Walter Ballington Ford: Incest/Rape

Walter Ballington Ford was born 17 Oct 1893 in Morton Corners, New York, to Rev. George E Ford (1857-1907) & Gertrude C Van Ord (1869-1904).

Inmate: #54537 San Quentin Prison

Rec:5 Aug 1933

Crime: Incest  

He was transferred to Folsom Prison as Inmate #25131

 Here are some newspaper articles I found.

Here's his WWI Draft Card

I also found his WWII Draft Card

He also had a Passport Application

He went to Mexico for work.

He married Hazel Louise Lyon on 19 Oct 1924  Kirksville, Adair, Missouri. They had 2 children a son & a daughter.  The son was Eugene Lyon Ford, I didn't find out the daughter's name.

Walter died in Folsom prison and was buried in the Folsom Prison Cemetery on 31 Jul 1953. I have attached the link for his Find A Grave Memorial.

Photo posted by EDHGS on Find A Grave

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170896706/walter-ballington-ford

Walter's wife was married two more times:

Harry R Bartlett

1900–1973

And

Earl Eugene Howell

1905–

She died in Washington.

Some family trees have skeletons and some people continue to hide those skeletons and some just embrace them. I found in doing the research for his story that many people added everything about him to their trees. This is what genealogy is all about the good the bad & the ugly.