Chat | Daily Search | My GenForum | Community Standards | Terms of Service Jump to Forum Home: General Topics: Civil War Genealogy Forum Re: Thomas Ford, 2nd MS Reserves, CSA, NOT died in battle? Posted by: Alan Pitts (ID *****6088) Date: November 05, 2009 at 08:14:36 In Reply to: Re: Thomas Ford, 2nd MS Reserves, CSA, NOT died in battle? by Sandra Stephens of 26912 Sandra -- The concensus among Ford family researchers appears to be that Thomas M. Ford died of pneumonia in 1863. The only source citation I find is one linking him to a U.S. soldier who died near Tupelo MS on Jan. 30, 1863, and is buried in Keokuk National Cemetery in Iowa. Without very convincing evidence, I'd have great difficulty believing any of that. IMHO it's more likely that Emily Ford died shortly after childbirth in Sept. 1863. Itawamba had been traversed by armies of both sides since the summer of 1862, so perhaps Thomas decided to take the family elsewhere. I don't see another Thomas M. Ford who fits the description, so he could well be the T. M. Ford who claimed residence in Tippah County on his 1865 parole. Nobody seems to know where the children went after the war, or what exactly happened to Thomas M. Ford. Notify Administrator about this message? Followups: Re: Thomas Ford, 2nd MS Reserves, CSA, NOT died in battle? Sandra Stephens 11/05/09 http://genforum.genealogy.com/civilwar/messages/26859.html Search this forum: Find all of the words Find any of the words Search all of GenForum: Proximity matching Link to GenForum Add Forum

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