Orange County Biographies

GEORGE W. FORD

Transcribed by Carolyn Feroben

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proprietor of the Santa Ana Nursery, is one of the first settlers of the valley, 
arriving here in 1876, with only $10. The previous year he had been working by 
the day in Santa Cruz County. Two years later he purchased five acres of land 
within the city limits, for $400, and to this he has since added twenty-five 
acres more, most of which he has cut up into city lots and sold at good prices. 
In his nursery may be seen all kinds of deciduous trees and shrubs. He has 
recently erected a fine residence on Ross street, in the northwestern part of 
the city, which for convenience, comfort, a beautiful location and architectural 
finish would be an ornament to any city. 
Mr. Ford was born in Perry County, Illinois, in 1848. His father, John Ford, was 
a native of Kentucky, and one of the first settlers of Illinois, moving there 
when it was a Territory. By industry, economy and enterprise, Mr. Ford had 
worked himself up in the world, and has shown himself worthy of the confidence 
and esteem of those with whom he has done business. He is recognized as one of 
Santa Ana�s most industrious and enterprising citizens and is ready to help 
along any undertaking which has for its object any public good. 

SOURCE:  An Illustrated History of Southern California:  Embracing the Counties 
of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the Peninsula of Lower 
California, from the Earliest Period of Occupancy to the Present Time.... - 
Chicago:  The Lewis Publishing Company, 1890  Page 883