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Joshua John Ward 1875 – 1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Apr 1875

Birth Location: Georgetown

Death Date: 6 Mar 1961

Death Location: Pawley's Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina

Father: Benjamin Ward

Mother: Jane Sparkman

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Joshua John Ward was born in 1875 in Georgetown, the child of Benjamin Huger Ward and Jane McCrady Sparkman. Joshua John Ward passed away in 1961 in Pawley's Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina.

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Biography

  • Joshua John Ward was born in 1875 in Georgetown, the child of Benjamin Huger Ward and Jane McCrady Sparkman.
  • Joshua John Ward passed away in 1961 in Pawley's Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina.

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Joshua Ward's Ancestors

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Joshua Ward
1875 – 1961
Birth Place: Georgetown
Parents
Benjamin Huger Ward
1841 – 1903
Brook Green Plantation,Georgetown, SC
Jane (McCrady) Sparkman
1853 – 1897
Dirleton Plantation, Georgetown, South Carolina
Grandparents
James (Ritchie) Sparkman
1815 – 1897
South Carolina
Mary (Elizabeth) Heriot
1827 – 1912
Mount Areana Plantation, Georgetown, South Carolina, United States
Great-Grandparents
Edward Heriot
1793 – 1854
Elizabeth Stark
1801 – 1866
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Stark
1762 – 1830
Mary Winn
1766 – 1801

Joshua Ward's Timeline

2 Records

1875
19 Apr 1875
Birth of Joshua John Ward in Georgetown
Georgetown
1961
6 Mar 1961
Age 86
Death of Joshua John Ward in Pawley's Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina
Pawley's Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Apr 1875
    Event Place: Georgetown
    Record Source: South Carolina, Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina, Birth Records, 1877-1901

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1961
    Event Place: Pawley's Island, Georgetown County, South Carolina

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