Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - A mụrụ Ord na Cumberland, Maryland, nwa James na Rebecca Ord. Omenala ezinụlọ mere James Ord nwa nwoke na-abụghị nwoke nke George IV nke United Kingdom na Maria Fitzherbert mana ọ dị ka ọ bụ nwa Ralph Ord, onye e mere baptizim na Wapping, Middlesex, na 1757, nwa John Ord, onye ọrụ (onye ọrụ) si Berwick-upon-Tweed. A na-ewere Edward Ord dị ka onye maara mgbakọ na mwepụ nke ọma ma onye isi ala Andrew Jackson họpụtara ya na United States Military Academy. Onye ya na ya bi na West Point bụ onye gaje ịbụ ọchịagha William Tecumseh Sherman. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1839 ma nye ya ọrụ dịka onye isi nke abụọ na 3rd US Artillery. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Agha Seminole nke Abụọ
na Florida ma e bulie ya n'ọkwa lieutenant mbụ.