Joseph Henry Ward
Full Name: Joseph Henry WardDate of birth: March 3, 1821
Date of death: December 6, 1872
Terms of Service
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H | 42 | Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862 | 9th (1) | Veal's Station / Parker | Ellis, Johnson, Parker |
Terms of service footnotes
(1) Ward did not attend 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Terms of Service
- Legislatures:
- 9th (1)
- Party:
- Democrat
- Home City/County:
- Veal's Station / Parker
- Counties in district:
- Ellis, Johnson, Parker
Terms of service notes
(1) Ward did not attend 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. ↩
Biographical Information
- Biographical sketch, Joseph Ward, p. 387. Native of Patterson, New Jersey. "At the close of the war, Captain Ward moved to the Indian nation, and died in 1872." Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas, 1877.
- Texas State Troops, Captain, Company C, Parker County, 1st Frontier District, Major William Quayle, commanding; enlistment date 2/1/1864, age 46 years (born circa 1818). Joseph Ward, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com.
- Captain in Colonel J.B. Barry's frontier battalion. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas, 1877.
- Joseph Henry Ward, birth date 3/3/1821 in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey; death date 12/6/1872 in Limestone Gap, Atoka County, Oklahoma. Allingham Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
- Joseph Henry Ward, birth date 3/3/1821, death date 12/6/1872, burial in Wards Cemetery, Atoka County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave.
- Captain Joseph Ward mentioned in nephew John J. Hard's biographical sketch, pp. 526, 529. "Captain Ward, his mother's brother, above referred to, was the only one of her people who came to Texas, the date of his arrival here being 1845." Captain Ward's sister was Abigail (Ward) Hard. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, 1895.
- Mentioned in "The History of Springtown." Springtown Area Chamber of Commerce.
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