Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Alvadore Smith Ward    
       Also known as: Smith A. Ward 1
                Born: Nov-30-1862          in Ritchie Co, (W)VA  1,2
                Died: Feb-25-1899           1
             Resided: 1893                 in Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father: Martin Carr Ward   (1821 - 1897) 
              Mother: Mary Jane Gaston   (1823 - 1908) 
                Wife: Lillie Dell Thomas   3  
       Also known as: Dell Thomas 
             Married: Nov- 8-1893          in Ritchie Co, WV  2,1
                Born: Apr- 5-1875          in Doddridge Co, WV  4,5 (see note 1)
                Died: Feb- 5-1936          in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV  4,5,1
              Buried:                      in East Lawn Memorial Park (Valley Cemetery), Reno, Washington Co, OH  4
              Census: 1930                 in Marietta, Washington Co, OH  
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Resided: 1901                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Census: 1880, 1900           in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Father: Amos G. Thomas   (1847 -     ) 
              Mother: Rebecca A. Garner   (1852 - 1931) 
Other spouse 2
Notes 1 
           F Child 1: Audra Pearl Ward      
         Census name: Audrie P. Ward 
                Born: Nov-12-1896          at Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  6,7
              Census: 1910, 1920           in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  
              Census: 1900                 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV  
             Husband: Ira Glenn Cox  b. Mar-12-1895  d. Aug-16-1971  
         Census name: Glen Cox 
             Married: Apr-19-1919          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. 
(2) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV. 
(3) Birth record of daughter. 
(4) Findagrave.com. 
(5) Headstone (year only) 
(6) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as March 1875.  Birthplace given in both
marriage records as Ritchie County, but birth record indicates Doddridge County.







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