The marriage between the two would be short lived However. Nicholas contracted the Spanish Flu in 1918. On November 21, 1918, Nicholas died at the age of 26 in Logansport. They had been married 3 years, and Emerson was barely a month old. Rella remarried on March 16, 1920 to Ralph Ford (b: 1891). Rella had three children with Ralph. Donald Wayne (b: 1931), Mary Josephine Ford (b: 1934), and William G. Ford (b: 1937). Emerson Bion remained with his mother and Ralph as well.
The marriage between the two would be short lived However. Nicholas contracted the Spanish Flu in 1918. On November 21, 1918, Nicholas died at the age of 26 in Logansport. They had been married 3 years, and Emerson was barely a month old. Rella remarried on March 16, 1920 to Ralph Ford (b: 1891). Rella had three children with Ralph. Donald Wayne (b: 1931), Mary Josephine Ford (b: 1934), and William G. Ford (b: 1937). Emerson Bion remained with his mother and Ralph as well.
Bio by: Daniel Parvin
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