Angeline married Byron Fordham on September 23, 1855.  W. W. Steele, J.P. performed the nuptials.  Marriage License

Byron was born June 11, 1835, in New York, the son of John Fordham and Maria Clark.  In 1840 the family was located in the village of Gaines, Orleans County, New York.

By 1850 the Fordhams were settled in Hancock County, probably in or near the village of Webster in what would be named Fountain Green Township that same year.

In 1860 Byron was a blacksmith, his father's trade.  Byron and Angeline had already lost an infant daughter, perhaps two, another would perish in 1861, and there may have been a fourth daughter who did not survive childhood.  After a gap of several years three more babies arrived, each of whom would live to adulthood.

The Fordham children were likely all born in Fountain Green Township:

i.	Olive O. Fordham.  There is a problem with a previous reading of the tombstones of Olive and her sister, Cora.  Olive's inscription has been reported to read that she died on May 13, 1859, at the age of 3 months, 15 days.  Olive was buried at Webster Cemetery, Fountain Green Township.
ii.	Cora A. Fordham.  Cora's tombstone at Webster Cemetery is said to bear an inscription that reported her death on May 17, 1859, age 1 month.
iii.	Dolly B. Fordham died September 20, 1861, at the age of 1 year, 1 month and 10 days, which calculates to a birth date of August 10, 1860.
iv.	Amanda Fordham, listed in the 1870 census as a 9 year old.  This child did not appear in the 1880 census and did not marry in Hancock County based on available State of Illinois marriage records.  If she died young, it's odd that tombstones were placed for the first three daughters but not Amanda, although we recognize that her marker may have been lost.
v.	Flora M. Fordham, born April 13, 1869, died November 25, 1940, in Brookfield, Linn County, Missouri, and was buried at Brookfield City Cemetery.
vi.	Stephen Clark Fordham was born November 14, 1875.  He died May 20, 1932, in Brunswick, Chariton County, Missouri.  Burial at Brunswick City Cemetery.
vii.	Byron Gordon Fordham (incorrectly listed as Thomas in the 1880 Federal Census) was born June 15, 1877.  He died October 16, 1941, at Carrollton, Carroll County, Missouri. Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Marceline, Missouri.

Angeline died May 20, 1879, in Fountain Green Township, and was buried at Webster Cemetery.

Byron remarried the following year.  On July 20, 1880, he took for his second wife
Miss Katherine Miller, daughter of Thomas Miller and Margaret Meredith.  Kate was 42 at the time they married; she and Byron had no children together.

From The Republican, Carthage, Illinois, July 21, 1880, excerpted from the Burnside column:
July 19. -- We are just informed by Mr. B. Fordham that he will not be a candidate for matrimony after next Tuesday evening; that he will hold an election on that day with Miss Kate Miller of Fountain Green, at 8 o'clock p.m., and no preventing providence expects to be elected at that hour.  This is an "independent" election and therefore will not interfere with his candidacy for the sheriffality subject to the decision of the democratic convention.

 
The Republican, August 17, 1881, excerpted from the Burnside column: Byron Fordham has sold his farm for $45 per acre -- cash.  Mr. F. thinks of emigrating to south-west Missouri.  He is a good citizen, and we will regret his leaving us.

 
The Republican, March 31, 1886, excerpted from the LaCrosse column: March 29. -- B. F. Fordham has sold his stock of goods here to a Mr. Rhea and a Mr. Greenwell.  Invoicing done last week.  Mr. Fordham will go on his farm two miles southeast of here.

 
The Republican, February 4, 1891, excerpted from the LaCrosse column: Feb. 1. -- Since my last letter there have been some deals in dirt.  Robert Glass bought out the balance of the heirs in the Glass estate and then sold the farm to Byron Fordham for $42.50 per acre.  There is considerable inquiry for land in this neighborhood this winter.  The tide of immigration seems to have taken a turn and is coming from the west, which is a very favorable omen for better prices in real estate.

 
The Republican, February 4, 1891, Real Estate Transfers: James M. Glass et al to Robert M. Glass, W½ SW, Sections 17 & 18, a pt NW Section 19, 6 - 5, $4707.00.

Robert M. Glass to Byron Fordham, same, $4707.00.

 
The Republican, November 14, 1894, excerpted from the LaHarpe column: B. F. Fordham, of La Crosse vicinity, talks of removing to our city in the near future.

 
The Republican, December 5, 1894, Real Estate Transfers: Byron Fordham to Kate M. Fordham: W ½ SW, Section 18 and pt N W, Section 19, Fountain Green Township; consideration, $500.00.

 
Some of the following news items mention Marceline, Missouri.  Marceline is in the southeastern corner of Linn County, near the border between Linn County and adjacent Chariton County.  It was in Yellow Creek Township, Chariton County, that Byron was living in 1900 (reported as a widower, a widely used contrivance), in the home of his son, Byron Gordon Fordham.  Stephen Clark Fordham and Flora Fordham Westfall were also in Yellow Creek Township in 1900 with their respective families, and they were all still there in 1910 except for the elder Byron.

 
The LaHarper, October 14, 1904: Mrs. Addie Wright departed Monday night for a short visit with her brother, Byron Fordham, at Marceline, Mo.  From there she will go to California for an extended visit with relatives.

 
The LaHarper, LaHarpe, Illinois, February 3, 1905: Byron Fordham, of Marceline, Mo., came last Tuesday, called by the serious sickness of his sister, Mrs. Addie Wright.  She is greatly improved.

 
The LaHarper, May 11, 1906: Mrs. Addie Wright and grand-daughter, Addie Coleman, returned last week from a winter's stay in California.  They left there the 1st of April and came to Missouri where they have been with Mr. Fordham, a brother of Mrs. Wright, who has been real sick, having suffered the second paralytic stroke.  Mrs. Eva Coleman, who was in Missouri, returned with them.  They are very grateful that they escaped the terrible earthquake.

 
The LaHarper, June 24, 1910: Mrs. Addie Wright went to Marceline, Mo., Wednesday to visit her nephews, Clark and Byron Fordham and niece Mrs. Geo. Westfall.  She was accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Westfall of Burnside.

 
We believe Byron Fordham died in or near Yellow Creek Township, Chariton County, between 1906 and 1910 and was buried in Missouri.

Kate died on January 26, 1920, and was buried at Fountain Green Cemetery amongst her people.