Ford Cemetery
The Ford Cemetery is located approx. one-half mile east of Elmwood beside the house
at #17 Ferrell Lane. Ferrell Lane turns off Cookeville Hwy ( Hwy 70N) next to Forks
River School. It was once enclosed by rock wall and fence. The cemetery is not maintained.
36-13-13N 85-52-27W
Ford, Jesse N. 18 Nov 1845 - 3 Dec 1927
"He is not dead but sleepeth."
Ford, Belle J. 4 Aug 1851 - 11 --- 188?
W/O J.N. Ford
(Stone broken into several pieces)
Ford, Hugh C. 4 May 1878 - 15 Jan 1921
Ford, Bettie Horn 13 Sept 1862 - 21 June 1948
W/O Jesse N. Ford
There are two rows of graves marked by fieldstones-four graves in each row.
Copied by Retta Waggoner May 25, 2002
Listed in Smith County Tennessee Cemeteries- South of the Cumberland River Pg. 256-257.
Ford Cemetery
Found by Barbara J. Ford, gr-granddaughter of Jesse Nichols Ford and Belle Richardson Ford,
in September 2003. Taken by William J. Ford, MD, grandson of the same. Dated July 26, 1948.
