Austin Ford

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name = Austin E. Ford


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birth_date = 1857
birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts
death_date = September 17, 1896
death_place = New York City
death_cause = appendicitis
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known_for = Irish World
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term =1895-1896 New York City Fire Commissioner
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successor =Thomas Sturgis
party =Republican
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religion = Roman Catholic
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relations = Ita Ford, William P. Ford


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Austin Ford was an Irish-American publisher. He was editor of the New York Freeman's Journal and the Catholic Register, and was associated with the Irish World, run by his uncle Patrick Ford. [cite journal |title=Appointed by Mayor |journal=New York Times |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F06EEDF1039E033A25751C0A9639C94649ED7CF |year=1895 |issue=May 2 |accessdate=2009-10-04] As such, he was active in promoting the cause of Irish independence. [cite journal |title=Sympathy for Ireland.; A Big Mass Meeting of Parnell's Friends in Brooklyn |journal=New York Times |year=1887 |issue=April 15 |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A03EFD91630E633A25756C1A9629C94669FD7CF |format=newspaper article |accessdate=2008-10-05] He was appointed as a fire commissioner of New York City by Mayor Strong, and died in office September 17, 1896. [cite journal |title=To Succeed Austin E. Ford.; Thomas Sturgis Made a Fire Commissioner by the Mayor |journal=New York Times |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C0DE3DF133BEE33A25754C2A96F9C94679ED7CF |year=1896 |issue=April 6 |accessdate=2008-10-05 ] He was a relative of Ita Ford.

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Notre Dame Archives [http://archives.nd.edu/findaids/ead/html/FRD.htm]