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Joshua Whitfield (Whit) Ward 1853–1928 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1853

Birth Location: Ashe County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 26 Mar 1928

Death Location: Maben, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA

Father: William Sr

Mother: Rebecca Ham

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Joshua Whitfield (Whit) Ward was born in 1853 in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA, the child of William Billy Joshua Ward Sr And Rebecca Becky Landreth Ham. Joshua Whitfield (Whit) Ward passed away in 1928 in Maben, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA.

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Biography

  • Joshua Whitfield (Whit) Ward was born in 1853 in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA, the child of William Billy Joshua Ward Sr And Rebecca Becky Landreth Ham.
  • Joshua Whitfield (Whit) Ward passed away in 1928 in Maben, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA.

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Joshua Ward's Ancestors

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Joshua Ward
1853–1928
Birth Place: Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
William "Billy" Joshua Ward Sr
1820–1900
Grayson County, Virginia, USA
Rebecca ((Becky) Landreth) Ham
1821–1900
Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
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Joshua Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1853
1853
Birth of Joshua Whitfield (Whit) Ward in Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
1928
26 Mar 1928
Age 75
Death of Joshua Whitfield (Whit) Ward in Maben, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
Maben, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1853
    Event Place: Ashe County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1928
    Event Place: Maben, Wyoming, West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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