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Descendants of Joseph Lewis Ward

Generation No. 2


2. CATHERINE2 WARD (JOSEPH LEWIS1) was born 1827 in Casey Co, Kentucky, and died Unknown. She married ISAAC CANNON April 05, 1844 in Marion Co, IN. He died Unknown.

More About ISAAC CANNON and CATHERINE WARD:
Marriage: April 05, 1844, Marion Co, IN
     
Children of CATHERINE WARD and ISAAC CANNON are:
  i.   RACHEL ANN3 CANNON, d. Unknown.
  ii.   JAMES CANNON, d. Unknown.
  iii.   NANCY CANNON, d. Unknown.
  iv.   REBECCA CANNON, d. Unknown.
  v.   SARAH ELLEN CANNON, d. Unknown.


3. JOHN LEWIS2 WARD (JOSEPH LEWIS1) was born April 27, 1830 in Casey Co, Kentucky, and died April 23, 1904 in Hutton Valley, Missouri. He married SUSAN AMANDA MILES September 17, 1857 in Loogootee, Martin Co, Missouri, daughter of CHARLES MILES and ELIZABETH CLEMENTS. She was born November 10, 1838 in Casey Co, Kentucky, and died July 13, 1917.

Notes for JOHN LEWIS WARD:
      John Lewis Ward was born either Washington County (now Marion) or at Casey County, Kentucky. His christening was recorded, by Father John Wathen, at Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church 1 May 1831. Elizabeth Montgomery was his sponsor. John's firt federal census, at age 9, was in Adair County, Kentucky, 1840, but he ws not named specifically, only the head of the household was named. In the 1850 census of Daviess County, Indiana, John L. was listed as 19 years of age, a farmer, and living in the household of his parents. In 1857 John married Susan Amanda Miles. Susan was almost 19, John was 27. The marriage was performed by a Justice of the Peace in the home of the bride's parents. On 23 November 1857 they repeated their vows at St John's Church in Loogootee, Indiana; Father J. Mougin performed the ceremony which was witnessed by John and Nancy Somers.
      Family tradition says that John and Susan were second cousins. John and Susan lived in the same neighborhood since they were teenagers; their parents had been friends in Kentucky before moving to Indiana.
      John was a farmer when he was drafted into the Union Army 14 August 1862 to fight in the Civil War. Child #3 was just over a month old at the time. John was enrolled in Co. B of the 80th Regiment of the Indiana Volunteer Infantry commanded by C.S. Dobbins and William Mosier. He had a difficult time during his time in the army.
      As stated in 1890 on his application for an invalid pension: In December 1862 at Columbia, Kentucky, he "contracted a severe cold which resulted in disease of lungs and disease of kidneys and resulting general debility and diarrhea and rhumatism and failur of heart. He was also treated for lung fever at Kingston, Tennessee in November and December 1863". He was in three hospitals in Kentucky during this time--Columbia, Louisville, Elizabethtown--seeking relief from the above problems. Another member of John's company said that John was coughing, complaining of pains in his lungs, and was spitting up blood. He was also treated for chronic hepatitis. Almost three years after he entered the army, he was honorably discharged at Salisbury, North Carolina on 22 June 1865.     
      At age 59 John's physical appearance was listed on his army pension application as 6 feet tall, black hair, gray eyes and a fair complexion. At this timehe stated that although he had been in good, sound physical condition when drafted, he was now "entriely disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor by reason of his injuries, above listed, received in the service of the United States.
      The family lived in several places in Indiana and Missouri before settling in Hutton Valley, Howell Co., Missouri sometime before 1885. Even after these many moves trying to improve their financial circumstances, the family remained poor. John and Susan were raised as catholics so they raised their family as Catholics.
1870 Census, Daviess Co, Indiana, Reeves Township 245-219: John age 39; Susan A. 30; Joseph 9, Susan 8, Elizabeth 4, Charles 2.
1900 Census in Hutton Valley: Susan stated she had given birth to 13 children, 9 pf which were living. John and Susan had living with them their two single sons, William and George.

More About JOHN LEWIS WARD:
Burial: Unknown, White Church, Missouri

Notes for SUSAN AMANDA MILES:
Susan Amanda Miles had much sorrow to bear during her life. She lost four children; carried on the family welfare while John was away at war for three years; and when he returned he was not well and found it difficult to support the growing family. After almost forty-seven years of marriage, she became a widow. After John's death, she lived with her children. On the 1910 Census of Howell Co, Missouri, she appeared living with her unmarried son, George. In her ovituary, all nine of her living children were mentioned as having provided her witha home at some time during the thirteen years she lived as a widow.
      On March 26, 1911, the house at Hutton Valley, Missouri and its contents were destroyed by fire. Susan had to get an application for a new pension certificate. She then lived at RFD #1, Pomona, Missouri. Her daughter, Elizabeth McCann, signed as her witness. When making application for the pension, other witnesses judged the value of her personal property to be $230, and her 125 acres were valued at $300. When the new certificate was issued, it showed that as a result of John's service in the army, Susan had been paid $8.00 a month (from 1904-1908). The amount was raised in 1908 to $12.00. At the time of her death in 1917, she was receiving$20.00 per month.
      When Susan died, her daugher, Rose J Robbins, made application for reimbursemnet from her mother's pension in order to for her burial. They had no life, accident or health insurance for Susan. She left no money, real estate, or personal property of any kind. The cause of death was listed as "enterocolitis". she had been ill from June 23 until July 13 and staying at home with Rose at Hutton Valley. Her sickness and burial expenses were listed: Physician, T. Ferrell $36.80; Medicine, furnished by physician; nursing care, daughter, no charge; undertaker, W.M. Hubbs $10.00; livery, F.M. Haynes $10.00; cemetery, no charge. The family had to ask the government for $56.00
      John and Susan are buried side by side at the White Church cemetery, n the little graveyard behind the little Catholic Church at White Church, Missouri. She has no headstone to mark her grave.

More About SUSAN AMANDA MILES:
Burial: Unknown, White Church, Missouri

More About JOHN WARD and SUSAN MILES:
Marriage: September 17, 1857, Loogootee, Martin Co, Missouri
     
Children of JOHN WARD and SUSAN MILES are:
  i.   DELPHENA3 WARD, b. 1858, Washington, Daviess Co, Indiana; d. 1858, Washington, Daviess Co, Indiana.
  Notes for DELPHENA WARD:
Delphena has never been listed on any official records that have been found. She died at 3 months of age. She was named as the first born child in some private papers of her brother Joe.

7. ii.   JOSEPH F. (JOE) WARD, b. December 07, 1860, Washington, Daviess Co, IN; d. December 24, 1942, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  iii.   SUSANNA (ANNA) WARD, b. June 07, 1862, Washington, Daviess Co, IN; d. September 20, 1880, Pierce City, Missouri.
  Notes for SUSANNA (ANNA) WARD:
Susanna died at age 18 of unknown cause; baptized 9 September 1862 at St. Peters.

  More About SUSANNA (ANNA) WARD:
Burial: Unknown, Catholic cemetary
  iv.   SARAH ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) WARD, b. May 13, 1865, Washington, Daviess Co, IN; d. June 07, 1955, Enid, Oklahoma; m. JOHN MCCANN; d. 1930, Enid, Oklahoma.
  Notes for SARAH ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) WARD:
Sarah was baptized at St. Peters; was said to have been widowed three times before she was very old; no children

  More About SARAH ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) WARD:
Baptism: St Peters
Burial: Unknown, Catholic cemetary
  v.   CHARLES LEWIS WARD, b. November 15, 1867, Peterberg, Pike Co, Indiana; d. December 24, 1938, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; m. MINDA EMALINE COOPER, April 13, 1890, Douglas Co, Missouri; b. November 19, 1871, Pike Co, Indiana; d. June 18, 1960, Nevada, Missouri.
  Notes for CHARLES LEWIS WARD:
Charles was baptized at St Johns Catholic Church in Loogootee, Indiana 26 January 1868 by Father Gueguen; Charles had red hair; he and his wife are buried at rose Hills cemetery in Oklahome City, Oklahoma. Their children: Chole m: Otis Barker and had eight children; Artemus E. m: Virgie Disney and had six children; Olive m: Ray R Berstrom and had two children; Buford W. m: Nora Dunn and had three children; Vivian H. m: James A. Rufus and had four children; Charles Auburn m: Bertha Leadbetter and had three children.

  More About CHARLES WARD and MINDA COOPER:
Marriage: April 13, 1890, Douglas Co, Missouri
  vi.   ALICE WARD, b. 1868; d. 1870.
8. vii.   MARY RACHEL WARD, b. July 19, 1871, Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri; d. May 18, 1951, Dallas, Texas.
9. viii.   WILIAM (WILL) ALFRED WARD, b. May 13, 1874, Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri; d. December 05, 1936, West Plains, Missouri.
10. ix.   ISAAC EDWARD WARD, b. June 17, 1876, Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri; d. March 20, 1945, Newkirk, Kay Co, Oklahoma.
11. x.   JOHN CLAYTON WARD, b. May 20, 1878, Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri; d. May 22, 1918, Enid, Oklahoma.
  xi.   LUCINDA (MARGARET) ELLEN WARD, b. May 20, 1878, Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri; d. September 03, 1880, Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri.
  Notes for LUCINDA (MARGARET) ELLEN WARD:
Lucinda died when 2 1/2 years old, "and is buried by the road side about 15 miles west of Rola, Missouri. She died witha congestive chill while we were in camp for the night while moving from Lake Springs, Missouri to Pierce City." This is quoted from a letter written by Joseph Ward.

12. xii.   ROSA JANE WARD, b. May 11, 1880, Rolla, Phelps Co, Missouri; d. November 04, 1918, West Plains, Missouri.
13. xiii.   GEORGE WASHINGTON WARD, b. March 20, 1882, Lake Springs, Missouri; d. February 25, 1942, Newkirk, Kay Co, Oklahoma.


4. REBECCA JANE2 WARD (JOSEPH LEWIS1) was born 1832 in Casey Co, Kentucky, and died March 22, 1875 in Near Osage Mission, Kansas. She married MICHAEL A BURCH March 28, 1853 in Daviess Co, Indiana. He was born 1829 in Indiana, and died April 22, 1863 in Cathage, LA (Civil War).

Notes for MICHAEL A BURCH:
Michael was a blacksmith and was killed in the Civil War.

More About MICHAEL BURCH and REBECCA WARD:
Marriage: March 28, 1853, Daviess Co, Indiana
     
Children of REBECCA WARD and MICHAEL BURCH are:
  i.   MARGARET3 BURCH, d. Unknown.
  ii.   JOHN BURCH, d. Unknown.
  iii.   JAMES BURCH, d. Unknown.


5. NANCY ANNA2 WARD (JOSEPH LEWIS1) was born August 31, 1834 in Casey Co, Kentucky, and died December 17, 1907 in Daviess Co, IN. She married THOMAS SUMMERS October 11, 1854 in Daviess Co, Indiana. He died Unknown.

More About THOMAS SUMMERS and NANCY WARD:
Marriage: October 11, 1854, Daviess Co, Indiana
     
Children of NANCY WARD and THOMAS SUMMERS are:
  i.   WILLIAM E3 SUMMERS, d. Unknown.
  More About WILLIAM E SUMMERS:
Baptism: 1862, St Johns, Loogootee, Indiana sponsored by Margaret Dunn
  ii.   MARY M SUMMERS, d. Unknown.
  iii.   JOAN SUMMERS, d. Unknown.
  iv.   AGNES SUMMERS, d. Unknown.
  v.   ANNA SUMMERS, d. Unknown.


6. LUCY ANN2 WARD (JOSEPH LEWIS1) was born 1840 in Casey Co, Kentucky, and died Unknown. She married RICHARD MARSHAM QUEEN August 15, 1863 in St Peters Church, Daviess Co, Indiana. He died Bet. 1870 - 1880.

Notes for LUCY ANN WARD:
Lucy was widowed before the 1880 census which lists children at home as Eliza, Tresa J., Mary R.

More About LUCY ANN WARD:
Baptism: May 16, 1840, St Bernards Church

More About RICHARD QUEEN and LUCY WARD:
Marriage: August 15, 1863, St Peters Church, Daviess Co, Indiana
     
Children of LUCY WARD and RICHARD QUEEN are:
  i.   ELIZA3 QUEEN, d. Unknown.
  ii.   TRESA J QUEEN, d. Unknown.
  iii.   MARY R QUEEN, d. Unknown.

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