JAMES A. FORD
Mr. Ford is the son of Culvin and Olivia W. Ford, long honored residents
of Campbell county. His father died on July 31, 1887, and his
mother on November 25, 1887. He was born in Campbell county, on
December 27, 1833, and was married in Lynchburg, on November 1, 1870.
His wife is Ella H., daughter of Sylvester and Elizabeth (Woodson)
Pence, her father now deceased, her mother now living in Lynchburg.
Mrs. Ford was born in Halifax county, Virginia, in 1844. Mr. and
Mrs. Ford have two daughters, Rosa T., born in 1880; Dora, born in
1884.
Mr. Ford entered the Confederate States Army in January, 1862, in
Major DeLaniel's Heavy Artillery, stationed at Richmond, with which
he served one year. In 1864 he again entered service, in Company H,
1st Virginia Infantry, Pickett's Division, with which he served until
captured at Five Forks, April, 1865. He was held at Point Lookout
until paroled June 15, 1865. Among his battles are Drury's Bluffs,
Hatcher's Run, and Five Forks. His brother William A. served through
the war. James A. Ford is engaged in the tobacco business, as manufacturer.
