Samuel Howard Ford

Samuel Howard Ford (born February 19, 1819 in London , Great Britain , † July 5, 1905 in St. Louis , Missouri ) was an American Reverend and politician .

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Samuel Howard Ford was in the last year of reign of George III. (1738–1820), King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , born in London. The family emigrated to the United States , living first in Illinois and last in Missouri. Ford graduated from Missouri State University in 1843 and ordained a Baptist pastor that same year . His student days were overshadowed by the economic crisis of 1837 and the following years by the Mexican-American War . Together with Dr. John Waller served on the editorial board of Western Recorder and Christian Repository. Ford 1844 was pastor in Jefferson City ( Cole County ), 1846 in St. Louis and from 1846 to 1847 in Cape Girardeau ( Cape Girardeau County ). He moved to Kentucky . Between 1853 and 1860 he was there clergyman ( minister ) in the East Baptist Church in Louisville ( Jefferson County ). Ford published the Missouri Baptist in 1860 and authored Origin of Baptists. After the secession of Kentucky he was elected as a delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861. During his time at Congress, he sat on the Committee on Inauguration. Ford held a parish in Memphis in 1861 and one in Mobile from 1863 to 1865. He was loyal to the Confederate States and moved his communities to contribute to the war effort. After the end of the Civil War , he again held a parish in Memphis from 1865 to 1871. Ford moved to St. Louis, where he wrote church history books. He died there in 1905 and was then buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery .

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SURNAME	Ford, Samuel Howard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American reverend and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 19, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH	London , UK
DATE OF DEATH	July 5, 1905
Place of death	St. Louis , Missouri