Husband: Ledrue K. Ward 1,2
Born: Feb-10-1890 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Died: Aug- 8-1943 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 3
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2,4
Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Occupation: oil well rig builder 2
Father: Thomas Floyd Ward (1852 - 1929)
Mother: Frances Virginia Frymier (1854 - 1910)
Notes 5
Wife: Essie Mona Hardesty 6,7
Married: Dec-29-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV 1
Born: May-20-1888 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 2
Died: Jun-21-1931 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 8
Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 2,4
Cause of death: typhoid fever 2
Father: James Henry Hardesty (1834 - 1917)
Mother: Mary A. Stazel (1849 - 1927)
Sources: (1) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (2) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (3) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Ledrue K. Ward, son of Thomas Floyd Ward & Frances Virginia Frymier, husband of Essie Hardesty Ward (deceased). Cause of death: aortic insufficiency, probably due to syphillis. Informant: Lorraine Wilson, Baltimore, MD. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) Goldenseal Magazine, West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html, Fall 1996. (6) Death record of wife. (7) Death record of husband. (8) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). "Ritchie County WV Cemeteries Through 1993," p. 496, reports death date on headstone as Jan 20 1931.