Ballard P. Ward1
b. 14 January 1836, d. 4 September 1912
Birth | 14 Jan 1836 | Ballard P. Ward was born on 14 Jan 1836 in Tazewell County, Virginia.3,4,2 |
Marriage | 28 Sep 1858 | He married Sarah Frances Thompson, daughter of Stephen Thompson, on 28 Sep 1858 in Tazewell County, Virginia.2 |
| | Ballard and "Sallie" appear to have moved several times in their married lives if the places of birth recorded for their children on various census records is accurate. Their eldest 2 children were apparently born in Virginia in 1860 and 1866. |
Cens-1870 | 1870 | They were then enumerated living in Denton County, Texas, in 1870 (Ballard B. Ward, 34, Sallie F., 30, Stephen G., 10 and MiNerva [sic], 4).5 |
| | I have not located the family in 1880. However later census records list the birthplace of Sidney (1881) as Arkansas and Leroy (1883) as Missouri. |
Cens-1900 | 5 Jun 1900 | By 1900 Ballard and Sarah lived in Hansford County, Texas where Ballard was employed as a grocery merchant. He owned his own home. Sallie was recorded as having given birth to 6 children, 5 of whom were living. Sons "Gus", Leroy and Sidney also lived in Hansford County; son Thomas was in Moore County (diagonal to Hansford). They were all either raising stock themselves or working for a stock raiser.6,7,8,9 |
Cens-1910 | 20 Apr 1910 | By 1910 Ballard and Sarah had been married 51 years. They were enumerated that year as members of their son Thomas's household in Hansford (Hansford County). Sarah was stated to be the mother of 5 children, 4 of whom were living [son Sidney may have died in 1908]. Thomas's household also included his wife Rachel and their 2 children.10 |
Death | 4 Sep 1912 | He died on 4 Sep 1912 in Texas.3 |
Burial | | He was buried at Hansford Cemetery in Spearman, Hansford County, Texas.3 |
Citations
- [S1742] Judy B. Anderson, Virginia Connections - A Genealogical History of the Thompson-Ward Family, p. 393 citing letters left by Ballard Ward; author indicates that Ballard's full name was W. Ballard P. Ward but that he never used the "W."
- [S1144] Pauline Haga, Tazewell Co., Virginia Marriage Book 3, p. 19. Record states that W.B.P. Ward, 23, b. Tazewell Co., son of Alexander and Mary B. Ward, resident Smyth Co. married Sally Thompson, 19, b. Tazewell Co., dau of Stephen and L.M. Thompson on 28 Sept. 1858.
- [S1777] Find A Grave Website (http://www.findagrave.com/index.html : accessed Dec. 2013). Ballard P. Ward memorial # 88346436, Hansford Cemetery, Spearman, Hansford Co., Texas (entry includes photo of shared monument: WARD: B.P. Ward Jan. 14, 1836-Sept. 4, 1912; Sallie F., his wife, Nov. 5, 1840-Aug. 28, 1911).
- [S1742] Judy B. Anderson, Virginia Connections - A Genealogical History of the Thompson-Ward Family, p. 393 citing letters left by Ballard Ward.
- [S1615] Ballard P. Ward household, 1870 U.S. census, Denton Co., Texas, pop. sched., precinct #2, p. 153 (stamped), dwelling 137, family 137, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Dec. 2006, image 23 of 56. Enumeration includes: Ballard P. Ward, 34, farm laborer, owns pers. prop of $400; Sallie F., 30; Stephen G., 10; MiNerva [?] A., 4; all b. VA.
- [S1565] Ballard P. Ward household, 1900 U.S. cens., Hansford Co., Texas, pop. sched., Precinct 1, ED 81, sheet 2A (p. 177 stamped), dwelling 18, family 18, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2006, image 1 of 2. Enumeration includes Ballard P. Ward, 64, b. Jan. 1836, marr 41 yrs, grocery merchant, owns home; Sallie F., wife, 59, b. Nov. 1840, marr 41 yrs, mother 6 children, 5 living; all b. VA; all parents b. VA.
- [S1565] Joseph Jones household, 1900 U.S. cens., Hansford Co., Texas, pop. sched., Precinct 3, ED 81, sheet 1B, dwelling 10, family 10, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2006, image 2 of 2. Enumeration includes: Joseph Jones, head, 39, b. Wales, stock raiser; Leroy Ward, 17, b. March 1883, b. MO, parents b. VA, stock herder; Sidney B. Ward, 18, b. Sept. 1881, b. Arkansas, parents b. VA, farm laborer.
- [S1575] Thomas E. Ward household, 1900 U.S. cens., Moore Co., Texas, pop. sched., ED 60, sheet 1B, dwelling 18, family 18, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2006, image 2 of 5. Enumeration includes: Thomas E. Ward, 26, b. March 1874, marr 2 yrs, b. TX, parents b. VA, stock farmer; Rachell Jane, wife, 18, b. Feb. 1872, mother of 2 children, both living, b. New Mexico, father b. New Mexico, mother b. "Old" Mexico; Y. Prest__, son, 1, b. Aug. 1898; Opal, son, 10/12, b. Jul 1899; both children: b. TX, father b. TX, mother b. NM.
- [S16] Hansford County is in the northern part of Texas, just below the Oklahoma panhandle. It was sparsely populated at the turn of the century; most of its residents raised livestock.
- [S1567] Thomas E. Ward household, 1910 U.S. cens., Hansford Co., Texas, pop. sched., Hansford, ED 128, sheet 2A (p. 306 stamped), dwelling 23, family 23, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Sept. 2006, image 3 of 6. Enumeration includes Thomas E. Ward, 37, marr 13 yrs, b. TX, parents b. VA, farmer, rents farm; Rachel J., wife, 32, marr 13 yrs, mother 2 children, both living, b. N.M., father b. TX, mother b. MO; __nas P., son, 11, b. TX, father b. TX, mother b. NM; Opal A., dau, dau, 10, b. Kansas, father b. TX, mother b. NM; Ballard P., father, 74, marr #1, marr 51 yrs, b. VA, parents b. VA, no occup; Sallie F., mother, 69, marr #1, marr 51 yrs, mother of 5 children, 4 living, b. VA, father b. TN, mother b. VA.
- [S1742] Judy B. Anderson, Virginia Connections - A Genealogical History of the Thompson-Ward Family, p. 393 citing census records and letters left by Ballard Ward.