Roy G. Ford, youngest of five brothers and one sister was born
     November 20, 1917 to John and Alice (Cirkel) Ford on a farm in Kingman,
     County. His school days were spent at White Mound and Nashville.
          In July 1941 he married, Marie, the oldest of three children of
     John and Margaret (Adelhardt) Schaller. They homesteaded on his folks
     land one mile west in Pratt County and helped his Dad farm.
          In April 1942 he was drafted to the service serving in the Infantry,
     stationed different places in the states and 16 months in the Aleutian
     Islands. He received his discharge in October 1945 and returned to the 
     farm. A son, Lee Roy, was born June 1045; a daughter, Alice, in January
     1948. Marie died following childbirth.
          In August 1949 he married, Marcella, the third oldest of six sons
     and three daughters of John and Emma (Simon) Adelhardt. To this union
     was  born Dennis, November 1950 and Carol (a stillborn) September 1952. 
     For one year we lived on an uncle's farm near St. Leo. When settling
     the Ford estate we purchased the 160 acres where we had lived and later
     purchased some land a mile north from Charles Meairs.
          The children attended grade school at St. Leo, Lee Roy and Alice
     eight years, Dennis six years the others at Isabel where they all attended
     and graduated from Isabel High, then attending Pratt Juco.
          Lee Roy lives at Wichita. He married Gail Hageman of Cunningham,
     Kansas and has three chldren: Tonnia, Stacie and Jay. He's a driver for
     Continental Trailways. Alice (Ford) Fischer lives in Pratt. She married
     Jimmie Don Fischer and has three daughters: Kari, DeAnn and Lisa. She is
     employed at the First National Bank. Dennis lives one mile north of us.
     He married Janet Goetz of Zenda, Kansas and has one daughter, Lynn. He's
     a farmer, does custom farm work and is our right hand.
          Along with farming Roy did carpenter work, graded roads and worked
     at the Gyp Mills.
          We're members of the Farmers Coop Equity of Isabel and St. Leo
     Catholic Church.
               
     Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987,  pg. 75 
     
     Submitted by: Roy and Mars Ford