Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: George Washington Ward    
                Born:        1820           
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Margaret Maddox     
             Married: Nov-24-1842           1
                Born: Aug-15-1817          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2
             Resided:                      in Bens Run, Gilmer Co, WV  
              Father: William Maddox   (1785 - 1869) 
              Mother: Sarah Gaston   (1790 - 1873) 
           M Child 1: William Jasper Ward      
                Born: Jun-21-1845          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  3,4
                Died: Aug-11-1910          in Wilsonburg, Harrison Co, WV  3,5
              Buried:                      in Bethel Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  5
                Wife: Martha E. Eagle  b. Jan- 5-1841  d. Sep-19-1909  
             Married: Jan-10-1867          in Harrison Co, WV  6
           F Child 2: Florinda Ward      
                Born: Feb-15-1847           7
                Died: Mar-22-1923          in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in Jarvisville Baptist Cemetery, Harrison Co, WV  7
             Husband: William Abraham "Billy" Brown  b. Oct-16-1844  d. Mar-20-1926  
       Also known as: Billy Brown 
           F Child 3: Marg F. Ward      
                Born: ca 1850               8
                Died: Jan-26-1861          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  9
      Cause of death:                      diphtheria  9
           M Child 4: Franklin P. Ward      
                Born: ca 1852              in Harrison Co, (W)VA  10
             Resided: 1874                 in Gilmer Co, WV  10
                Wife: Mary J. Holbert  b. ca 1854  
             Married: Mar-12-1874          in Ritchie Co, WV  11
           M Child 5: Matthew Weston Ward      
                Born: Feb-10-1860          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5,12
                Died: Aug-24-1929          in Weston, Lewis Co, WV  5,12 (see note 1)
              Buried:                      in Waldeck Cemetery, Polk Creek, Lewis Co, WV  5
                Wife: Florence Deborah Brown  b. May-16-1861  d. Nov- 6-1938  
       Also known as: Deborah Florence Brown 

Sources:
(1) Patti Ashcraft Hickman, The Ward Family of Harrison County. 
(2) W. N. Hurley, Jr., Maddox:  A Southern Maryland Family, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, ISBN 0-788-0123-8, 1994. 
(3) Headstone. 
(4) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(5) Findagrave.com. 
(6) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as William J. Ward, 22, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of 
Geo W & Margaret Ward; and Martha E. Eagle, 26, b. Highland Co Va, res. Harrison Co, dau of Benj & Sarah Eagle.  Married 
Jan 10 1867 in Harrison County. MR p. 46. 
(7) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(8) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. 
(9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. 
(10) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) 
(11) 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. 
(12) Headstone (year only) 

Event Notes
Note (1) "Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia," p. 83, reports death date as
1927.  But date on headstone is 1929.







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