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Virginia G. “Virgie” Benner Ford

Birth: 22 Sep 1844
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 29 Apr 1904 (aged 59)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial: Congressional Cemetery

Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA Add to Map
Plot: 87 - 146
Memorial ID: 49401441 View Source

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Maintained by: Elizabeth Adams
Originally Created by: Lorie
Added: Mar 7, 2010
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49401441/virginia_g-ford: accessed ), memorial page for Virginia G. “Virgie” Benner Ford (22 Sep 1844–29 Apr 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 49401441, citing Congressional Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by Elizabeth Adams (contributor 49016295).

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George and Virginia Ford [seated] at "Ford's Folly" tree, circa 1902

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Ford family at Ford's Folly tree. From left: Franklin L, Fannie (his wife), Virginia, and George; circa 1902

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Virginia Benner baptism record, Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, December 14, 1846

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The 1850 census for the 5th Ward of Washington, DC, showing six-year-old Virginia Benner (on line 10, as "V. Brenner").

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List of letters "remaining uncalled for" at the Washington City, DC, post office. One of them belonged to Miss Virginia Benner--who would turn 10 the next week. (From the Washington [DC] Evening Star, September 16, 1854)

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Virginia Benner and George Ford wedding notice from the Washington (DC) Evening Star, July 27, 1863

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Virginia Benner and George Ford wedding notice from the Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 1863. The Inquirer incorrectly states that Virginia was from Philadelphia and that the wedding took place on July 25 ("25th instant") instead of June 25.

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Rev. Francis E. Boyle married George and Virginia in Washington, DC, on June 25, 1863. He was pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church in Washington from September 1862 until April 1878.

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Virginia (Mrs George) Ford, contralto, sings at Holy Family Catholic Church, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 1879

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Virginia (Mrs George) Ford severely scalded, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 22, 1881

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Undated letter to Virginia Ford from the Rev. Bernard Dornhege asking her to "give us your valuable assistance in the choir." Rev. Dornhege was the rector of St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church in Philadelphia from 1872 until 1911.

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Cross stitch embroidery made by Virginia Benner Ford. Many years later it was found in a book by her niece Ida Ford (#167388954), who gave it to her cousin Franklin L. Ford Jr. (#69818928 ) in 1951.

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Virginia Ford obituary, from the Philadelphia Inquirer, May 2, 1904

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Virginia Ford obituary, from the Washington (DC) Evening Star, May 2, 1904. (Virginia was the daughter of Henry C. Benner, not Henry L. Benner.)

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Virginia Ford death notice, from the Washington (DC) Evening Star, May 2, 1904. (Virginia was the daughter of Henry C. Benner, not Henry L. Benner.)

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Copy of Virginia Ford death certificate

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