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Stephen Ward 1770–1849 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1770

Birth Location: Wythe County, Virginia

Death Date: 1849

Death Location: Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America

Father: Wells 💙

Mother: Elizabeth Unknown

Spouse(s): Abigail 💙

Children(s): Jacob 💙, Nathan Ward, Julia Ward, Rebecca Ward, Ezekiel Ward, Nancy Ward, Susannah Ward, David Ward, William Ward, Abigail Ward

Stephen Ward was born in 1770 in Wythe County, Virginia, the child of Wells Ward Sr And Elizabeth Or Rebecca Unknown. In 1772, Stephen Ward resided in West Virginia, USA. Stephen Ward married Abigail Osborne, and had children including Abigail Ward, David Ward, Ezekiel Ward, Jacob Ward, Julia Ann Ward, Nancy Anna Ward, Nathan Duke Ward, Rebecca Ward, Susannah Ward, William Ward. Stephen Ward passed away in 1849 in Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Stephen Ward was born in 1770 in Wythe County, Virginia, the child of Wells Ward Sr And Elizabeth Or Rebecca Unknown.
  • In 1772, Stephen Ward resided in West Virginia, USA.
  • Stephen Ward married Abigail Osborne, and had children including Abigail Ward, David Ward, Ezekiel Ward, Jacob Ward, Julia Ann Ward, Nancy Anna Ward, Nathan Duke Ward, Rebecca Ward, Susannah Ward, William Ward.
  • Stephen Ward passed away in 1849 in Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Wells 💙
1735–1821
Birth Location: Queen Anne's Parish, P.G. County, MD
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Elizabeth Unknown
1735–1810
Birth Location: Maryland
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Spouses(s)

Abigail 💙
1778–1849
Birth Location: Old Fort Farm On New River, Grayson, Virginia, United States
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Children(s)

Jacob 💙
1803–1870
Birth Location: Grayson, Virginia, United States
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Nathan Ward
1800–1870
Birth Location: Grayson Co. VA
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Julia Ward
1822–1911
Birth Location: USA
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Rebecca Ward
1807–1875
Birth Location: Virginia, USA
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Ezekiel Ward
1801–
Birth Location: Grayson County, Virginia, USA
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Nancy Ward
1799–1895
Birth Location: Grayson County, Virginia, USA
NW
Susannah Ward
1805–
Birth Location: Grayson County, Virginia, USA
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David Ward
1823–1899
Birth Location: Grayson County, Virginia, USA
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William Ward
1799–1877
Birth Location: Grayson County, Va.
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Abigail Ward
1822–1880
Birth Location: Grayson Co., Virginia
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Stephen Ward's Ancestors

Self
Stephen Ward
1770–1849
Birth Place: Wythe County, Virginia
Parents
Wells Ward Sr 💙
1735–1821
Queen Anne's Parish, P.G. County, MD
Elizabeth (or Rebecca) Unknown
1735–1810
Maryland
Grandparents
Nathan (Wells Ward) 💙
1713–1803
Queen Anne's County, Maryland, USA
Margaret 💙
1713–
Maryland, USA
Great-Grandparents
James Ward
1672–1758
Susanna 💙
1685–1750
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas 💙
1642–1694
Elizabeth 💙
1646–1736

Stephen Ward's Descendants

1.
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Stephen Ward (1770–1849) m. Abigail (Osborne) 💙 (26 Feb 1778–2 July 1849)
  1. 1. Jacob (Ward) 💙 1803–1870 m. Nancy (Landreth) 💙 1809–1860
    1. 1. Stephen (Douglas Ward) 💙 1834–1918 m. Esther (Maria Lee) 💙 1841–1923
      1. 1. James (Henry Ward) 💙 1860–1932 m. Julia (Ellen Landreth) 💙 1868–1923
        1. 1. James (Ernest) Ward 1903–1946 m. Zelma (Mabel) Starr 1908–2020
        2. 2. Elmer (William) Ward 1905–1997 m. Bernice (Winifred) Ayers 1911–1969
        3. 3. Anna (Elizabeth) Ward 1900–1981 m. Frederick (Oren) Aughe 1879–1966 m. John Kelley 1878–1932
        4. 4. Goldie (Esther) Ward 1895–1981 m. Claude Hall 1889–1978 m. William (Clause) Gerken 1884–
        5. 5. Sylvia (Nicey) Ward 1897–1976 m. Irvin (Grant) Reddick 1889–1951 m. Elmer (J) Woodard –1963
        6. 6. Meriott (David) Ward 1891–1920 m. Ruby (Ella) Gray 1904–1977
        7. 7. Clarence (Everett) Ward 1889–1959 m. Elsie (I) Cokenour 1893– m. Emilie (M) Ward 1886–1964 m. Bessie Jones 1898–1922
        8. 8. Ray (Milo) Ward 1894–1968 m. Anna (Martha) Howard 1895– m. Dorthea (Edith) Hutchinson 1903–2007 m. Stachey (Belle) Valdick 1898–1955
        9. 9. Ethel (Jolina) Ward 1911–
        10. 10. Julia (Ellen Ward) 💙 1914–1985 m. Clifford (Raymond) Jones 1914–1974 m. Laron (J) Coffman 1907–1990
      2. 2. Lily Ward 1875–1957 m. John (W) Landreth 1870–1932
        1. 1. Lula (May) Landreth 1892–1973 m. Perry Neal 1886–1969
        2. 2. June (Georgia) Landreth 1913–1986 m. William (Bryant) Hickerson 1899–1977
        3. 3. Alva (Leo) Landreth 1893–1972 m. Eva (May) Polen 1901–1977
        4. 4. Belva (Gladys) Landreth 1911–2002 m. Clyde (Nelson Danforth, Jr.) Jr. 1903–1990
        5. 5. Dorthy (Imogene "June") Landreth 1906–1975 m. Olaf (Bernhard) Peterson 1892–1973
        6. 6. Bessie (Viola) Landreth 1908–1967 m. Harold (Arthur) Peter 1906–1983
        7. 7. Elsie (M) Landreth 1896–
        8. 8. Laura (E) Landreth 1900–
      3. 3. Mary (Jane) Ward 1859–1935 m. Thomas (Jefferson) Bass 1858–1936
        1. 1. Nova (Merritt) Bass 1885–1949 m. Ethel (Mae) Becker 1893–1979 m. Iva (Maude) Robinson 1892–1911
        2. 2. Vallie (Leroy) Bass 1900–1980 m. Frances (Joyce) Anderson 1901–1973
        3. 3. Ira (Thomas) Bass 1882–1916 m. Belle Mayfield 1879–
        4. 4. Archie (Orville) Bass 1887–1968 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Herrick 1895–1978
        5. 5. Pearl (May) Bass 1881–1907 m. Daniel Fyock 1873–1952
        6. 6. Hazel (Ethel) Bass 1893–1968 m. John (Henry) Walker 1887–1963
        7. 7. Frances (Lola) Bass 1898–1967 m. Rov (P) Cartwright 1881–1915
        8. 8. Flossie (Elenore) Burke 1896–1968 m. Columbus (Julius) Rose 1892–1952 m. Manes (Francis) Burke 1890–1971
        9. 9. Bessie Bass 1889–1895
      4. 4. Martha (Ellen) Ward 1863–1897 m. John (Wesley) McGuire 1855–1928
        1. 1. Maude (Mae) McGuire 1888–1931 m. James (William) Kennedy 1885–1915 m. Guy Hooker 1892–1973
        2. 2. Clyde (Thomas) McGuire 1893–1960 m. Ida (Mae) Cave 1896–1980
        3. 3. Harvey (W) McGuire 1884–1953 m. Mary (Emily) Hightshoe 1882–1964
      5. 5. Matilda Ward 1866–1923
      6. 6. Eva Ward 1868–1952 m. Columbus (L.) Freeman 1856–1943
        1. 1. Stella (M) Freeman 1887– m. Charles (Henry) Mahoney 1886–1952
        2. 2. Earnest (Alvin) Freeman 1886–1918 m. Ella Mahin 1887–1976
        3. 3. Laverne (William) Freeman 1890–1944 m. Grace 1890–1912 m. Elsie (Mary) Maas 1891–1972
        4. 4. Stephen (L) Freeman 1890–
      7. 7. Rosa (Cecil) Ward 1870–1949 m. Lorenzo (Dow) Mayfield 1858–1945
        1. 1. Elmer (Cleavland) Mayfield 1888–1970 m. Ada (Mathilda) Moore 1893–1984
        2. 2. Orville (James) Mayfield 1894–1946 m. Agnes (M) Thompsen 1914–1994
        3. 3. Nellie (Belle) Mayfield 1896–1957 m. Paul (Otto) Laubsch 1883–1947
        4. 4. Luella (M) Mayfield 1880–
        5. 5. Grace (Mildred) Mayfield 1909–1983 m. Albert (Nathan) Sutton 1907–
        6. 6. Charles (E) Mayfield 1891–1917
      8. 8. Stephen (Franklin) Ward 1880–1965 m. Ida (Mae) Washburn 1890–1980 m. Rosa Anderson 1886–1969
        1. 1. Howard (Henry) Ward 1911–1971 m. Mae (Ida) Hardman 1923–1995
        2. 2. Mable Ward 1916–1987 m. Richard Gilbert 1912– m. Leroy (James) Buskirk 1908–1940
        3. 3. Daisy Ward 1918–1980 m. Philip (Brisbin) Buskirk 1893–1988
        4. 4. Della (Ann) Ward 1926–2007 m. Frank (Wesely) Etherton 1923–2004
        5. 5. Bertha (May) Ward 1910–1910
        6. 6. Lily Ward 1912–2008 m. Rolland (Corbon) Cox 1910–2004
        7. 7. Beulah (Ellen) Ward 1914–1971 m. Richard (Earl) Buskirk 1911–1934 m. Edwin (Stanley) Gilbert 1902–1970
      9. 9. Lawrence (Roscoe) Ward 1884– m. Sarah (Ann) Saylors 1884–1928
        1. 1. Esther (Jane) Ward 1912–2008 m. Glen (John) Kuhn 1909–1976
        2. 2. Roy (Willard) Ward 1915–1995 m. Margaret (Louise) Zielske 1903–1989
        3. 3. Dillard (Roscoe) Ward 1902–1986
        4. 4. Lucy (May) Ward 1904–1994
        5. 5. Leonard (W) Ward 1908–1913
    2. 2. Mary Ward 1840–1915 m. Jacob (Henry) Spurgeon 1811–1875 m. George (W) Scott 1827–1911
      1. 1. Evelina (Alvira) Spurgeon 1864–1928 m. William (Eugene) Brown 1862–1937
        1. 1. Elmer (J) Brown 1883–1952
        2. 2. William (J) Brown 1890–1973
        3. 3. Pearl (E) Brown 1892–1942 m. William Owens 1889–1982
        4. 4. Nellie (Delilah) Brown 1894–1975
        5. 5. Lewis (Curtis) Brown 1897–1968
        6. 6. Charlotte (E) Brown 1901–1944
        7. 7. Mary (Francis) Brown 1883–1933
        8. 8. Myrtle (Maude) Brown 1887–1944
      2. 2. Nancy (Ella) Spurgeon 1860–1929
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Spurgeon 1862–1940
      4. 4. William (D) Spurgeon 1867–1928
      5. 5. Ida Spurgeon 1871–1949
      6. 6. Cora (A) Spurgeon 1871–1941
    3. 3. Susannah Ward 1844–1903 m. William (Van) Debord 1844–1930
      1. 1. Ralph (Franklin) Debord 1881–1976 m. Flossie Nelson 1892–1924
      2. 2. Solomon (Wilson) Debord 1870–1945
      3. 3. Mary (Etta) Debord 1873–1959
      4. 4. Martha (Jane) Debord 1877–1961 m. William (Oscar) Chenoweth 1873–1960
    4. 4. Solomon Ward 1832–1892 m. Alzina Lee 1840–1917
      1. 1. Calvin (Elsworth) Ward 1868–1932 m. Ida (Burilla) Thomason 1871–1946
        1. 1. Helen (May) Ward 1901–1937
        2. 2. Guy (Monroe) Ward 1903–1980 m. Lyla Montgomery 1903–1982
        3. 3. Alma (Lea) Ward 1900–1952
      2. 2. William (Sherman) Ward 1865–1939
      3. 3. John (Liberty) Ward 1857–1935
      4. 4. Nancy (C) Ward 1862–1926
      5. 5. Mary (J) Ward 1859–
      6. 6. Martha (A) Ward 1863–1876
      7. 7. Susan (Lillian) Ward 1870–1951
    5. 5. William (B) Ward 1846–1927 m. Alsova Nerd 1851–1920
      1. 1. Bertha Ward 1872–1957
      2. 2. N. (Jane) Ward 1875–
      3. 3. John (T.) Ward 1879–
      4. 4. Mary (C) Ward 1878–1966
      5. 5. Wansa (J) Ward 1875–
    6. 6. Calvin Ward 1831–1904 m. Sarah (Jane) Debard 1839–1918
    7. 7. Patience Ward 1836–
    8. 8. Jacob Ward 1852–
      1. 1. Henry (Frank) Ward 1883–1937
    9. 9. Eleanor Ward 1842–
    10. 10. Nancy (J) Ward 1848–
    11. 11. Abigail Ward 1838–
    12. 12. Mary (Ann) Spurgeon 1862–
    13. 13. A (E) Spurgeon 1864–
  2. 2. Nathan (Duke) Ward 1800–1870 m. Sarah (Malinda) Tester 1803–1860
  3. 3. Julia (Ann) Ward 1822–1911 m. James (Warren) Poe 1824–1890
  4. 4. Rebecca Ward 1807–1875 m. John Landreth 1807–1875
    1. 1. Nathaniel Landreth 1847–1880 m. Martha (Jane) Lee 1847–1915
  5. 5. Ezekiel Ward 1801–
  6. 6. Nancy (Anna) Ward 1799–1895 m. Jacob Fetzer 1793–1827
  7. 7. Susannah Ward 1805–
  8. 8. David Ward 1823–1899 m. Minerva Weathers 1826–1919
  9. 9. William Ward 1799–1877 m. Phebe Greenstreet 1808–1887
  10. 10. Abigail Ward 1822–1880

Stephen Ward's Timeline

8 Records

1770
1770
Birth of Stephen Ward in Wythe County, Virginia
Wythe County, Virginia
1772
1772-1952
Age 2
Stephen Ward resided here in West Virginia, USA
West Virginia, USA
1788
1788
Age 18
Birth of Stephen Ward in Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
1820
7 Aug 1820
Age 50
Stephen Ward resided here in Grayson, Virginia, USA
Grayson, Virginia, USA
1830
1830
Age 60
Stephen Ward resided here in Grayson, Virginia, USA
Grayson, Virginia, USA
1840
1840
Age 70
Stephen Ward resided here in Grayson, Virginia, USA
Grayson, Virginia, USA
1849
1849
Age 79
Death of Stephen Ward in Grayson County, Va.
Grayson County, Va.
1849
1849
Age 79
Death of Stephen Ward in Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1788
    Event Place: Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1770
    Event Place: Wythe County, Virginia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1772-1952
    Event Place: West Virginia, USA
    Record Source: Sims index to land grants in West Virginia

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 7 Aug 1820
    Event Place: Grayson, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia; Page: 54; NARA Roll: M33_131; Image: 71

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Grayson, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia; Series: M19; Roll: 190; Page: 283; Family History Library Film: 0029669

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Grayson, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: 1840 United States Federal Census, Year: 1840; Census Place: Grayson, Virginia; Roll: 555; Family History Library Film: 0029685

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1849
    Event Place: Grayson County, Va.
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1849
    Event Place: Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bridle Creek, Grayson County, Virginia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
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