The Ford Family of Crown Hill Cemetery
The Ford Family of Crown Hill Cemetery
There are 3 very beautiful “cradle graves” under a shade tree in Section “A” of Crown Hill Cemetery.
Ella Bertha Madole-Ford, her husband Horace and their 1 yr old daughter Winnie Lee rest here.
Ella grew up in Madison County Texas. Her family was large and very well known. She had a great many Uncles and cousins.
Ella married Horace Edward Ford in Houston Texas., he was known as a farmer, but later in life was known as a riveter as well. Horace had a cousin named Benjamin Hiram Ford, he married Ella’s sister Mary Elizabeth Madole-Ford.
Together Horace and Ella had 4 children. Sadly, they lost an infant, and later their 1 yr old daughter Winnie Lee died as well. Their son Marion Edwin Ford, lived to be 48 yrs old until he passed from a heart attack. The Ford’s daughter Pearl went on to live to be 100 yrs old.
Ella Bertha passed away young, 34 yrs old. It is not known how she died as a death certificate or obituary cannot be located.
Her husband a few years later went on to remarry a woman named Tommie, who was known to take good care of her new young stepchildren Marion and Pearl.
Horace passed away from tuberculosis when he was 52 years old.
Please see the attached photo, I have also included a cleaned version. Bertha had approximately 8 siblings. This photo included 6 of them as notated by the gold star. This family portrait centers around Franklin Ross Madole and Nancy Madole’s family. They are the older couple center of the photo.
Are you a descendant of the Ford/Madole family? Please help us fill in the gaps of their beautiful story.
https://www.historiccrownhillcemetery.com/
Image removed. Archived stories keep their pictures for 3 years; the original source may still have them. Image removed. Archived stories keep their pictures for 3 years; the original source may still have them. Image removed. Archived stories keep their pictures for 3 years; the original source may still have them.