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J. B Ford (son of Rev. John and Violet Hall Ford)J. B 61 . Ford is a son of John and Violet (Hall) Ford, who were born in North Carolina andVirginia in 1796 find 1804, respectively. John Ford was brought to Middle Tennessee when only sixyears of age. Here he grew to manhood and married Love Northcutt, by whom he had three children.They came to Gibson County in 1824, and after the death of Mrs. Ford he married Miss Hall, and byher became the father of seven children. Mr. Ford and both his wives were members of the MethodistEpiscopal Church, and he was for many years a local preacher in the same. He preached the firstMethodist sermon in Trenton, Gibson County, and organized the first Methodist Episcopal Churchthere. He was a Democrat, and for many years held the position of magistrate, and in his youngerdays taught school. His wife died March 18, 1884, and about three weeks later he died. Our subjectinherits French blood from his father and Welsh blood from his mother. He was born in GibsonCounty on the 1st of October 1830, and until he reached manhood resided with his parents. His earlyeducational advantages were quite limited; this he improved, however, in later years. At the age oftwenty-two he began farming for himself, and has continued that calling up to the present time, andnow owns 285 acres of land. In 1854 he married Martha J. McAllister, who was born April 10, 1835,in Gibson County, and of their ten children eight are living. The family are members of the MethodistEpiscopal Church, and Mr. Ford is steward, trustee and class leader in the same. He is a stanchDemocrat, and is accounted a good farmer and a model citizen in the community in which he resides.Raymond Clinton and Myrtle A. McDonald ReevesRaymond Clinton Reeves (7-6-1887 to 2-15-1955) and wife, Myrtle Anna McDonald (6-6-1894)were married December 2, 1910 in Texola. They had attended a party the night before and decided toget married.They settled on a quarter section adjoining Mr. Reeves' parents, John Henry and Mollie TwittyReeves, which Myrtle still owns. Sons born to them were: Roy (married Thelma Winters); Amos(married Louise Edwards Bell); J.C. (presently married to Nan Little McMurray); Kenneth (presentlymarried to Pat Williams Brazier); and Donald (married Anita Laycock). All sons were born in thefarm home and attend-ed school at Locust Grove. Kenneth and Donald were transferred to theWheeler school in the fifth and second grades, respectively.The family purchased their first car, a Model T Ford, in 1919. It was one of the first in theCommunity.The Reeves' home burned July 16, 1939. The three-bedroom house they built, with assistancefrom kindly neighbors, as a replacement was later sold and moved to South Houston in Shamrock.The Reeves family used a hand pump to produce water, then built a windmill, until electrical servicewas available and an electrical pump was installed to supply water. A kerosene refrigerator servedvery efficiently before the days of electricity.All of the boys, Myrtle and Raymond worked on the farm raising cotton, maize, huge gardens andfruits of all kinds. It took a lot of hard work and a lot of food to feed five boys. Myrtle worked in thefields and did all the many household chores, as well.In 1945, having had their home wired for electricity, the Reeves family was eating supper by a"coal oil" lamp when suddenly the electric lights gleamed and brightened the room. Pretending thedarkness had dimmed their vision, all the boys jumped up and began shaking hands, saying "Hello,when did you get here? I didn't know you were here until now that I can see you!"Grandchildren born to Raymond and Myrtle: Annette, Paulette and Janette to Roy and Thelma;Micky, Jackie, Michael and Tony to Amos and Louise; Carol Anne to J.C. and Marie; Kent and Caryto Kenneth and Peg; and Melinda to Donald and Anita.After Raymond's sudden death in 1955, Myrtle stayed on the family farm for several years beforemoving into Shamrock. She continues to raise a garden each year, tend her own yard and drive herown car.61 Actual middle initial of J. B. most likely F. – as recorded in census records and on his headstone45