Zebulon Ward 1822 died in Little Rock Ar in 1894. Married Mary C Worthem of Harrison County Kentucky. At 21 years of age Zeb operated a steamboat business in Nashville TN> Then he spent some time in Cuba, returning at teh outbreak of the Mexican War so he could enlist. He became a 49er during the Gold Rush and made money returning to Covington KY where he again went into the steamboat business. In 1855 he lease the Kntucky Penitentiary and use convict labor to improve the state of Kentucky. When war was declared he joined the Union Army with his friend General J.S. Jackson. After the war he went back to Nashville TN where he lease the penitentiary and was successful again. Then he lived in Lexington KY for two years where he operated a steam bagging factory. In 1870 he went to Little Rock and obtained a 10 year lease on the penitentiary, built and was owner of the Little Rock Oil Mills ans was President of the Little ROck Missippi Railroad. When the lease expried he farmed and! raised stock. A description of William Ward Taller than most of his sons, slender and lithe, shoulders broad, high cheek bones, keen penetrating eyes, dark auburn hair tied with a black ribbon in a queue which hung gracefully down his back. Erect in person and particularly neat in his dress. He wore but one style of hat-black felt, moderatly high straight crown, rather broad brim sticking straight out and never turned up at the sides. his coats were generally of black cloth of the frock or surtout style. He rode on horseback with green flannel wrappers or leggins, as they were called, tied round below the knewws. When on horseback he kept time exactly with the movements of the horse. He was haughty, high toned, impatient of contradiction or restraint and arbitrary in his manners, as were many of the old Virginians who were used to having slaves obeying orders without hesitation or question. Some thought him tyrannical and exacting, but this was by no means the case. He was a gentlemanly man in his manners kind as a neig! hbor and liberal to those in need.