Apr-24-2012                   

             Husband: Thomas Floyd Ward 1   

                Born: Mar- 4-1852          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2,1,3
                Died: 1929                  4,3
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      near Berea, Ritchie Co, WV  4
              Father: Martin Carr Ward 
              Mother: Mary Jane Gaston 

                Wife: Frances Virginia Frymier 6  4  

                Born: 1854                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  6,3
                Died: 1910                  3,4
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  5
             Resided:                      in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2
              Father: John Frymier 
              Mother: Margaret ___ 

           M Child 1: Kenneth Boyd Ward   6 4  
       Also known as: Boyd Ward 4
                Born: Mar-  -1879          in   7,3,6
                Died: 1961                 in   3

           F Child 2: Theo May Ward      
                Born: Sep-  -1881          in   7,3,6
                Died: 1967                 in   3

           M Child 3: Clovis L. Ward      
                Born: Mar-22-1886          in   5
                Died: Nov-16-1905          in   8

           F Child 4: Nellie Snow Ward   6   
       Also known as: Snow Ward 4,9
                Born: Jan-22-1888          in   10,9,6
                Died: Oct-12-1968          in   10,9

           M Child 5: Ledrue K. Ward   6,11   
                Born: Feb-10-1890          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  11
                Died: Aug- 8-1943          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  12

           F Child 6: Junie A. Ward      
                Born: ca 1891              in   7


Sources:
(1) Death record of son. 
(2) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing 
Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 316. 
(3) Headstone (year only) 
(4) Goldenseal Magazine, West Virginia Cultural Center, 
www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html, Fall 1996. 
(5) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West 
Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(6) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 
26101 (July 1985) 
(7) 1900 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). 
(8) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West 
Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995, Goldenseal 
Magazine, Fall 1996, reports his death date as 1910. 
(9) Social Security Death Index. 
(10) Headstone. 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). Identified as Ledrue K. Ward, son of 
Thomas Floyd Ward & Frances Virginia Frymier, husband of Essie Hardesty Ward (deceased).  
Cause of death:  aortic insufficiency, probably due to syphillis.  Informant:  Lorraine 
Wilson, Baltimore, MD. 

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