111 - Mary J. Ford - Sunnylane Cemetery - Del City, OK
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N 35° 26.083 W 097° 26.614
14S E 641277 N 3922365
At the time of Mary's death, she was one of the oldest women in the U.S.!
Waymark Code: WM16W22
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2022
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The final resting place of supercentenarian Mary J. Ford is at the far north side of Sunnylane Cemetery, at the south end of Section 2 (about midway W-E). Her single, horizontal headstone has the following inscription:
Mother
Mary J. Ford
June 8, 1876
Jan. 4, 1988
Mary's obituary, from her Find a Grave memorial: (
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Mary Jane Hall, daughter of Henry Hall and Eliza Jane Comstock.
Mary Jane moved to Oklahoma Territory with her father and siblings about 1890. (Note her mother died in 1885 at the age of 30, during childbirth). The family traveled by covered wagon and settled on land that is now part of the south side of Oklahoma City.
Mary Jane was married three times, twice to the same man. - 1) Griffin Ford on Feb 14, 1897; 2) Harry Kennedy on Oct 1, 1912; and 3) she remarried Griffin Ford on Feb 14, 1923. (Note she married and remarried Griffin on Valentine's Day).
Mary Jane had seven children (3 Fords, 4 Kennedys).
In her later years, Mary Jane may have stretched the truth a bit about her age, but this record reflects review of Census records when she was a child and her parents were responsible for sharing her age, plus family records. She lived to be 111 years and 7months old. At the time, she was apparently one of the oldest women in the US.