! their children.
/ In addition to the children and their
families there were in attendance at
! the family gathering DR.. and Mrs. w.
! P. Walker. of Mason City, H., cousins;
Mrs Belle Walton. of Bridgman, Mich,
! niece: and Mrs. Emma Lynn, of Con-
! rad an old friend of the family,