Jul-28-2018
Husband: Thomas Floyd Ward 1
Born: Mar- 4-1852 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,1,3 Died: 1929 4,3 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: farmer 6 Father: Martin Carr Ward (1821 - 1897) Mother: Mary Jane Gaston (1823 - 1908)
Wife: Frances Virginia Frymier 7 4 Married: Apr-18-1875 in Ritchie Co, WV 7,2
Born: 1854 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7,3 Died: 1910 3,4 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 2 Census: 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Father: John Frymier Mother: Margaret ___
M Child 1: Kenneth Boyd Ward 7 4 Also known as: Boyd Ward 4 Born: Mar- -1879 8,3,7 Died: 1961 3 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5 (see note 1) Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Wife: Daisy Alma Bartlett b. Feb-18-1884 d. May-25-1952 Married: Mar- 1-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 2: Theo May Ward Born: Sep- -1881 8,3,7 Died: Mar-17-1967 in Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV 9,3 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 5,9 Resided: in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 9 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Berea, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Roy A. Bee b. Nov- -1881 d. Mar-14-1965 Married: Mar-24-1909 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
M Child 3: Clovis L. Ward Born: Mar-22-1886 5 Died: Nov-16-1905 10 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Cause of death: typhoid fever 4 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
F Child 4: Nellie Snow Ward 7 Also known as: Snow Ward 4,11 Born: Jan-22-1888 12,11,7 Died: Oct-12-1968 12,11 Buried: in Spruce Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (Co Rd 34), Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 5 Resided: in Elizabeth, Wirt Co, WV 13 Census: 1900 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Claude V. Bartlett b. Mar- 1-1888 d. Aug-21-1910 Married: Apr-11-1908 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
M Child 5: Ledrue K. Ward 7,14 Born: Feb-10-1890 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Died: Aug- 8-1943 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 15 Buried: in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV 14,5 Resided: in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 14 Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Occupation: oil well rig builder 14 Wife: Essie Mona Hardesty b. May-20-1888 d. Jun-21-1931 Married: Dec-29-1911 in Ritchie Co, WV 7
F Child 6: June A. Ward Census name: Junie A. Ward Born: May-12-1892 16,11 Died: Dec- 2-1968 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 17,18,11 Resided: in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH 19,18,20 Census: 1930 in Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Census: 1920 in Beggs, Okmulgee Co, OK Census: 1900, 1910 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Husband: Clyde E. Hall b. May-27-1890 d. Apr- 5-1984 Married: ca 1912 21
Sources: (1) Death record of son. (2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. (3) Headstone (year only) (4) Goldenseal Magazine, West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html, Fall 1996. (5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (6) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (7) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (8) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (9) Obituary. (10) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, Goldenseal Magazine, Fall 1996, reports his death date as 1910. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Headstone. (13) Social Security Death Index, Name appears in SSDI as "Snow Bartlett" (14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) (15) 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. (16) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (17) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. (18) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (19) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in Pennsylvania before 1951. (20) Obituary of sister. (21) 1930 Census, Monongalia County, WV. Event Notes Note (1) Name on headstone: K. Boyd Ward.Name Index