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Below is a family biography included in The History of White County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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H. B. Ward, a prosperous farmer and lumberman of Wards Station, was born April 26, 1844, in Milan, Ohio; a son of Elam and Christianna (Byard) Ward. The father was born in Connecticut, in December, 1806, and moved to Ohio in 1809 with his parents. His father was Col. Jared Ward, a native of England and a gallant officer of the war of 1812. Mrs. Christianna B. Ward was a native of New York State, of Scotch descent. Our subject was raised on a farm near the place of his birth, and received a good academic education. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the Federal Army, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Ohio Infantry, Ohio National Guards. He was honorably discharged December 15, 1864, and has now the discharge paper, issued at Washington, D. C. bearing Abraham Lincoln’s signature. Our subject then joined the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio Infantry Company, and served until the close of the war. He returned home, where for two years he engaged in farming, On account of feeble health he immigrated to White County, where he introduced and operated, for a short while, the first saw-mill in the county. Since that time he has been almost exclusively in the farming and lumber business. He is an energetic, able business man and good citizen; by industry and careful management he is now in very comfortable circumstances. He is a member of the K. of H., I. O. O. F. and is a Republican. April 7, 1870, he married Sallie, daughter of Wm. and Betsy Anderson. She was the mother of two children: Norman A. and Bessie. Her death occurred February 24, 1879. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. November 9, 1880, our subject wedded Ella M., daughter of James and Margaret Davis, native of Connecticut, where Mrs. Ward was born February 19, 1855. This union has resulted in the birth of three children: Sallie M., Annie Pearl and Maggie C. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are earnest members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

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This family biography is one of 38 biographies included in The History of White County, Tennessee published in 1887.  The History of White County was included within The History of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren & White Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren, White Counties of Tennessee

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