Austin Edward Ford (August 31, 1857 – September 17, 1896) was an American publisher and
Fire Commissioner of New York.
Biography
Austin Edward Ford was born on August 31, 1857 in
Boston, Massachusetts to Ellen and Thomas Irwin Ford. He was editor of the ''
New York Freeman
The ''New York Freeman'' (1849–1918) was an American Catholic weekly newspaper in New York City.
History
The ''Weekly Register and Catholic Diary'' was started on October 5, 1833, by Fathers Schneller and Levins. It lasted three years, and was ...
'', and was associated with the ''Irish World'', a newspaper run by his uncle, Patrick Ford.
As such, he was active in promoting the cause of
Irish independence.
Ford moved to
Manhattan, where he later ran for
New York's 7th congressional district
New York's 7th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Democrat Nydia Velázquez represents the district in Congre ...
for the
United States Congress, losing to the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
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candidate,
Franklin Bartlett
Franklin Bartlett (September 10, 1847 – April 23, 1909) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1893 to 1897.
Biography
Bartlett was born in Uxbridge, Worcester County, Massachusett ...
, in 1894. At the time he lived at 2767 Marion Avenue in what is now the
Borough of
the Bronx.
[ He was appointed Fire Commissioner in 1895 by fellow Republican, ]Mayor Strong
William Lafayette Strong (March 22, 1827 – November 2, 1900) was the 90th Mayor of New York City from 1895 to 1897. He was the last mayor of New York City before the consolidation of the City of Greater New York on January 1, 1898.
Early lif ...
.
Death
He died in office aged 39 on September 17, 1896 from appendicitis.
Legacy
Ford was a direct ancestral relative of Bishop Francis Xavier Ford, M.M., a missionary killed during the Korean War, as well as Sister Ita Ford, M.M., a missionary murdered in El Salvador in 1980, and businessman William P. Ford
William P. Ford (April 28, 1936 – June 1, 2008) was an American lawyer and bond trader. His sister, Ita Ford, a Roman Catholic nun, was one of four nuns, murdered in El Salvador. After this, Ford became an advocate for justice for the murder ...
, brother of Sister Ita, a lawyer and businessman turned human rights activist.
References
External links
Notre Dame Archives
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1857 births
1896 deaths
Businesspeople from Boston
American publishers (people)
American editors
American Roman Catholics
American people of Irish descent
Deaths from appendicitis
Commissioners of the New York City Fire Department
New York (state) Republicans
19th-century American businesspeople