Elizabeth Denty b. abt 1800 Vir
Elizabeth Denty
b. abt 1800 Vir
d. 1853 Butler, Ala
m. 12 Mar 1817 ??
Children of THOMAS WARD and ELIZABETH DENTY are:
i. LUCINDA L4 WARD, b. Abt. 1820, Ala.
ii. WILLIAM HARRISON WARD, b. 08 Apr 1825, Alabama; d. 09 Feb 1872, Jefferson Marion Co, Texas.
iii.MADISON LEWIS WARD, b. 23 Jul 1836, Talladega, Alabama; d. 09 Feb 1919, Jones County, Mississippi.
iv. JAMES C WARD, b. Abt. 1843.
From Marriage a Death notices from Early Alabama Newspapers 1819-1893 /529 July 15 1853.
July 13, 1853 p.529
Town of Gilmer, Upshur Co, Tex on 2 ult. after a protracted illness of 11 months Mrs. Elizabeth Ward in 83 year of her age. She was a native of State of Georgia and immigrated with her husband to Alabama in 1811 and from thence to Texas in 1849. (It appears the date 1811 in the newspaper may be a little early to be married because of her age. This may have happened later.
-----------------------------------------------------------Letter about Marion County concerning the Wardswritten by Elizabeth Ramagos 10 Mar 1983
MARION COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Deed Book D page 720
Probate B page 336
Margaret S Ward wife of William H Ward, dec'd 9 Feb 1872 children Florence, Alice, Thomas, Laura (2 dead in 1876) Left estate of $50,000.00 in land storehouses and claim for money.
Florence Ward Married Torrans by 1877
Deed book T, page 430-31-32
Related to WB Ward---Relationship not known. Lands owned in partnership (relationship was first cousins ---ewr)
Lots 10, 11, 12, Block 28 Lots 11, 12,? Block 29 Austin Street
Inventory of Estates, Book A, page 68, Davis Co Texas
640 acres Hr of James Wilson at Stone Coal Bluff on Sulphur Fork
640 Acres HR of Henry D Mason at Stone Coal Bluff on Sulphur Fork
202 Acres part of HR Survey of John S Brown about 17 miles NW from Linden on Waters of Black Cypress
640 acres Script 9/664 on waters of Black Cypress about 9 miles from Jefferson on Linden Road part of 320 issued to said Ward 19 Dec 1857
RH Ward land in Harrison Co Texas patented to him and 1/2 owned by John Speake
Marriages WP Torrans and Florrie Ward Mar 1 1877 BK C p 251
Hal Riser and Emma Ward 1 Jan 1880
Richard Ward and Caroline Johnson 12 Feb 1880
Alford Johnson and Ellen Ward 13 July 1870
Jeff Ward Jr and Mary T reeves 12 Sept 1868 (should be Jesse I believe)
Al Bynum and Miss A Ward or (MRS)? 12 Jan 1869
Edward Ward and Eva Hodge 14 Oct 1882
CW Ward and EE Nash 15 Nov 1883
William Ward and Eliz Williams 13 Dec 1883
John Ward and Julie Jane Rayford 12 Dec 1887
William Ward and Claude Ward Minors. Guardian was Margarert S Ward, mother. She was in Arkansas in 1881 and 1883.
Note at the bottom states: SA Ward in Bowie Co. 1883
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Article in Elizabeth Ramagos' filed under William Harrison Ward SEE WiLLIAM HARRISON. I'm placing it here because it says that WB Ward died in 1915 the same date as this William Blyth Ward. I have three of them (W B Ward's) in my files. I'm placing this here because he died in 1915. The same year that William Blyth Ward died. But William Blyth lived in another town according to my records.
W. B Ward Home: "Old Jefferson House
Sedberry House: "Catalpa Villa" Broadway
One of the Alley dower houses is the Colonel W. B. Ward home on Broadway. This story and a half structure was built during the 1860's and presented to Virginia Alley about the time of her marriage to M. L. Crawford.
In 1876, after the untimely death of Mrs. Crawford, the house was sold to Colonel W. B. Ward. A native Texas, Colonel Ward moved to Jefferson soon after the Civil War. He became on of the town's leading businessmen and president of the Jefferson National Bank. He was also one of the promoters of the East Line-Red River Railway. From 1868 until his death in 1915 almost half a century--he was a member of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Jefferson. In the deed to the church property, purchased in 1871, he was a trustee signer.
The Ward home was a social and civic center for many years. The 1881 Club, the oldest chartered club in Texas, was organized here in October, 1881. A Chautauqua circle was formed, composed of both men and women. Later it emerged as a woman's club, which has met continuously since it’s founding.
The roomy, livable house of ten rooms downstairs and three upstairs has a spacious six columned veranda which protects the four floor-length front windows and a distinctive entrance with an ornate fan-shaped pediment. The massive portal conceals gun cabinets, which open into the large front hall. The ornate panels at the entrance, the molding on the hidden gun cabinets, and the window and door facings indicate the employment of a type of plane in use before the Civil War. The stout floors and high ceilings are covered with wide hand-planed boards. In the large hall a decorated arch breaks the wide space.
Very few structural changes have been made in the house. The large back porch has been converted into a modern kitchen and bath. Sliding doors between the former front and back parlors still function. The house is now owned by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Harland Messer and is occupied by Mr. and Mrs. A C Ogburn, who operate an antique shop in a portion of the residence.
An adaptation of the Louisiana raised cottage style is Sedberry house, now known as "Catalpa Villa" for the enormous catalpa tree, one of the largest in America, which stands in its yard. The house combines the bricked in bottom floor basement and raised main floor of the Louisiana style with an open first floor hallway, or dog run, unusual in the house of more than one story, which provides an inner porch, cool in summer and private the year round.
The house, built about 1852 by slave labor was designed and constructed by Mrs. Sedberry's father, D. N. Alley, as her wedding present. Few changes have been made in it since. The hand-hewn pine floors are still in use. The kitchen and dining room, originally downstairs, are now on the second floor. An inside stairway has been built from the brick floor of the courtyard to the living quarters on the upper floor. Latticework, banisters, and cornices are practically the same as in the early years.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Meisenheimer, who purchased the Sedberry home in 1833, have preserved its appearance and charm. Many beautiful antiques, including furniture, china, and silver, are to be found in the high-ceilinged rooms. A Victorian parlor suit, odd chairs, and a century old etagere adorn the old parlor. A quaint drop-leaf table that is a family heirloom and an antique mirror are among other prized possessions of the owners. Many old books, magazines, and newspapers have been preserved and may be seen by visitors during the Annual Pilgrimage. The Old Jefferson House is open to visitors daily from 9:30 to 5. Catalpa Villa is open during the Jefferson Pilgrimage.
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