The following contribution was received from Steve Altig. Sources are available upon request. Seeking information on event dates for Joseph Ward & his wife, Edith Mason and ancestors and extended family members listed below. Can readers of the list add any information on these families??? FIRST GENERATION 1. Joseph WARD. He was married to Edith MASON. Joseph WARD and Edith MASON had the following children: +2 i. Lysander Mason WARD (born on 26 Feb 1816). SECOND GENERATION 2. Lysander Mason WARD (Joseph-1) was born on 26 Feb 1816 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. He Int. Marriage on 26 Feb 1848 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died in Jan 1901 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Steve Altig: Removed from Heath, Mass., in 1852. He was married to Nancy Sophia Shepherd HASTINGS (daughter of Ephraim HASTINGS and Lucy SHEPHERD) on 8 Jun 1842. Nancy Sophia Shepherd HASTINGS was born on 28 Dec 1820 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 25 Mar 1847 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. Lysander Mason WARD and Nancy Sophia Shepherd HASTINGS had the following children: 3 i. Joseph Tyler WARD was born on 6 May 1843 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. +4 ii. Lysander Curtis WARD (born on 17 Apr 1845). 5 iii. Solomon WARD was born on 25 Mar 1847 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. He was baptized on 5 Apr 1849 in Congregational Church, Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. He was married to Priscilla B. AVERY (daughter of Samuel AVERY and Priscilla BATES) on 23 Mar 1848 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. Priscilla B. AVERY was born on 12 Dec 1818 in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts. of Charlemont, Mass. Lysander Mason WARD and Priscilla B. AVERY had the following children: 6 i. Nancy Sophia WARD was born on 10 Mar 1849 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. THIRD GENERATION 4. Lysander Curtis WARD (Lysander Mason-2, Joseph-1) was born on 17 Apr 1845 in Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts. He died in 1928. He was married to Lucy COOK on 2 Mar 1871. Lucy COOK was born in 1846 in Near Princeton, Bureau, Illinois. She died in 1933. Lysander Curtis WARD and Lucy COOK had the following children: +7 i. Amy Bessie WARD (born on 9 May 1877). 8 ii. Mary C. WARD. 9 iii. Nancy S. WARD died on 22 Feb 1944 in Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa. 10 iv. Lucy I. WARD. 11 v. Walter WARD. 12 vi. Edyph WARD. 13 vii. Leta C. WARD died in Mar 1944 in Avoca, Pottawattamie, Iowa. FOURTH GENERATION 7. Amy Bessie WARD (Lysander Curtis-3, Lysander Mason-2, Joseph-1) was born on 9 May 1877 in Earlham, Madison, Iowa. She died on 11 Feb 1967 in Seal Beach, Orange, California. She was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California. She was married to Jerome Baxter ALTIG (son of William F. ALTIG and Elizabeth J. SHORT) on 14 Jul 1904. Jerome Baxter ALTIG was born on 28 Jun 1876 in , Cass, Iowa. He died on 22 Sep 1970 in Artesia, Los Angeles, California. He was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California.