From Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, Vol II, pg 1075
William W. Ford. The subject of this sketch, a prominent citizen and popular man in Lakeport, Chicot
County, Ark., was born in Louisville, Ky., in 1838, and is a son of Nicholas and Martha (Page)
Ford. The mother was a native of Pennsylvania, and the father of Kentucky, and the latter had
excellent educational advantages, was a successful merchant, and acquired both fame and "worldly
gain" during his life. He died when thirty-eight years old, and when the subject of this sketch,
William W., was only six years old. William was in school in Paris, Ky., during his boyhood, and
afterward near Frankfort, the same State, and emigrated to Arkansas in 1858, where his mother once
owned a farm, until 1862, at which date he enlisted in the army, and was present at many of the
famous battles. At Arkansas Post he was captured and taken to Springfield, and when released
returned to Kentucky, and remained there until the close of the war, after which he settled in
Chicot County, Ark. He married Miss Annie Milton, daughter of Bushrod and Mary Milton, and to them
have been born two children, Pattie P. and Catherine, both of whom are still living. Mr. Ford is in
the mercantile business, having for a partner Mr. Jeff Peak. Besides, he is largely interested in
stock-raising, and owns much valuable real estate. Mr. Ford is a Democrat, and takes an active part
in the welfare of the county where he makes his home; is a Mason and a member of the Episcopal
Church.