Why were you invited to this newsletter? Everybody comes from somebody! This is what all of us have in common. In the early stages of the website some very interesting family history was included. It took us back to the early 1780's with Charles and Sarah Marshall, the parents of Mathew Marshall Ford who was Enslaved. It went on to tell us how Jane Ford a free woman married a slave and so Mathew took on her Surname. Jane and Mathew had 17 children. And finally, it explained our Early beginnings in what is known as Culpeper, Virginia.
You may not have been a history buff, but Culpeper was the sight of the most military battles in the Civil war. Why is this important to Our family? Jane and Mathew (a former slave) ran a commissary for the Union Army in the midst of the war. Less than a mile away from the homestead was a military jail.
You have to ask yourself: What kind of People were Our Family! Some of our new readers may still ask: Why is Jane and Mathew important to us. Well Jane and Mathew fathered Richard Ford who married Sarah and had Mary T who in turn married Dock Stroud. Well, hold on, Dock and Mary had 5 daughters who eventually moved to Mount Vernon, N.Y and married into the Haden, Tucker, Michael, Ford and Wyatt Family. Need I say more?
156th Edition
May Blessings Family,
Family members may find themselves tettering back and forth thinking about Mother's Day. While others may not fully appreciate what they still have in their presence. In any case regardless of where you are in life's journey you are blessed. You are blessed to have had the best example of what un conditional love looks like.
A love that wants only the best for you, even when you don't know what is best. A love that protects and models how to reach your full potential. A love that hurts and heals and demonstrates how to survive by never giving up.
So as you reflect this Mother's Day, shed a healing tear and laugh out loud for the many Happy Memories. I miss my mom but I know she would be proud of what her children have achieved. I know my Grandmother would be beaming with pride as she sees her legacy. And my Great Grandmother, would be loud and Proud declaring those are mine.
So no matter where you are in life's Journey take a moment to reflect on the gifts your mother has given you. Raise your glass and give a toast to the best teacher you ever had. Some of your lessons may be what not to do; while others will show you strength you never knew you had.
To our Ancestors, we give you praise for being the warriors who served as vessels that brought us forth into the world. We are grateful for all of your sacrifices and pray we can make you proud. Our oath to you is to keep our families connected and strong, with wisdom and love
Let's give a loud and Proud shout out to our Ancestors the Stroud and Ford Women!
This newsletter serves to put an exclamation mark on the lives our Ancestors hoped we would have. The messages in this newsletter is to offer hope, encouragement and acknowledgement. So I hope you will reach out to one another and share victories, desires and needs. We can only trust you will find this newsletter worthy of your time and take a moment to read and share your news with us. Please send any thoughts, messages or history to fullergail@hotmail.com or give me a call at 646 8515247; I'll answer.
First and Foremost Giving All Honor and Praise to the Most High for keeping us. Please keep the Family unit in Prayer. We are facing unusual attacks from all sides. Please stay alert and be prepared for the unknown.
Send special prayers out for all of our students who will be graduating this year. Keep them lifted, so that they may reach their full potential. If you have any names and schools they are graduating from please submit it to fullergail@hotmail.com; so that they reach their full potential.
Wider Horizons Book Club
All are invited and welcomed to attend our Virtual Book club on Saturday May 24th at 4pm est. The book club will be reading.
"The Supremes At Earl's" by Edward Kelsey Moore
Just click the link below to join the meeting. See you May
Our History
In the 1940's the President of the United States had a program to get Americans back to work. It was called the WPA project. An are included was the Writers guild. This project included getting stories about American life and the history of former enslaved individual.
One of these writers Margaret Jeffries interviewed our own Daniel Ford in Culpeper, Virginia. Daniel talked about his Grandmother Jane Ford and his life of working on the Railroad. Here are excerpts of his interview that were found in the National Archives in Washington, DC.
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