This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ward, Marsalis, Rossetter, Strain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UkB.2ACI/4880 Message Board Post: I am looking for my distant cousins from the WARD family of Collin Co., TX. Armstrong F. WARD b. 17 Jul 1837 Franklin Parish, LA d. 1 Feb 1901 Collin Co. and wife Sarah Virginia (Marsalis) b. 15 May 1847 Amite Co., MS d. 17 Nov 1926 Collin Co. Both are buried Decatur-Maxwell Cem. in Murphy. Children: 1.**Martha E. "Mattie" WARD b. 17 Jun 1865 Franklin Parish, LA d. 18 Jun 1949 Collin Co. Married John Thomas ROSSETTER 22 Dec 1881. (my great grandparents). 2. Van Sweargen WARD b. 28 Nov 1867 LA d. Nov 1938 Collin Co. Married Jessie Vivian MANNING. 3. Sarah Ann WARD b. 9 Dec 1869 LA d. 14 Jul 1873 TX. 4. Sarah Eugenia "Babe" WARD b. 23 Feb 1872 LA . Married Claibourn C. GREGORY. 5. Thomas Marsalis WARD b. 28 Sep 1875 TX d. 11 Jul 1925 TX. Married Sarah Lavinia. 6. Rachel WARD b. 23 Jan 1878 d. 3 Feb 1879 Collin Co. 7. John WARD b. 14 Oct 1880 Collin Co. Married Nona SPURGEON. 8. Ernest WARD b. 8 May 1882 Collin Co. 9. Clementine Ethel "Clemmie" WARD b. 10 Dec 1891 Collin Co. d. (maybe) Menard Co. TX. Married #1 T. W. STINSON #2 F. L. BUTLER.