WARD GEORGE NEWMAN, author, was
born October 5, 1878, at
Abbeville, Henry County, and
died November I5, 1902; son of John Byrd and Lenora Evelyn (Newman) Ward (q.
v ) He was educated at
Abbeville and at Alabama polytechnic institute, 1894-95, but ill
health forced him to abandon
college. He practiced
veterinary medicine and engaged in the lumber business. Author: several
plays, unpublished; an essay
on "Love," unpublished; contributed numerous articles and poems
to the press. He was a
Democrat and Baptist. Married: December 29, 1901, at Abbeville, to Mary
Frances, daughter of John Franklin and Elenor (Goss) Craft, of
English, Scotch and Dutch-Irish descent. Last residence:
Abbeville.
Source:
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas
McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke
publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
WARD, JAMES,
farmer, was born November 1, 1783, in South Carolina and died
February 28, 1860, in Abbeville. He represented Henry County in the
Alabama legislature, 1840-1857, and during his active career
accumulated a considerable fortune, including a number of slaves. He
was a Whig and a Baptist. Married: Miranda Parrlsh. Children: 1.
Marian, m. James McKissac; 2. Eliza, m. Wesley Peebles; 3. E. J.,
jr., m. Miss Oates; 4. William, jr., m. Miss Owens; 5. Permelia, m.
W. J. Galloway; 6. John J., m. Martha Davis; 7. Mary, m. Ephraim
Oates; 8. Edward J., m. Mrs. Eliza Smith. Last residence:
Abbeville.
Source:
History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, By Thomas
McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published by The S. J. Clarke
publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb Ziegenmeyer
WARD, JOHN
BIRD, farmer, judge and
legislator, was born August 31, 1856, near Abbeville; son of John
James and Martha (Ward) Ward: grandson of James and Melissa
(Parish) Ward (q. v.) and of Joseph and Matilda (Wilcoxen) Ward,
all of Henry County, the original stock coming from England to
South Carolina, later removing to Alabama. Both families have been
farmers from earliest times. He was educated in the public schools
of Abbeville; has been mayor of that place; probate judge of Henry
County, 1907-08; and a representative from that county in the
legislature of 1888-9, 1892-3, 1894-5, 1900-01, and 1915. He
secured the establishment of the first branch experiment station
and school in Alabama, now the third district agricultural school,
at Abbeville. He is a Democrat, and a Baptist. Married: December
7, 1875, at Abbeville, Leonora Evelin, daughter of George and
Sarah (Lee) Newman, of Louisville, the former a farmer and
merchant who removed early from South Carolina to Henry County.
Children: 1. Leonora Bird, m E. C. Porter; 2. John James, m. Alice
Howell; 3. George N. (q. v.). Residence:
Abbeville.
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama
Biography, By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen, Published
by The S. J. Clarke publishing company, 1921; Submitted by Barb
Ziegenmeyer
