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The Ford FamilyFannie Pyland came to the China Grove Community from Rutherford County, Tennessee in 1851.She married White Ford, who also came from Rutherford County soon after the Civil War. Theywere married in 1866 and became the parents of eight children. All of whom grew up in the ChinaGrove area. Jake White Ford died in 1882.The children of this marriage were Edward L. Ford, Mattie Bett, William Brady, Anna Mae, Jake,Itle, Myrtle, Elsie. Edward L. lived all of his life in the home in which he was born. He nevermarried.Mattie Bett married E. F. Boone. They and their two sons, Vernon and Jack, lived in Henderson,Tennessee.William Brady married Daisy Blackburn, who lived only a few months after their marriage. Helater married Pennie McDaniel. They had six children. Otis Pyland, Virginia, William Boone (Peck),Elizabeth, Mary Caroline and Ruby Henry. Virginia, Elizabeth and Ruby Henry still live in the ChinaGrove area.Anna Mae married David James Halliburton and they have nine children: Herman, Mallidine,Mae, Brady, E. David, Anna, Ute Ford, Roma and Rebecca. Four are still living but all have movedout of the China Grove community.Jake married Vinnie Barton. They had two sons, Jake Barton and Fred Lee.Iilo married John McDuffie. They had three children: Eugenia, Herbert, and Fanelle.Myrtle married Will T. Barton. They had six children: Frances, Will Edd, Mildred, Ralph, Junelleand Dimple.Elsie Ford never married. She taught school many years and in the China Grove and surroundingcommunities.All of Mrs. Ford’s grandchildren spent their early childhood years in or near China Grove exceptVernon and Jack Boone. She had twenty-seven grandchildren who lived to be grown. Three died ininfancy. Thirteen are still living.Rutherford Revisted, A History, Rutherford Tennessee Heritage Committee for the TennesseeBicentennial 1996. Submitted by Ruby Henry Ford.47