John Salmon Ford
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 127 years ago |
Date of birth | May 26,1815 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Greenville County |
South Carolina | |
United States | |
Date of died | November 3,1897 |
Died | San Antonio |
Texas | |
United States | |
Place of burial | Texas, United States |
Service/branches | Army of the Republic of Texas |
United States Army | |
Confederate States Army | |
Allegiances | Republic of Texas |
United States of America | |
Confederate States of America | |
Job | Politician |
Spous | Mary Davis |
Nicknam | Rip |
Other work | doctor, lawyer, journalist, politician, lawman |
Books | Rip Ford's Texas |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 642692 |
John Salmon Ford Life story
John Salmon Ford, better known as "Rip" Ford, was a member of the Republic of Texas Congress and later the Texas Senate, and mayor of Brownsville, Texas. He was also a Texas Ranger, a Confederate colonel, a doctor, a lawyer, and a journalist and newspaper owner.