Early Life
Ford was born on January 30, 1877 in Columbus, Ohio. Ford graduated from the Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1898, and was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was then commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the United States Army.
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