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                             _Vern F. Ford _______|
                            |  m 1918             |
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 _Francis Meredith Ford ____|
| (1923 - ....) m 1949      |
|                           |                      _Samuel Lee Gant _______
|                           |                     |  m 1885                
|                           |_Minnie Ethel Gant __|
|                             (1889 - ....) m 1918|
|                                                 |_Eulalia Porter Wilson _+
|                                                   (1862 - ....) m 1885   
|
|--Karen Michele Ford 
|  (1958 - ....)
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|_Wilma Rossea Shackelford _|
   m 1949                   |
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