MANSEL & SUSANNAH (HILL) FORD FAMILY ALBUM


Mansel Ford  Mansel Ford


Mansel Ford was born in October 15, 1898. Around 1923, he married Susannah "Susie" Hill (b.1901, Crawford County, WI), daughter of James Madison and Anna Caroline (Hounsell) Hill. They had five children in Wisconsin, one dying in infancy about 1924. The family lived in the Black River Falls area for many years. Mansel Ford died October 24, 1979, possibly in Brule, WI. Susie moved to Arizona in her later years, returning to Wisconsin nearly every summer to visit family and her hometown of Soldiers Grove. She died March 27, 1988 in Bullhead City, AZ. Mansel, Susannah and their infant child are buried at the North Clayton Cemetery in Crawford County, WI.


Susannah Hill c.1910   Susannah (Hill) Ford c.1914   Susannah (Hill) Ford c.1920

Susannah (Hill) Ford c.1987




The children of Mansel and Susie Ford:


Hillis   Hillis

Hillis "Bud" Ford


Betty Ford (Perry) c.1928

Betty Ford (Perry)


Gary Ford c.1928   Gary Ford

Gary Ford


Robert Ford c.1928   Robert Ford

Robert "Bob" Ford was born October 15, 1927 in Wisconsin. He married Jahala Noble. They had six children together: Christopher Brett (b.1950-51), Melanie Sue Hill (b.1952-53), Robert Mansel (b.1954-55), Jesse Thomas (b.September 21, 1955, d.March 1988, Denver, CO), Frank Noble (b.May 1958, d.September 10, 1992, Mayer, AZ), and Doran Miguel (b.1968 in Mexico, d.after 1992).

In 1949, Robert & Hillis Ford, and two friends from the University of Wisconsin, Roger Waller of Taylor & Richard Claus of Eau Claire, spent the summer prospecting in Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada. An article in the September 18, 1949 La Crosse Tribune details their uranium find. Robert died on May 6, 1971 in a plane crash at Coolidge, AZ.


Robert Mansel Ford  Frank & Doran Ford c.1992

           Robert Mansel Ford                  Frank Noble & Doran Miguel Ford               

Sons of Robert and Jahala (Noble) Ford



A special thank you to Robert Mansel Ford for providing photos and information for this page.







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