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From: "Carl W. Ward" <>
Subject: Re: Ward origins (in New York)
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 12:07:49 -0500


My earliest WARD ancestor is:
Charles WARD born 15 May 1805 in Allegany County, New York. Have
found no record of him there. Do not know his parents. I do know there was a
James Ward living in the town of Nunda, Allegany County, New York during the
early years (1810) of this county and while he had a number of children, it
appears that he had no son named Charles. I also know there was a Zebadiah
Ward that lived in this same area of Allegany County, NY during that same
period of time but have never been able to find any other names in his
family there. First official record found so far of my Charles WARD was in
Adams County, Illinois on 17 August 1836 where he married Martha BURKE.
Their children, about whom I have much info, were all born in Illinois and
Missouri and were: (1) Martha Jane, (2) William J. (3) John B. (4) Isaiah A.
(5) David C. (6) Harvey Z. (7) Granville (8) Henry Harrison

According to an old family "hand-me-down" story just recently found,
my Charles migrated to Illinois sometime during that 1805 and 1836 time
frame,
by riding a mule from West Virginia to Golden, Illinois. Golden is in fact,
in Adams County, Illinois but this is the first time I've ever found
anything that suggest Charles might have been in West Virginia at an earlier
age.
Have never been able to find any info on my Charles in West Virginia either.

Carl Ward


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