Ford, J. C.

Ford was appointed as Gov. Ferris' representative to the Negro National Education Congress. He served as Chair of the Nominations Committee and as a member of the National Executive Committee of the Congress. Ferris (1853-1928) taught in N.Y. (State) and Ill. before organizing Ferris Industrial School, which eventually became Ferris State University in Big Rapids (Mich.). He married Helen F. Gillespie (d. 1917) in 1874 and they had three sons. He served as Governor of Michigan, 1913-1917 and U.S. Senator from Michigan, 1923-1928. (For further information see Michigan Biographies, v. 1, pp. 288-289.).

From the description of Correspondence, 1914. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 43759442