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Descendants of Ezekiel Ward

Generation No. 2

2. David Farmer² Ward (Ezekiel¹) was born December 14, 1815 in Kentucky (Source: David Ward Bible.), and died March 04, 1902 in Mallory, Lafayette County, Florida. He married (1) Jane Marler April 01, 1839 in McMinn County, Tennessee, daughter of George Marler and Sety? Ward?. He married (2) Mary Delany February 05, 1886 in Lafayette County, Florida.

Notes for David Farmer Ward:
1815: birthdate from Bible of David F. Ward (tombstone lists different date of birth), Kentucky listed as state of birth in census records
1839: wedding recorded in McMinn County, Tennessee records
1850: US Census, Rhea County, Tennessee
extensive records of D.F. Ward in county records of Rhea County where he served as County Judge
1860: US Census, Rhea County, Tennessee
1862: founded Hatch Bend Baptist Church according to Baptist records
family tradition states that he served as a chaplain in CSA, no records yet found
1870: US Census, not yet found
1880: US Census, Hamilton County, Florida
1885: US Census, Hamilton County, Florida
(mortality records from 1885 list Jane Ward as dying of pneumonia in November, 1884)
1886: married in Lafayette County, Florida to Mary Delaney
1891: served as moderator of first meeting of Lafayette Baptist Convention
1900: US Census, Lafayette County, Florida
1902: date of death from tombstone

More About David Farmer Ward:
burial: 1902, Rock Sink Baptist Church, Dixie County, Florida
military service: ?chaplain in Confederacy
occupation: minister of the gospel, backwoods doctor?

Children of David Ward and Jane Marler are:

George W.³ Ward, born December 18, 1840 in Tennessee (Source: David Ward Bible.).

Notes for George W. Ward:
Possibly died in Confederate Army. Reference to a George W. Ward from same are who enlisted along with an Ezekiel Ward has been found in the archives.

ii.

James K. Ward, born April 11, 1844 in Rhea, Tennessee (Source: David Ward Bible.); died August 12, 1907 in Dade City, Pasco, Florida. He married Acksa Caroline Tyre September 18, 1866 in Statenville, Echols, Georgia.

Notes for James K. Ward:
served with CSA in Tennessee:

Florida State Gazetteer: 1883-4, James K. Ward listed as blacksmith at Bula, Lafayette, Florida
" " " : 1895, J.K. Ward listed as Justice of the Peace at Branford, Suwanee County,

deeds at Lafayette County Court House list James K. and Achsa Ward as residents of Suwanee county in December, 1888 and April, 1889.

was in Branford Lodge of Masons (chartered 1/20/1892)

More About James K. Ward:
burial: Pasco County, Florida
military service: CSA
occupation: blacksmith

iii.

William Franklin Ward, born January 01, 1846 in Rhea County, Tennessee; died March 14, 1925 in Fletcher, Dixie, Florida.

iv.

Ezekiel M. Ward, born May 08, 1848 in Rhea, Tennessee (Source: David Ward Bible.).

Mary J. Ward, born November 17, 1850 in Rhea, Tennessee (Source: David Ward Bible.). He married W. R. Coleman.

vi.

David Lewis Ward, born March 20, 1853 in Smith Crossroads, Rhea, Tennessee; died February 19, 1935 in Cross City, Dixie, Florida.

vii.

Andrew Jackson Ward, born September 21, 1855 in Rhea County, Tennessee; died September 02, 1925 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida.

viii.

John Newton Ward, born November 12, 1857 in Smith Crossroads, Rhea, Tennessee.

ix.

Nancy Elizabeth Ward, born June 29, 1860 in Rhea County, Tennessee; died March 05, 1937 in Lafayette County, Florida.

Thomas Allen Ward, born October 06, 1862 in Rhea County, Tennessee; died 1917-1918 in Lafayette County, Florida.

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