Jan-23-2012                   

             Husband: Martin Carr Ward    

                Born: Aug- 1-1821          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Mar- 8-1897           2
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  3,2
              Father: William Ward 
              Mother: Sarah Shobe 

                Wife: Mary Jane Gaston     
       Also known as: Betty 4

                Born: Jun-23-1823          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
                Died: Dec-18-1908           5
              Buried:                      in Auburn Community Cemetery, Ritchie Co, WV  3,2
             Resided:                      in Bone Creek, near Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  1
             Resided: formerly             in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
              Father: John Gaston 
              Mother: Elizabeth Morris 

Notes 

           F Child 1: Sarah Elizabeth Ward      
                Born: Dec-10-1841          in   2
                Died: Jan-20-1855          in   2

           M Child 2: John J. "Jasper" Ward      
       Also known as: Jasper Ward 6
                Born: Oct-11-1843          in   2

           F Child 3: Anna M. Ward      
       Also known as: Annie 7
                Born: Dec- 2-1845          in   2
                Died: Feb-27-1934          in Ritchie Co, WV  8

           M Child 4: William W. Ward      
                Born: Feb-29-1848          in   2
                Died: Apr-12-1865          in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV  2

           M Child 5: Lewis M. Ward      
                Born: Mar-17-1850          in   3
                Died: Jan-28-1855          in   3

           M Child 6: Thomas Floyd Ward   9   
                Born: Mar- 4-1852          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2,9,10
                Died: 1929                 in   7,10

           F Child 7: Amanda Victoria Ward      
                Born: Dec- 7-1853          in   11,2
                Died: May-25-1938          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  11

           F Child 8: Eliza J. Ward      
                Born: Jan-29-1856          in   2,5
                Died: Feb-22-1932          in Ritchie Co, WV  5,2

           M Child 9: Charles Alvin Ward   9   
                Born: 1858                 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2,12,10
                Died: Mar- 5-1944          in Ritchie Co, WV  12,10

          M Child 10: Calvin B. Ward      
                Born: May-18-1860          in West Virginia  2,13,10
                Died: 1944                 in   10

          M Child 11: Smith A. Ward      
                Born: Nov-30-1862          in   2
                Died: Feb-25-1899          in   2

          M Child 12: Albert M. Ward      
                Born: Jan-15-1866          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  2,12,11
                Died: May- 1-1950          in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV  12,14


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. 316. 
(3) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, 
West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. 
(4) Death record of daughter. 
(5) Headstone. 
(6) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon 
Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged), p. 124. 
(7) Goldenseal Magazine, West Virginia Cultural Center, 
www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html, Fall 1996. 
(8) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, 
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998), Identified as Anna Ward Zinn, dau of Martin & 
Betty Gaston Ward, born in Doddridge Co, died Feb 27 1934 at age 88y2m25d. 
(9) Death record of son. 
(10) Headstone (year only) 
(11) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx) 
(12) Ritchie County WV Deaths 1941-1955, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, 
Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Dec 1998) 
(13) 1900 Census. 
(14) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate 
(http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx). "Ritchie County Cemeteries 
Through 1993" incorrectly reports death date as May 1 1956.  Middle initial 
provided by Minnie Kendall Lowther as W, but marriage record, death record and 
headstone have it as M. 

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