Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: William Ward    
                Born:                      in England  1
              Buried:                      in Bethel Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  1
            Military:                      War of 1812  2,3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah Shobe     
             Married:                      in Harrison Co, VA  1
                Born:                      in Holland  1
                Died:                      in Harrison Co, WV  1
              Buried:                      in Bethel Cemetery, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           F Child 1: Mary "Polly" Ward 2,3     
                Born: Nov- 6-1802           4
                Died: Jul-21-1894           4
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  5,2
             Husband: Robert Sommerville  b. May- 1-1800  d. Jun-17-1871  
             Married: 1825                  2,3
           F Child 2: Mahala Ward      
                Born: Jul-12-1812           4
                Died: Apr- 4-1899           4
              Buried:                      in Cox Cemetery, Rt 74 at Slab Creek, Ritchie Co, WV  5
              Census: 1870                 in Ritchie Co, WV  6
             Husband: Daniel V. Cox  b. Mar-10-1809  d. Feb-22-1862  
             Married: ca 1831               7
           M Child 3: Martin Carr Ward      
                Born: Aug- 1-1821          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Mar- 8-1897           8
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  5,8
                Wife: Mary Jane Gaston  b. Jun-23-1823  d. Dec-18-1908  
       Also known as: Betty 9
             Married: Dec-17-1840          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1,10

Sources:
(1) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 315. 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 309. 
(3) Minnie Kendall Lowther, History of Ritchie County (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, 
http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 240. 
(4) Headstone. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, 
McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) 1870 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union Twp). 
(7) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 296. 
(8) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. 
(9) Death record of daughter. 
(10) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985) 







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