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    1. [CIVIL-WAR] Brigadier General Henry Clay WARD (1843 - 1925)
    2. Dear Listers, I would like to know where the above-named gentleman is buried - it may be at Pine Grove Cemetery, Leicester, Massachusetts, as his first wife, Susan Maria (Susie) DENNY (1843 - 1873), is believed to be buried there. I have found an obituary for the General, as follows: Newspaper Cutting (New York Times) 17/11/1925: 'Gen. Henry Clay Ward Dies At The Age Of 82. Fought Throughout the Civil War, was Wounded – Got Brevet for Bravery. Wellesley Hills, Mass., Nov. 16 (AP). – Brig. Gen. Henry Clay Ward, Civil War veteran, died today at his home here at the age of 82. He was born in Worcester, son of Artemas Ward 2nd, and was educated in the public schools there. Forty-four years of his life were spent in army service. His retirement was in 1905. He served throughout the Civil War, in the Army of the Potomac, and was in the battle of Ball's Bluff, the siege of Yorktown and other engagements. He was wounded several times. General Ward was captured while taking part in the siege of Fort Stedman, Va., and was confined in Libby Prison from March 25, 1865, until the capture of Richmond, when he rejoined his regiment and continued with it until Lee's surrender. He was breveted Captain for bravery in the action about Fort Stedman. General Ward is survived by a daughter, Miss Ward of Wellesley Hills, and a son Arthur L. Ward, of this city, a veteran of the French Ambulance Service and the Serbian Relief Expedition in the World War.' But there's no mention of the funeral or the burial place. Yours, etc. Geoffrey Woollard in Cambridgeshire, England (researching the DENNY family in England and America).

    11/11/2003 06:12:08