• Son of Robert and Elizabeth Ford. The Ford family came to America in 1866 on the ship American Congress. They came to Utah with the Seeley Company in 1868, and then the family returned to Iowa by 1880.

William S. Seeley Company (1868)

• Age at Departure: 17

Sources

• 1870 Utah Census.
• 1880 Iowa Census.
• 1900 Nebraska Census
• Find a Grave (Website)
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957.