of Allen County, Ohio · documented from the public record
The family in the record
John Ward 1795 – 1842
parentsAbraham Ward & Christiana Ward
John Ward⚭ Rosamond Harper
childrenMargaret Ward · Samuel H. Ward · Joseph Ward · Rebecca Ward · Simon Ward · Elizabeth Ward
Their story
What the record says
Portrait and Biographical Record, Ohio.
Second son of Abraham and Christiana Ward.
Removed to Champaign county, Ohio 1812 (Union township).
Entered 80 acres in Bath township 1828, moved to Allen county Jan 1830.
Taught school, farmed.
First clerk of Allen county court, also recorder.
Military commissions as captain, colonel and brigadier-general.
Democrat and Presbyterian, helped organize Presbyterian church at Lima.
Died December 25, 1842.
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