Abby C Ford x1859
teacher 1864-1868 Washington DC
teacher 1869-1881 Morristown NJ
died 1917 in Morristown NJ
Source
All information from One Hundred Year Biographical Directory of Mount Holyoke College 1837-1937, Bulletin Series 30, no. 5; published and compiled by the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Abby Ford (1831-1917) was the daughter of Edwin Ford (1801-1886) and Jane Pierson (1799-1875) of Morris County, NJ. Edwin was a prosperous farmer and lived in Hanover Township, near Morristown. Abby and her sister Sarah Elizabeth Ford (1836-1916) both attended Mrs. Young's Female Seminary and were listed in the 1850 census as living in the household of Abby Elizabeth Young in Allentown. Abby Ford and several of her sisters later attended Mount Holyoke Female Seminary: Abby was listed as a non-graduate in 1858; Sarah Elizabeth graduated in 1857; Charlotte graduated in 1862 and became a physician; Julia was listed as a non-graduate in 1863; and Emma graduated in 1864. Abby returned to Morris County in the 1850's and began a long teaching career. She taught in Washington, DC, 1864-1868 and then returned again to Morris County, where she lived in the family home and taught 1869-1881. Her sisters Sarah Elizabeth and Julia also worked as teachers there. Abby and the members of her family are buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Morristown. See Quinquennial Catalogue of Officers and Students of Mount Holyoke College (1911).