Generation No. 1
1. GEORGE R.1 WARD was born 1803 in Tennessee, and died Aft. 1880 in Oklahoma Territory. He was the son of Thomas Benton Ward. His father may have died at the Alamo. (Please see excerpt from Mrs. Amanda R. Wood widow of E. W. (Ed) Wood, a daughter of George R. Ward and Ollie (Day) Ward below) He married OLIVIA "OLLIE" DAY February 07, 1848 in Claiborne Co., TN, daughter of JOHN DAY and NANCY HURST.
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Subj: Ward/Day Descendants Joe, attached is what I have put together so far. Still some work to do on this family. Also, noticed when I was going through what I copied today: In Webster Co, MO 1870 census on the same page as George and Eliza Evans, their dau Lucinda and Hugh G. Moore, dau. Margaret V. and John Bartlett, was a Neill BREEDING family and some HURST individuals. Breeding, Neill 42 VA; Rebecca 40 Tenn; Mahala 16 Tenn; America 14, Rhoda I 11, David N. 7, and Margaret E. 5, all b. MO. James HURST 6 TX is listed with this family Families are all next to each other, or with one household in between. These were all farms. Ward/Day Descendants for Two generations, if you want more I can send them. They are the descendants of Martha Ward and Richard Melton. If I find more info on any of these families do you want? Also which other siblings of Ollie do you think came to Mo and I can look for them, the only ones I looked for today was Eliza because I could see from your webpage that they resided here. |
Children of GEORGE WARD and OLIVIA (Ollie) DAY are:
i. MARGARET2 WARD, b. Abt. 1841.
ii. AMANDA WARD, b. Abt. 1849.
iii. RAMSONE WARD, b. Abt. 1851.
2. iv. MARTHA WARD, b. August 1853, TN; d. 1927.
v. BENTON WARD, b. Abt. 1854.
vi. NANCY WARD, b. Abt. 1858; m. JAMES HODGE, March 14, 1878, Christian
Co., Mo.
3. vii. LUCY J. WARD, b. January 17, 1860, Mo; d. January 07, 1929, MO.
viii. SARAH E. WARD, b. Abt. 1863.
Generation No. 2
2. MARTHA2 WARD (GEORGE R.1) was born August 1853 in TN, and died 1927. She married RICHARD MELTON October 04, 1874 in Christian County MO1.
More About MARTHA WARD:
Fact 1: bur Jones-Chastain Cemetery, Nixa
More About RICHARD MELTON:
Fact 1: bur Jones-Chastain Cemetery, Nixa
Children of MARTHA WARD and RICHARD MELTON are:
4. i. CHARLES3 MELTON, b. August 1875; d. Aft. 1958.
5. ii. CLAUDE MELTON, b. 1878, Mo; d. March 05, 1918, Christian County
MO.
iii. WILLIAM MELTON, b. 1880; d. Bef. 1958.
iv. BELL MELTON, b. May 1883; d. Aft. 1958; m. WILLIAM BILLINGSLY.
6. v. LEE MELTON, b. May 1883; d. January 1958, Highlandville, Christian
Co MO.
vi. PERCY MELTON, b. June 1885; d. 1936; m. TINNA DE BOIE, 1910.
More About PERCY MELTON:
Fact 1: bur Highlandville Cem, Christian Co Mo
vii. STEPHEN MELTON, b. January 1890; d. Bef. 1958; m.
BELLE DAVIS.
viii. MAGGIE MELTON, b. January 1890; d. January 12, 1971; m. TROY STOCKSTILL.
3. LUCY J.2 WARD (GEORGE R.1) was born January 17, 1860 in Mo, and died January 07, 1929 in MO. She married WILLIAM LANDERS February 20, 1877 in Christian Co., Mo.
More About LUCY J. WARD:
Burial: Hammond Cemetery, Christian Co., M0
More About WILLIAM LANDERS:
Burial: Hammond Cemetery, Christian Co., M0
Children of LUCY WARD and WILLIAM LANDERS are:
i. DEJY J3 LANDERS, b. January 1879.
ii. WILLIAM E LANDERS, b. November 1882.
iii. RANSOM F LANDERS, b. December 1883.
iv. STELLA R LANDERS, b. December 1884.
v. LELA P LANDERS, b. April 1886.
vi. TROY LANDERS, b. May 1888.
vii. MOLLIE W LANDERS, b. May 1891.
viii. ADELA M LANDERS, b. February 1893.
ix. BECCA LANDERS, b. May 1894.
x. ROXIANNA LANDERS, b. July 1895.
xi. AUTIE LANDERS, b. October 1899.
xii. ILA LANDERS, b. Abt. 1903.
Subj: [Fwd: WARD]
Date: 8/5/98 8:00:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: crussell@dialnet.net (Cara Russell)
To: JPayne5744@Aol.com
CC: crussell@mail.dialnet.net
Joe, I received this narrative tonight which answers some more questions about George R. Ward. This is a narrative by his dau. Amanda and explains where they were for the missing years and solves some of the puzzle about the Alamo etc. I thought this was priceless, I hope you enjoy it. See Fulkerson transcripts for Alamo info--in it he states that George died at the Alamo. It seems it was Thomas, father of George. I couldn't remember if we discussed this or not.
You all have been great. Thanks again for taking the time to reply. Thanks also for your great Day data on the web page.
Keep in touch.
Cara Russell in Springfield, Mo.
George R. Ward of Webster County, Missouri
1860 Census-Webster Co., MO Benton Township
517- George R. Ward 57 TN
Olly 37 TN
Amanda 12 TN
Ramsone 9 TN
Martha 7 TN
Benton 6 TN
Nancy 2 MO [ca 1858]
Lucy J. 11/12 MO
[This George Ward moved to Christian Co., MO.] >From The Turnbo Manuscripts Mrs. Amanda R. Wood widow of E. W. (Ed) Wood is a daughter of George R. Ward and Ollie (Day) Ward and was born in Claiburne [sic] County Tennessee December 10, 1848. Mrs. Wood said that her parents brought her with them from Tenn. to Webster County Mo. hen she was 7 years old and settled on Osage Creek three miles east of Marshfield. She said, "My father was born in Grainger County Tenn. in the year 1803 and died in the western part of Oklahoma territory at the age of 92 years. My mother died In Chris an County, Mo. and is buried in the Finley Graveyard on Finley Creek. Mrs. Wood says that she remembers the first school she was sent to which was taught on Osage Creek near her fathers home in Webster County. The school was taught by Mrs. Victoria Maupin in a log cabin with puncheon floor and split logs for benches and wide fire place. Some of the young ladies who were school mates of mine at this 3 months subscription school were Lorinda Pendleman, her and I were considered the champion spellers at this school. There were two of the Garvin girls - Lizy and Sally, Dol e Smith and two of the Evens girls Jennie and Mary and Louisa Calloway all of which were my school associates. I and Mr. Wood was married at Bellfonte Ark. April 9, 1868. He died near Protem Taney County Mo. August 25, 1905 and is buried in the cemetery t Protem." It is well known [and] is history that the Alamo at Austin Texas fell on the 6th of March 1836 and its surviving brave defenders were all slaughtered without the least show of mercy toward them. Among some of the most noted men who fell there were Davy rocket, William Travis, and James Bowie. The last named was the maker of the Bowie knife. All of the men who fell in the Alamo were devoted and fearless and yielded up their lives in defense of Texas. Mrs. Wood says that her grandfather Thomas Benton Wa was one of the number of those brave fellows who were massacreed by the Mexicans in the Alamo. He went to Texas from Knoxville Tenn. "My grandfather Ward also fought in the war of 1812. My father informed me that when he was only 9 years old he taken grandfather to the place of appointment where the men were enlisted in the army of the war of 1812. " When Mrs. Wood give me this information she was living on the Hester Place near the Hester school house in the south east part of Taney County, Mo."
I haven't followed this family in later census records. Where did the children live in later years?
Suzanne
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