Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Franklin P. Ward    
                Born: ca 1852              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
             Resided: 1874                 in Gilmer Co, WV  1
              Father: George Washington Ward   (1820 -     ) 
              Mother: Margaret Maddox   (1817 -     ) 
                Wife: Mary J. Holbert     
             Married: Mar-12-1874          in Ritchie Co, WV  2
                Born: ca 1854              in Gilmer Co, (W)VA  1
             Resided: 1874                 in Ritchie Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 in DeKalb District, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father: Reuben Elijah Holbert   (1819 -     ) 
              Mother: Cinderella Bush   (1833 -     ) 
           F Child 1: Theodosia Ward      
                Born: Aug- 4-1882           3
                Died: May-30-1883           4
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  5

Sources:
(1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as 
Franklin P. Ward, age 21, b. Harrison Co, res. Gilmer Co, son of G. W. & Margaret; and Mary J. Holbert, age 19, b. 
Gilmer Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of R. E. & Cyndrilla.  Married Mar 12 1874. 
(3) Headstone - Date calculated from age at death. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 







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