Title: Alfred P. Ford Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1855-1895

Creator:

• Ford, Alfred P., 1829-1883

Call Number: La Crosse Mss AT

Quantity: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Special Collections & Area Research Center, Murphy Library, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-La Crosse Murphy Library / La Crosse Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers from Ford's Wisconsin surveying work done for private citizens for taxation and sale purposes, in Trempealeau, Eau Claire, and La Crosse counties (Townships 18-27 North, Ranges 7-10 West). Included are field notes and sketches, original plats, and miscellaneous financial and personal papers.

Language: English

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Alfred Ford was a surveyor in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. He was born in Haverhill, New Hampshire, August 27, 1829. In 1855, he moved to Trempealeau County and two years later built a home in the Village of Trempealeau. He was married in 1866 to Lizzie Heald, who was originally from Norridgewock, Maine. Lizzie taught school in Trempealeau for several years. The couple had four children; Clif, Nora, William, and Fred. From 1876 to his death in 1883, Ford owned a furniture business.

These papers consist primarily of surveyors records from Trempealeau County, with a few from Eau Claire and La Crosse counties. Box 1 contains field notes and sketches of sectional surveys done by Ford in the Townships 18-27 North, Ranges 7-10 West. Box 2 contains the original plats which Ford probably used to guide him when surveying specific sections. It would appear that Ford surveyed free-lance largely for private citizens for taxation and sale purposes. The papers also contain some miscellaneous financial records concerning household and business expenditures and surveying fees. There is also one folder which contains personal miscellany, i.e. an insurance policy, a few pieces of correspondence, and memorabilia.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Mrs. Laura Cyr, 1972. Accession Number: Cl972/063

Processing Information

Processed by Jill Daugherty and John Fleckner, September 19, 1977.

La Crosse Mss AT	Field notes and sketches
Box   1 Folder   1	Township 18 N. Ranges 8-9 W.
Box   1 Folder   2	Township 19 N. Ranges 7-10 W.
Box   1 Folder   3	Township 20 N. Ranges 7-8 W.
Box   1 Folder   4	Township 20 N. Ranges 9-10 W.
Box   1 Folder   5	Township 21 N. Ranges 7-9 W.
Box   1 Folder   6	Township 22 N. Ranges 9 W.; Township 23 N. Ranges 8-9 W.; Township 27 N. Range 9 W.
Box   1 Folder   7	Road surveys, Township 18 N. Ranges 9-10 W.; Township 19 N. Range 8 W.; Township 20 N. Range 7 W.
Box   1 Folder   8	General field notes, 1869-1870, 1874-1878
	Section post descriptions
Box   1 Folder   9	Township 19 N. Ranges 7 and 10 W.
Box   1 Folder   10	Township 20 N. Ranges 8-9 W.; Township 22 N. Range 9 W.
Box   1 Folder   11	Township 22 N. Range 8 W.; Township 23 N. Range 8 W.
	Certified surveys
Box   1 Folder   12	1863-1871
Box   1 Folder   13	1871-1874, 1879-1880
Box   1 Folder   14	1873-1877
	Financial records
Box   1 Folder   15	1855-1869
Box   1 Folder   16	1867-1871, 1880-1881, undated
Box   1 Folder   17	Miscellaneous, 1864, 1867, 1875-1876, 1879-1881, 1895
	Plats and descriptions
Box   2 Folder   1	Township 17 N. Ranges 8-9 W.
Box   2 Folder   2	Township 18 N. Ranges 7-10 W.
Box   2 Folder   3	Township 19 N. Ranges 7-10 W.
Box   2 Folder   4	Township 20 N. Ranges 7-10 W.
Box   2 Folder   5	Township 21 N. Ranges 7-9 W.
Box   2 Folder   6	Township 22 N. Ranges 7-9 W.
Box   2 Folder   7	Township 23 N. Ranges 8-9 W.
Box   2 Folder   8	Township 24 N. Ranges 8-9 W.