to John in WA mailto:[email protected] I have copied the material requested for you and will be mailing it to you shortly. Meanwhile, here are some highlights .... Thomas M. Ward is descended from a race of pioneers. His grandfather was a native of Scotland, who emigrated to the US and settled in North Carolina in the colonial times. His father, David Ward, was born in that state, but was among the early settlers in Cook County, Tennesse, where the subject of this sketch was born May 23 1815. His mother was Nancy Turk Mitchell Ward, a native of VA. Her grandfather was an officer in the Revoluntionary War. Shortly after he was born, his parents moved to Missouri ended up in Lafayette County. Thomas became an expert as a carpenter and cabinet-maker. At the age of nineteen in 1834 he married Miss Glaphgra Bowman, daughter of John Mitchell and Elizabeth Horn Bowman. In 1845 he moved to Buchanan County where he remained until 1847. His wife died on Sep 3 1849 and he came to Sonoma County and in July 1851 with his brother Nathaniel Ward, opened a blacksmith and carpenter shop in Sebastopol. Mr. Ward's second wife was Miss Elizabeth James who he married in 1850. She was the daughter of Henry F. and Kesiah Talbot James. Her father was a pioneer in every sense of the word who came to CA in 1849, taking up his residence in Humboldt County. to Mr. Ward and his first wife were born 7 children-only one of whom is now living--David M., a resident of CO. By his second marriage he had 8 chilren: William H., John L., Charles M., Edward L., James A., Benjamin F., Julia A. and George S. From Ancestry.com Thomas Mitchell Ward Born: 10 Aug 1815 [city], Cocke, White County, Tennessee, USA Died: 5 Apr 1888 Lonerock, Gilliam, Oregon, USA