Ezra "Jack" Ford / _____ _____

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[212] Ezra Ford (nicknamed "Jack"), married and had one child
named Helen, From the stories that I heard, Jack was a
vagabond and ne'er do well. I never heard of him having a
steady job. He did farm work on a day to day basis. Just
enough to keep a little money. We would come and go to
relative's" homes, arriving unannounced and leaving the same
way. He worked a spell with his nephew Francis Simianer.
Francis had a contract to haul gravel for an irrigation
company near Ft Collins, Colorado. They hauled the gravel
in belly dump wagons, each drawn by a four-horse team. They
got the gravel out of the bottom of Eaton ditch, where it
came out of the Cache La Poudre river, loading it by hand.
It was 5 miles to the job site. They hauled about 150
loads, making a and 1/2 trips per day. Jack was reputed to
be a good worker, when he worked.
One day in 1927 he vanished. No one knows where he went.
Several months later, the Sheriff at Grand Lake sent an
inquiry thru the Sheriff's Office at Fort Collins, looking
for the kin of one Jack Ford who had died there. In the
inquiry it was stated that the name William Simianer was
found on Jack's person. When the inquiry reached William
Simianer, he denied knowing anything about an Ezra "Jack"
Ford. William stated to his family that Jack never amounted
to anything and that we are not about to pay his burial
expenses. (Information quoted from Carl Simianer of 6251
Collins Way, Anchorage, Alaska 99502).

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