When Mary Caroline "Mollie" Ford was born on May 15, 1862, in Greene, Missouri, her father, Rufus, was 23, and her mother, Elizabeth, was 22. She married James Andrew "Andy" Savage on December 5, 1880. They had five children during their marriage. She died as a young mother on September 11, 1889, in Strafford, Missouri, at the age of 27, and was buried there.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M467-63T : 17 October 2014), Mary C Ford in household of Elizabeth J Ford, Missouri, United States; citing p. 24, family 176, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,276.
*"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6XS-B63 : 14 July 2016), Nora M Ford in household of R L Ford, Jackson, Greene, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 66B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0687; FHL microfilm 1,254,687.
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