Background
Ford, George Alfred was born on May 30, 1851 in Aleppo, Syria. Son of Joshua Edwards and Mary (Benjamin) Perry Ford.
Ford, George Alfred was born on May 30, 1851 in Aleppo, Syria. Son of Joshua Edwards and Mary (Benjamin) Perry Ford.
G.g.s. of Colonel Mahlon Ford, member General Washington’s staff, Revolutionary War. Bachelor of Arts, Williams, 1872, A.M., 1875 (Doctor of Divinity, 1894). Graduate Union Theological Seminary, 1876.
William A. Booth of New York City and Englewood, New Jersey, October 4, 1906. Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1876. Stated supply, Ramapo, New York, 1876-1880.
Missionary in Syria since 1880. Superintendent Gerard Institute, Sidon, Syria, 1894-1811. Associate professor in Theological Seminary of Syrian Presbyterian Mission at Beirut since 1911.
Appointed, 1914, United States acting consular agent for Sidon District, to care for interests of subjects of belligerent British, French, Italian, Russian, Belgian, Bulgarian, Montenegrin and Servian goverments, whose consuls had been expelled from the country.
Member General Washington’s staff, Revolutionary War.
Married Katherine M., d.