Mary Thomas Davis

Notes:

Carolyn Bausinger emailed, in June 2012 that John S. Ford's first wife was "Mary Thomas Davis, born 28 March 1821 to Thomas Davis and wife, Elizabeth, in Shelbyville, Bedford County, TN. Mary married Dr. John Ford on 24 Nov 1835. They are supposed to have had twins 1840-41, but only daughter Fannie Ford (born in TX) was living and with her mother in the 1850 census, They were living with Mary's sister and her family in Rutherford County, TN. Mary and John must have been divorced shortly after 1842."



(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Tennessee, Rutherford County, Millersburgh District
Enumerated 22 Oct 1850
1042-1042
Augustus H. White 51 M Physician 5000 Ky
Clementine R 35 F Tenn
Stephen M White 20 M Tenn
Thomas B. White 18 M Tenn
Susan C White 14 F Tenn
Mary E. White 9 F Tenn
John M White 5 M Tenn
Benjamin White 2 M Tenn
Mary L Ford 28 F Tenn
Fanny Ford 9 F Tx

Mary married John Salmon "Rip" Ford on 24 Nov 1835. John was born on 26 May 1815 in Greenville County, South Carolina; died on 3 Nov 1897 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
"After receiving his license and entering a medical practice, he met a young girl named Mary DAVIS. They were married and became the parents of twins a year later, a boy and a girl. The marriage gradually fell apart and they were divorced shortly before Ford's twenty-first birthday. Leaving his daughter, Fannie, behind with his parents, Ford set out for Texas." Noble, Harry SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE Thursday, October 30, 2003 "John Salmon (Rip) Ford "A New Resident" Carolyn Bausinger emailed, in June 2012, "Truth is that they were not married until 1835 and either she went with John Ford to TX or followed later. And their children were born there. And he did not leave Fannie behind with his parents. She came home with her mother. Fannie was 9 at the time the 1850 census was taken, and she was with her mother and aunt and uncle and their family, not with the Fords. Probably the later sanitized version sounded better than the truth in later years."

1. Fanny Ford was born about 1841 in Republic Of Texas; and died.