From collection Member List
Lafayette IN. Born 1845 in Indiana, son of Rudolph and Sarah A. Ford. Initiated June 22, 1863. Private and Sergeant, Co. D, 135th Indiana Infantry, May 23, 1864 to September 29, 1864. Chapter secretary September 24, 1864 to April 21, 1864. Minutes of that date: "Bro Jim Ford having left college not to return McG. C. Waynick was elected to fill the vacancy." Transferred to Jefferson College, class of 1866, joining Alpha Chapter, and corresponding widely with brothers in the wake of the Civil War. Reference The History of Phi Gamma Delta, Tomos Beta. Did not graduate from either school. 1870 census shows him as a bookseller in Lafayette.
