Oachs and Ward Family Website
Mankato, MN
United States
Generation No. 12

Nathaniel Draper Ward Betsey Haven Ward
Children of NATHANIEL WARD and BETSEY HAVEN are:
i. BENJAMIN SABEN13 WARD, b. 09 Oct 1817, Ashburnham, Massachusetts, d. 31 Oct. 1841, New Orleans, Louisiana.
ii. MARTHA WARD, b. 26 Nov 1819, Ashburnham, MA; m. AMOS LANE.
iii. MARY WARD, b. 22 Jan 1821, Ashburnham, MA; m. STEPHEN WOOD, 11 Dec 1848.
iv. NANCY WARD, b. 12 Aug 1823, Ashburnham, MA; m. ELIJAH HAVEN.
v. ELMIRA WARD, b. 15 Apr 1825, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 25 May 1844, Ashburnham, Massachusetts.
16. vi. HORACE PARKER WARD, b. 27 Mar 1827, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 20 Nov 1903, Sterling, Minnesota.
vii. LUCINDA WARD, b. 17 Feb 1829, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 2 Nov 1911, San Francisco, California.
17. viii. GEORGE WASHINGTON WARD, b. 02 Jun 1832, Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; d. 16 Jan 1906, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
18. ix. CHARLES LEWIS WARD, b. 05 Jul 1834, Ashburnham, Massachusetts; d. 14 Oct 1903.
CENSUS RECORDS: 1820 1840 1850
Generation No. 13


Horace Parker Ward Elizabeth O'Farrell Ward
16. HORACE PARKER13 WARD (NATHANIEL DRAPER12, WILLIAM11, THADDEUS10, CALEB9, WILLIAM8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6 WARDE, JOHANNES EDWARD5, THOMAS4, JOHANNES3, JOHANNES2, THOMAS1) was born 27 Mar 1827 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, and died 20 Nov 1903 in Sterling, Minnesota. He married ELIZABETH O'FARRELL 22 May 1850 in West Troy, New York. She was born 04 Aug 1832 in Windmill, Kildare County, Ireland, and died 10 Mar 1902 in Sterling, Minnesota.
Children of HORACE WARD and ELIZABETH O'FARRELL are:
19. i. WILLIAM HENRY14 WARD, b. 09 Sep 1851, Waterveliot County, New York; d. 10 Mar 1942, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota.
20. ii. MARY ELIZABETH WARD, b. 11 Nov 1853, West Troy, New York; d. 08 Sep 1920, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
21. iii. CHARLES FREMONT WARD, b. 16 Apr 1856, Waupeaca County, Wisconsin; d. 22 Apr 1919, Sterling, Minnesota.
22. iv. ANNIE ELIZA WARD, b. 15 Jun 1861; d. 14 Oct 1929, Sterling, Minnesota.
23. v. HORACE GREELEY WARD, b. 04 Feb 1864, Blue Earth, Fairbault, Minnesota; d. 23 Jul 1947, Brainerd, Crow Wing, Minnesota.
vi. JOHN FRANKLIN WARD, b. 14 Mar 1868; d. 30 Oct 1879. 1880 Mortality Census Records. Died of "putrid sore throat" at age 11.
24. vii. EMMA MARTHA WARD, b. 31 Jan 1872; d. 08 Aug 1948, Oregon.
Standing in Back: Charles, Mary and WilliamSeated: Annie, Horace Parker, Emma, Elizabeth, Horace Greeley CENSUS RECORDS: 1850 1870 1875 1885 1895 1900
17. GEORGE WASHINGTON13 WARD (NATHANIEL DRAPER12, WILLIAM11, THADDEUS10, CALEB9, WILLIAM8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6 WARDE, JOHANNES EDWARD5, THOMAS4, JOHANNES3, JOHANNES2, THOMAS1) was born 02 Jun 1832 in Ashburnham, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and died 16 Jan 1906 in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota. He married PHOEBE COLE 22 Jul 1860 in Vernon Center, Minnesota. She was born 06 Dec 1835, and died 29 Jan 1910 in Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota. George Washington WARD was a private in the 1st Regiment of the Minnesota Infantry during the Civil War. After his death, his widow filed for his pension.
Children of GEORGE WARD and PHOEBE COLE are:
i. JOSEPHINE14 WARD, b. 11 May 1861, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 28 Jun 1861, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota.
ii. GEORGE WASHINGTON WARD, b. 09 Sep 1862, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 25 Jul 1948, Orange, California; m. LETTI THAYER TERRY, May 1907, Vernon Center, Minnesota.
25. iii. ULYSSES GRANT WARD, b. 01 Jan 1865, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 15 Jul 1948, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota.
26. iv. CLARA ANNE WARD, b. 25 Apr 1868, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 25 May 1894, Garden City, Blue Earth, Minnesota.
27. v. NATHANIEL DRAPER WARD, b. 05 Jun 1870, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 13 Jul 1914, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota.
28. vi. ELIZABETH WARD, b. 25 Feb 1872, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 16 Mar 1933, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota.
29. vii. VIOLA ELNORA WARD, b. 11 Jun 1874, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 25 Jun 1898.
30. viii. JULIUS CLARENCE WARD, b. 19 Sep 1876, Vernon Center, Blue Earth, Minnesota; d. 15 Sep 1928, Adel, Dallas County, Iowa.
* The 1905 census records indicates that George W. Ward is in the Soldier's Home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died there in 1906.
18. CHARLES LEWIS13 WARD (NATHANIEL DRAPER12, WILLIAM11, THADDEUS10, CALEB9, WILLIAM8, JOHN7, WILLIAM6 WARDE, JOHANNES EDWARD5, THOMAS4, JOHANNES3, JOHANNES2, THOMAS1) was born 05 Jul 1834 in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, and died 14 Oct 1903. He married (1) SARAH JANE CLARE 30 Apr 1857 in Mukwa, Waupaca, Wisconson; d. 8 Jun 1867. He married (2) SUSAN NORMAN 28 Nov 1866 in Weyauwega, Waupaca, Wisconsin. She was born Mar 1850 in Wisconsin, and died 1935 in Ellsworth, Kansas.
Child of CHARLES WARD and SARAH CLOSE is:
i. SARAH ELLEN14 WARD, b. 1857; m. IRVIN RUARK.
Children of CHARLES WARD and SUSAN NORMAN are:
ii. CHARLES14 WARD, b. 1867.
iii. CORA WARD, b. Mar 1875; d. 02 Apr 1904.
iv. FRANK WARD, b. Feb 1878, Missouri.
31. v. BERT ANDREW WARD, b. 17 Dec 1880, Claflin, Barton, Kansas; m. 27 Oct 1909 Anna Alvina Ormiston; d. 21 Jul 1959, Farmington, San Juan, New Mexico. Military Record
CENSUS RECORDS: 1870 1880 1895 1900
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Oachs and Ward Family Website
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