Statewide County OR Archives Obituaries.....Ford, Robinson June 18, 1914
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Sherwood Journal July 3,1914
Oregon Pioneer and Indian Fighter Passes Away
Death has robbed Oregon of another sturdy pioneer,distinguished citizen,and 
INdian war veteran.Robinson Ford,known to hundreds of the trail blazers,passed 
away at his late home at Bentonville,Arkansas,June 18
Few of the Oregon Pioneers have served with greater distinction in the battles 
with the Indians in the early days than Robinson Ford.His association with 
Colonel James K Kelley in the war of 1856 and under Colonel Nesbith in the 
Rogue River war of 1855 marked him  as a fearless fight and a tried and true 
patriot
Mr Ford was born in Richmond Va in 1836.When he was a child he went to Bledsoe 
county,Ark.In 1852 he travelled from Fort Smith to Oregon.He was married to 
Rachel Bird in 1856
Mr Ford knew personally many of the leading citizens of Oregon  the two 
commanders under whom he fought,Colonels Nesbith and kelley,having been 
elected to Congress.His association won him many friends .A Few years ago he 
went east where he remained until his death
Besides his widow,who lives in Tualatin,Mr Ford is survived by the following 
children;
Mrs J.W Noble,of Oakland,California,Henry P Ford,formerly sheriff of 
Washington Co.,now residing in Portland,Mrs J.E Hedges ,Tualatin;Mrs 
S.Weckert,Sherwood;Mrs h.E jenkins,Portland; and Allen S Ford,Eden Idaho
(contibuted by Virgil Weckert)

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