I am researching John Munson Ford m. Mallissa C Howard. I don't have any info on John. Mallissa C Howard was born in 1854 to William T. or H. Howard and Mary Minerva "Polly" Strickland. John Ford and Mallissa's children- Ida Ford, Leonora Ford, Obed Ford. They may or may not have more children. I found John and Mallissa Ford on the 1880 Cencus- Milam Co., Texas. The only children born at that time were Ida and Leonora. Also listed living with them was a Native American by the name Charles Sumner. I do not know if this is a relative. Nuclear family lifestyles were really common back then, so Charles could be a relative. Does this sound familiar? If so, please, contact me at: bewillia@msn.com Thanx!