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Ledrue K. WARD

Ledrue K. WARD

Male 1890 - 1943  (53 years)

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  • Name Ledrue K. WARD  [1, 2] 
    Born 10 Feb 1890  Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1900, 1910  Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation oil well rig builder  [2] 
    Residence Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Died 8 Aug 1943  Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Auburn Community Cemetery, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Notes 
    • A grand-nephew, Larry Bartlett, tells this story: "Dad's aunts and uncles often visited the farm, bringing the latest gossip to Shady Lane. A favorite visitor was his colorful uncle, Ledrue Ward. During the oil boom years, Ledrue made good money as a derrick contractor. He raced around Ritchie County in a Stutz Bearcat, indulging a taste for liquor and shouting his strange oath: 'Son of a gun to Peeroo!' When I was a boy in the 1940's, I was taken to see Ledrue on his deathbed. He gave me a fistful of coins to buy ice cream and candy, saying: 'Son of a gun to Peeroo, boys need to have fun.' Those words seemed to summarize his high-spirited life." [5]
    Person ID I38057  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 29 Jun 2013 

    Father Thomas Floyd WARD,   b. 4 Mar 1852, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1929  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Frances Virginia FRYMIER,   b. 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1910  (Age 56 years) 
    Family ID F3345  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Essie Mona HARDESTY,   b. 20 May 1888, Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jun 1931, Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years)  [6, 7] 
    Married 29 Dec 1911  Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F15159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1630] Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985)).

    2. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (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.

    4. [S123] Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995).

    5. [S1883] Goldenseal Magazine, (West Virginia Cultural Center, www.wvlc.wvnet.edu/culture/goldensl.html), Fall 1996.

    6. [S1588] Death record of wife.

    7. [S1620] Death record of husband.