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Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward 1807–1881 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1807

Birth Location: North Carolina

Death Date: 1881

Death Location: Calhoun City, Calhoun, Mississippi, USA

Father: Thomas Ward

Mother: Elizabeth Pugh

Spouse(s): Mary Ashcraft

Children(s): Johnathan Ward

Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward was born in 1807 in North Carolina, the child of Thomas W Ward And Elizabeth Sarah Pugh. Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward married Mary Polly Ashcraft, and had children including Johnathan Ward. Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward passed away in 1881 in Calhoun City, Calhoun, Mississippi, USA.

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Biography

  • Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward was born in 1807 in North Carolina, the child of Thomas W Ward And Elizabeth Sarah Pugh.
  • Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward married Mary Polly Ashcraft, and had children including Johnathan Ward.
  • Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward passed away in 1881 in Calhoun City, Calhoun, Mississippi, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Ward
1775–1854
Birth Location: South Carolina, USA
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Elizabeth Pugh
1783–1860
Birth Location: Randolph, North Carolina, United States
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Spouses(s)

Mary Ashcraft
1807–1887
Birth Location: Lanes Creek, Anson, North Carolina, USA
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Children(s)

Johnathan Ward
1828–1880
Birth Location: Mississippi, USA
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Ezekiel Ward's Ancestors

Self
Ezekiel Ward
1807–1881
Birth Place: North Carolina
Parents
Thomas W Ward
1775–1854
South Carolina, USA
Elizabeth (Sarah) Pugh
1783–1860
Randolph, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
John (Edward) WARD
1756–1837
Deep River, Duplin, North Carolina, United States
Winifred Horne
1764–1819
Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States
Thomas (Scott Hill Pugh) Sr
1758–1846
Alamance County, North Carolina, USA
Eva (Barbara) AMICK
1763–1845
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
John Sr
1725–1780
Vert VanHorne
1725–1790
Nicholus Emich
1719–1798
Eva Rausch
1722–1798
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Col. Jr
1694–1755
BARBARA Smith
1697–1738
Johannes (Emich\Amick)
1688–1773
Eva Rotter
1692–1759
Peter Rausch
1700–1760
Anne CAMMERERIN
1700–1766

Ezekiel Ward's Descendants

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Ezekiel ("Elcaney" Elkanah) Ward (1807–1881) m. Mary ("Polly") Ashcraft (8 Aug 1807–28 Jun 1887)
  1. 1. Johnathan Ward 1828–1880 m. Columbia Ward 1847–1889
    1. 1. Levy (E) Ward 1868–1944 m. Leon Ward 1891–1946
      1. 1. Lonnie Ward 1902–1985 m. Omia (Mae) Aston 1907–1984
        1. 1. Q. (T.) Ward 1927–1982 m. Zona (Belle) Waldrip 1929–2010
        2. 2. Erma (Faye) Walgenbach 1944–2022
        3. 3. Paul (Leon) Ward 1929–2004
        4. 4. Edmond (D) Ward 1934–2006
        5. 5. Levy (Mae Ward) Naron 1936–1994
        6. 6. Vida (Mae) Ward 1938–2017
      2. 2. Lillie (L) Ward 1898–1980
      3. 3. Lettie Ward 1899–
    2. 2. Mary Ward 1857–1908
    3. 3. Melisse Ward 1860–1880
    4. 4. William Ward –1946
    5. 5. Eliza (Ann) Ward 1856–1936
    6. 6. Silas (Edgar) Ward 1882–1889
    7. 7. Lula (Pearl) Ward 1870–1946
    8. 8. Martha Ward 1862–1908
    9. 9. Presley Hair 1886–

Ezekiel Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1807
1807
Birth of Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward in North Carolina
North Carolina
1881
1881
Age 74
Death of Ezekiel "Elcaney" Elkanah Ward in Calhoun City, Calhoun, Mississippi, USA
Calhoun City, Calhoun, Mississippi, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1807
    Event Place: North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Calhoun City, Calhoun, Mississippi, USA
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