Stephen Ward and Hannah Thurston

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Husband Stephen Ward ¹

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           Born:  - near Martinsburg, VA
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         Father: James Ward (      -      ) 2
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       Marriage:  - Virginia

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Wife Hannah Thurston ³

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Children

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1 M Thomas Ward ⁴

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           Born: 27 Feb 1811 5
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           Died: 18 May 1891 4
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Williams (1817-1846) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen Ward

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He followed farming and stock raising, and in politics affiliated with the Whig party. The family finally moved [from Virginia] to Washington County, Pennsylvania, locating near Malden, in East Bethlehem township. He and his wife were both members of the M. E. Church.

He was a native of Maryland, of English descent, who passed his youth in that state. When a young man he came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and settled on a farm near Bentleyville, where he worked 'Squire Bentley's farm on shares. While living in Maryland he was married. In political opinion he was a Democrat. He was thrown from a load of hay, the accident resulting in his death.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 979, 1180.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1180.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 979, 1181.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 980, 1181.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1181.