<prompt> Ord akaberekerwa muCumberland, Maryland, mwanakomana waJames naRebecca Ord. Tsika yemhuri yakaita kuti James Ord ave mwanakomana asiri wepamutemo waGeorge IV weUnited Kingdom naMaria Fitzherbert asi zvinoita sekunge anga ari mwanakomana waRalph Ord, uyo akabhabhatidzwa kuWapping, Middlesex, muna 1757, mwanakomana waJohn Ord, factor mumiririri anobva kuBerwick-upon-Tweed. Edward Ord aionekwa senyanzvi yemasvomhu uye akagadzwa paUnited States Military Academy naPurezidhendi Andrew Jackson. Mumwe waaigara naye muWest Point akanga ari mukuru mukuru womunguva yemberi William Tecumseh Sherman. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1839 uye akagadzwa kuva lieutenant wechipiri mu3rd U.S. Artillery. Akarwa muHondo yechipiri yeSeminole  <response>: muFlorida uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru. 