>Hi Laurie, While searching for your Matthew's family, please be on the lookout for any connections to Thomas W. Ward, b. 1775 SC & Isaac Ward, b. 1782 SC. They are believed to be related. I will do the same for your Mathew. Donia >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 13:45:56 -0700 >From: "Laurie Dean" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Carolinas>KY>IL>IN>KS WARDs > >Thought that it was time that I throw my WARD family out there in hopes that >there may be a connection. > >Matthew WARD >b: October 1, 1812 Greenville District, SC >d. January 1, 1899 Montana, Labette Co., KS >m. 1)Louisa TURNER (d/o Charles C. & Rebecca TURNER) probably Calloway Co., >KY 2)Mary J. SNOWDEN > >Matthew's 1st son, Lewis "Luke" Franklin WARD, was born in Daubertown, >Calloway Co., KY on May 12, 1841. > >Matthew was in KY until the 1850 census where he was in Crawford Co., IL. >Matthew and two sons joined the Civil War. One son, James M., died during >the war. Matthew stayed in Crawford Co., IL until at least 1870 or so then >by the 1880s he was in Neosho and Labette Counties, KS. > >Matthew was also in the Mexican War. > >Known children of Matthew were: Lewis "Luke" Franklin, James M., Mary J., >Betsey A; two others may be from second wife; not sure: Thomas & Sarah. > >Lewis was back and forth between Sullivan Co., IN, Crawford Co., IL, and >Neosho Co., KS. His children were: General George, Henry A. (I think stands >for Artimus), William B., Emily Frances, Marion Frances (twins that died >near birth). > >Several of us have quite a bit on the WARDs from Matthew on but am searching >for Matthew's parents. > >Does anyone have any WARD connections in Greenville, SC district in the >early 1800s? Would love to share. > >Laurie in NY Donia Neilan McDonald /\_/\ TigerMa (> *. .* <) ICQ #20837398 Like Genealogy? Check my Family Tree, maybe we're cousins!!!!! http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/c/d/Donia--N-Mcdonald/ Genealogist's never die, they just add another date to their family tree!