[Apostle Brigham Young Jr.] Bro[ther] W[oodruff] talked of Gov[ernor] Fords death, and the fulfillment of the curse pronounced upon him by Elder John Taylor. He died after the flesh had shrunken and he was buried as a pauper. This was the man who suffered the prophet to be slain at Carthage.
[Source: Diary of Apostle Brigham Young Jr., http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ford_(politician)
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