Death Of Congressman Ford

Congressman M. H. Ford, of Grand Rapids, died at two o'clock yesterday afternoon from apoplexy. He was stricken in bed Sunday night and was found unconscious yesterday morning. He died at two o'clock yesterday afternoon. Congressman Ford was a Washtenaw county boy, bom in Saline, June 30, 1849. He lived ia Saline until ten years of age, when his parents removed to Lansing. In 1864, at the age of fourteen, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy. In 1867 he entered the naval academy at Annapolis. He was a stenographer, and one of the best -in Michigan. He served one term in Congress, 1886 to 1S88, and came into prominence. He was an able debater, one of the leading members of the Michigan delegation, and his death is greatly to be deplored.