Deacon Nehemiah Ward

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• Moved To: 1774, Athol (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts
• History: 1 Jan 1781; On 1 January 1781, in Benjamin Mayo's house, a committee met, which agreed to build a meeting house, more close to them. At the meeting were Benjamin Mayo; Nathan Goddard; Nehemiah Ward, serving as clerk; John Stow; Edward Ward; and Ebenezer Foskett. To this document they added the words, "Moreover, the subscribers do covenant, promise and agree that the said Meeting House is build and intended for a Congregational Church and Society to worship in; nevertheless, we do hereby covenant, promise and agree that whenever there shall be a Town, District or Parish set off by the General Court in this place then the said House shall be free for all the inhabitants thereof to hold all their legal, Town, District, or Parish meetings in." From this meeting house grew the Town of Orange, Massachusetts. The Meeting House was dedicated 31 March 1782 . Orange remained a "District" until 1810 because the Massachusetts General Court wanted to limit membership.
• Census: 1790, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Offices Held: 1794 to 1796, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was a Selectman.

Nehemiah married Sarah Whitney on 4 Oct 1773 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Jonas Whitney and Sarah Perry) was born on 26 Feb 1741 in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; died on 28 Sep 1824 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: 1812; He was a veteran of the War of 1812.
• Offices Held: say 1820, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was appointed a deacon; : North Orange Unitarian Church
• Census: 7 Aug 1820, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 2 Free White Persons - Over 25: 1 Total Free White Persons: 4 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 4
• Census: 1830, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 Free White Persons - Under 20: 4 Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1 Total Free White Persons: 7 Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 7
• Census: 1840, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 60 thru 69: 1 Persons Employed in Agriculture: 2 Free White Persons - Under 20: 1 Total Free White Persons: 3 Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 3
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 75
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 81
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He and Sarah were living with their daughter Mary's family; : 85

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Daniel married Sarah "Sally" Jones on 20 Oct 1795 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan Jones and Mary Wood) was born on 6 Aug 1779 in Milford, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died on 14 Oct 1862 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: say 1796; Ethan Allen. Issue: 1. David West Allen 2. Jonathan Williams Allen 3. Samuel Lewis Allen

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Died:
She lived the later part of her life there.

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• Married: 12 Oct 1800, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Thomas Lord Jr,, the son of Capt. Thomas and Leonard (Smith) Lord. He was born on 17 January 1780 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He and Desire Ward filed marriage intentions on 17 September 1800 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was a tavern-keeper after 1811 in Northfield. He died on Tuesday 11 June 1861 in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Aaron Lord (1801-1825) 2. Abby Lord (1803-1894) 3. Thomas Chandler Lord (1805-1851) 4. Franklin Lord (1808-____) 5. baby girl Lord (1811-1811) 6. Mary Angela Lord (1813-1834) 7. baby girl Lord (1814-1814) 8. Charlotte Sarah Lord (1816-1832) 9. Samuel Sweetser Lord (1819-____) 10. Joseph Lord (1824-1826)
• Moved To: Abt 1811, Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts

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Married:
Lord (1953) gives their intentions date as 21 September 1800.

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• Married: 8 Apr 1816, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Lucy Newhall, the daughter of Joshua and Mary (Cutting) Newhall. She was born on 6 March 1796 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. She died on Wednesday 9 January 1850 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. John Clarence Bironne Ward

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• Married: say 1817; Joel Johnson, the son of Elisha and Hepsebath (Adams) Johnson. He was born 31 July 1793 in Orange, Massachusetts, and died in 1874 in Orange, Massachusetts. After Roxa's death, he remarried Melinda Davis (1797-1881). Issue: 1. Oliver Johnson (1817-1889) 2. Ruth Johnson (1819-1895) 3. Albert Johnson (1822-1823) 4. Willard Johnson (1824-1903)
• Census: 1820, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Name: Joel Johnson Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820 Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 15: 1 Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1 Free White Persons - Under 16: 3 Free White Persons - Over 25: 1 Total Free White Persons: 5 Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 5
• History: 2018; I received this in an email: Family legend goes: Blue Wolf + Roxy Blue Feather (dau. of chief) were Sioux or Ojibwe Indians.They had dau. Roxy Dianiana born on Reservation in South Dakota abt 1798. Roxy Dianiana married Joel Johnson of Orange,MA. Orange records list her as Roxy Ward, dau. of Daniel + Sarah Jones Ward. Roxy + Joel had 4 children before she died in 1824. Their dau. Ruth married Horace Huntoon and lived in Orange. Ruth + Horace's son William Phyletus Green Huntoon married Mary Anah Fay and had 3 children. Their dau. Mabel Lizzie Huntoon was born on the Ojibwe Reservation at Red Lake, MN in 1878. While fascinating, the Orange vital records list her birth as Orange, Massachusetts, and the 1820 Census lists her as white.

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Buried:
First Stone

Mrs. Roxy,
wife of Mr. Joel Johnson
died
16 Feb. 1824
ae. 25

Family Stone

Joel Johnson 1794-1894
Roxy Johnson 1799-1824
Melinda Johnson 1797-1881
P.C. Johnson 1838-1838
G. D. Johnson 1834-1884
Albert Johnson 1822-1823

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• Married: 7 Jan 1823; Elisha Goddard, the son of John and Delia (Kady) Goddard. He was born 20 September 1799 in Princeton, Massachusetts.

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• Married: 29 Dec 1836, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Eliza Whipple Temple, the daughter of Joseph and Beulah (Dudley) Temple. She was born 14 December 1813 in Orange, Massachusetts and died 23 November 1893 in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; His brother, Thomas, and his family were living with them.; : 44

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• Married: 1 May 1834, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Olive Phelps, the daughter of George and Sally (Jones) Phelps. She was born 25 July 1809 in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and died 18 June 1814 in Orange, Massachusetts. John and Olive were married by Nathaniel Thayer and are listed in the record as both being from Lancaster. Issue: 1. George Phelps Ward (1837-____) 2. Julia Ann Ward (1839-____) 3. Olive Ward (1841-____)

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• Married: 15 Sep 1830, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Caleb Mayo, the son of Stephen and Mary (Cheney) Mayo. He was born 16 September 1808 in Orange, Massachusetts, and died 31 July 1893 in Orange, Massachusetts. He is buried next to Mary. Caleb was bound out, at the age of seven, to a neighboring farmer and worked for many years for his board, schooling and clothing. He became a wheelwright and ran a business in Tully for eight years before being burnt out. Caleb then ran a store in North Orange for five years. He sold the store and removed to Orange, where he ran a cabinet shop for twenty years. According to Mayo (1965) "He was a man of iron constitution, vigorous and hearty to the end of his long life. Caleb was a strong Republican and a member of the Universalist Church of North Orange." In 1880, a surprise 50th Anniversary celebration was held for Caleb and Mary at their home by their children. Their great granddaughter, Henrietta Sanger, recited a poem in their honor. According to his obituary, "Mr. Mayo was well known and respected for his uprightness of character, constant and faithful wherever duty called him. He was a man of remarkable physical and mental activity, possessing a kind, pleasant disposition and irrepressible perseverance for daily labor....Last Winter he had a paralytic shock that affected his throat, destroying the natural taste for food and drink and since then has taken but little solid food, living almost wholly on liquids. Aside from this he has suffered from a severe kidney trouble for many years. Four months since he met with a serious accident at the furniture shop and while he fully recovered from the wound he gradually wore out, always patient and uncomplaining." After Mary's death, Caleb remarried Sophia Westbrook. Issue: 1. Sarah Ward G. Mayo (1833-____) 2. Desire Goddard Mayo (1835-1856) 3. Hannah Allen Mayo (1838-____) 4. Henry Harrision Mayo (1840-1864) 5. Abby Maria Whitman Mayo (1843-____) 6. Roxy Johnson Mayo (1846-1868) 7. David Frost Mayo (1849-1852) 8. Daniel Frost Mayo (1849-1852)
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 45
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 49
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 58
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 69

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Birth:
Martyn (1925) and Ward (1851) both give her birth date as 29 November 1810.

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• Residence: 1835, Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He and his family, were living with his brother, Levi; : 35
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 41
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 46
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 51
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 56
• Census: 1880, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 60

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Died:
He died very suddenly on Sunday afternoon. His obituary states that he "was suddenly attachked by neuralgia of the heart, though he had suffered with catarrh of the stomach for a few weeks." The obituary also states, "He was a man of strong convictions, devoted to his family, friends and the religion he espoused, being a member and deacon of the Congregational Church for many years."

Buried:
"The funeral was held at the house Wednesday Rev. Mr. Judson officiating with prayer by Mr. Gorman. The text was selected by Mr. Ward in his youth, from the dying words of Christ "Father into thy hands, I commend my spirit." It was excellently discoursed on. Singing was rendered by Mrs. Richardson and Miss. Blodgett, while the flowers were numerous and beautiful, comprising wreaths and a pillow of lillies and maiden-hair ferns enclosing a cross of pansies. The bearers were the sons and grandson; also Mr. Williams had charge." - His obituary

Thomas married Esther Kellogg Mayo on 27 Oct 1835 in Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts. Esther (daughter of Stephen Mayo and Mary "Polly" Cheney) was born on 20 Mar 1814 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Aug 1895 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Married: 22 Sep 1841, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Nancy S. Stratton, the daughter of Asa and Susanna (Giles) Stratton. She was born 7 April 1817 in Athol, Massachusetts, and died 9 May 1852 in Orange, Massachusetts. She was buried at Jones Cemetery in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 49

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• Residence: 1851, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
• Married: 9 Oct 1851, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Margette E Jones, the daughter of Jonathan and Polly Jones. She was born about 1829 in Orange, Massachusetts and died 26 August 1896 in Orange, Massachusetts. No Issue.
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 38
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 48
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 58

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 12
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents. ; : 18
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 23
• Military: 3 Oct 1861; He enlisted in the 25th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, Company I, as a private on 3 October 1861.
• History: 20 Dec 1861; On 20 December 1861, he sent the following letter home: Camp Hicks Annapolis Dec 20th 1861 My Dear Brother, I got excused from drill this afternoon and I thought it best to answer your letter which I ought to have done before but have been rather unwell and took all the time besides drilling to rest but am feeling better and hope that I may be as tough as any boy in the Camp. I think that I have had bout my share of sickness for the time since I left home but it is not for me to say perhaps(?) I may be sick in to days but hope not to be. You wished me to write what our living was wel it is in the morning for breakfast most generally boiled salt met and bread and coffee for dinner fresh meat boyled and bread and water for supper coffee and bread. We have had some fried meat three times and and it tasted good you had better believe boyled meat don’t go so good take it rite along. Three months together I suppose it makes a diferance wheather a man is tough or not bout such things. Sliping down now comes the work part in the morning at half past six the drum beats for role call and then we have to start our boots there is no laying a bead five or ten minutes after the drum sounds same as there is at home after a fellow had bin out at knight to see the women but according to what I have heard I suppose you wil not be going three or four miles every Sunday knight to see her because by your saying that you was going to leave home the first of the year it rather strikes me that I am going to have a new Sister by marriage my Dear Brother I would like to be there about new years but it can’t be so as it is getting to be into the evening I wil let you know a little something about the work part and then close. Well after the role call in the morning as I told you at seven we go out on drill stay out til about eight ten minutes past breakfast then nine go out on brigade dril get home about twelve dinner at one half past two go out squad drill stay stay til about four then come in and put on our overcoats fal in for role call then go out to dres prade it gets to be bout dark then. Then comes coffee and bread then half past eight come role call then you can go to bed set up til ten if you want to then comes the drum to tel us to put out the lights then we can go to bed or set up in the dark that is bout all the work we have to do I believe though Saterdays in the afternoon we have to clean up our equipments and then Sunday in the four noon we are inspected in the afternoon go to meeting. Our meetings are out doers on the Camp ground. Sunday is about as hard days work as we have it is not very easy work to be a soldier though my health has bin very poor since I inlisted though I am in hopse to be better now You wanted to know if there was any thing that I wanted. I don’t know as there is for we have after so long a time we have got our pay and I can by things cheaper than you could send them to. I am much obliged to you though and as it is getting to be about bed time I shal have to close by biding you good by. MHW Please excuse mistakes for there is a number I presume
• History: 16 Apr 1863; The regiment was sent to North Carolina as part of the Burnside expedition. He was captured near Winfield, North Carolina on 16 April 1863 . The story of his capture is given by Denny in the regimental history of the 25th Massachusetts Volunteers: Upon one occasion a "secesh woman" came within the lines with her bundles of luggage, desiring permission to pass into Dixie. Captain Parkhurst found that her luggage was contraband of war and refused to permit her to transfer her "dry goods" to the possession of the enemy, but "allowed" that she might go as soon as her pleasure permitted. The woman satisfied to leave her goods, if she could go without them, requested to be furnished with means of crossing the Chowan and an escort. The gallant captain not being proof against woman's eloquent appeals, consented to comply wither wishes and detailed Sergeant Lyman S. Wheeler and Private Marcus H. Ward both of Company I, with a couple of negro oarsmen, to convey the woman up the river and deliver her to the nearest Confederate outpost. At the enemy's outpost the woman was delivered up and then the Confederates seized Wheeler and Ward as prisoners of war! Company I lost two good men and two muskets, and the colored men lost their liberty, for a time at least. Wheeler and Ward were exchanged a long time afterwards. On 17 July 1863, he was paroled and returned to his regiment. When his enlistment was up, he reenlisted and took a furlough back to Orange in January 1864.
• History: 3 Jun 1864, Cold Harbor, Hanover County, Virginia; On 3 June 1864, he was wounded in the breast during assault at the Battle of Cold Harbor.

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1850 US Census he was recorded, age 11, living in Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1855 Massachusetts State Census he was recorded, age 17, living in Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 21, living in Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Draft Reg: 1863, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In 1863 he registered for the draft.
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1865 Massachusetts State Census he was recorded, age 26, living in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1870 US Census he was recorded, age 32, living in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1880 US Census he was recorded, age 41, living in Orange, Massachusetts.
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1900 US Census he was recorded, age 61, living on 52 Whitner Street, Orange, Massachusetts. He is listed as a widower.
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 71, living on North Orange Road, Orange, Massachusetts. He is listed as a widower and a farmer
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1920 US Census he was recorded, age 81, living in Orange, Massachusetts. He is listed as a widower and a farmer
• Obituary: 10 Nov 1922
• Last Full Review: 3 May 2021

Notes:

Died:
He died of heart disease.

West married Martha J. Adams on 5 Jan 1862 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Martha was born on 13 Aug 1832 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 3 Feb 1878 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried in Jones Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 8
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents. ; : 13
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 18
• Married: say 1862; David Osgood Rich, the son of Denny and Mary Ann (Osgood) Rich. He was born 9 May 1837 in Orange, Massachusetts and died 3 February 1877 in Orange, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Josie Lena Rich
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 23
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 38
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was listed as a widow; : 58
• Residence: Abt 1901, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Sisters Esther and Laura lived together so that Laura could help Esther who was now blind.; Address:
  Bacon Street
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was listed as a widow. Her sister, Esther who was blind, was living with her.; : 68; Address:
  40 Becon Street
• Census: 1920, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was listed as a widow.; : 77; Address:
  Becon Street
• History: Sep 1925 to Oct 1925; She fell and broke her hip, was never mentally the same again, and was bed ridden.

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 6
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents. ; : 10
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 16
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 20
• Married: 2 Jun 1869, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Abijah Eddy "Eddy" Brooks, the son of Otis and Beulah (Eddy) Brooks. He was born 16 August 1842 in Warwick, Massachusetts and died 5 April 1939 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Issue: 1. Sarah Hortense "Sadie" Brooks (1842-1939) 2. Marcus Dearborn Brooks (1873-1917) 3. Jay Winfield Brooks (1880-1965) 4. Buelah E. Brooks (1888-1986)
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; They were living with his parents.; : 25
• Moved To: Abt 1870, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; They returned yearly to North Orange for family reunions.
• Census: 1880, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; : 35
• Census: 1900, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; : 55
• Census: 1920, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; : 75; Address:
  363 State Street
• Residence: 1928, Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan; Address:
  363 State Street

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 4
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents. ; : 9
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 14

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Birth:
She was a twin of Nelson Cheney Ward

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 4

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Birth:
He was a twin of Nancy Cheney Ward

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 3
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents. ; : 8
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 12
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 17
• Married: Est 1867; Charles Leroy. Pierce, the son of Joseph and Mary Dinin (Goodell) Pierce. He was born 22 January 1847 in Orange, Massachusetts and died 28 June 1888 in Athol, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Charles Jerome Pierce (1870-____)
• Census: 1870, Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 32

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Birth:
Ward (1851) gives her birth date as 27 November

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• Census: 1850, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.
• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents. ; : 7
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 10
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; He was recorded while living with his parents.; : 15
• Married: 12 Jul 1871, Norwich, Windsor County, Vermont; Elizabeth "Lizzie" A. Partridge, the daughter of Lewis Samuel and Harriet (Baxter) Partridge. She was born about 1851 in Vermont and died 15 August 1892 in Monague, Massachusetts. According to Miner (1976) "Lizzie was a noted spiritualist, and was well-known in those circles, sometimes as a lecturer at Lake Pleasant." Issue: 1. Lewis Ward (1873-1873) 2. Edwin Ward (c1875-____) 3. Everett Ward (1877-1947)
• Census: 1880, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 30
• Married: 12 Nov 1893, Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Anna A. (Swart)French, the daughter of William M. and Polly (Vrooman) French. She was born about 1846 in Middleburg, New York and died before 1900.
• Census: 1900, Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont; He is listed as a widower and a boarder with his son, Everett.; : 50
• Census: 1905, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York; He was living with his son, Edwin.; : 55
• Census: 1910, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; He was listed as a widower, living with his son Edwin and family.; : 60
• Census: 1930, Troy, Rensselaer County, New York; He is listed as a confectioner clerk.; : 80; Address:
  1 First Street

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• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents. ; : 3
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 8
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 13
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 18
• Married: 1 Apr 1874, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Willie C. Turner, the son of William W. and Abbi H. Turner. He was born about 1856 in Erving, Massachusetts. They were divorced before 1900. Issue: 1. Aubrey Knote Turner (1879-____)
• Census: 1880, Erving, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 25
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was living with her sister, Laura, and was listed a divorced.; : 48
• History: Abt 1901, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Esther became blind about 1901 and remained so for the rest of her life. According to Miner (1976) "She could remember some of the lace crochet patterns she had done before the affliction, and did much of this work besides other plain sewing." Sisters Esther and Laura lived together so that Laura could help Esther.
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was living with her sister, Laura, was listed as a widow, and was listed as blind.; : 58; Address:
• Residence: 1913, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Address:
  40 Beacon Street

Notes:

Died:
She died at ten to seven in the morning.

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• Census: 1855, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents. ; : 1
• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 6
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 11
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 16
• Married: 2 Dec 1872, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; Chauncey B. Swan, the son of John and Charlotte Swan. He was born 30 September 1850 in Groton, Massachusetts. After Roxy's death, he remarried Laila B. Sleeper. Issue: 1. Nelson C. Swan (1873-1953) 2. Nattie E. Swan (1876-1918) 3. Nina E. Swan (1879-1954) 4. Dean Cramer Swan (1883-1954)
• Census: 1880, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; : 26

Notes:

Name:
Her name was not Roxanna.

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• Census: 1860, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1860 US Census he was recorded, age 2, living in Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1865, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1865 Massachusetts State Census he was recorded, age 7, living in Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1870, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1870 US Census he was recorded, age 12, living in Orange, Massachusetts with his parents.
• Census: 1880, North Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1880 US Census he was recorded, age 22, living in Orange, Massachusetts with his parents. He was a farmer.
• Census: 1900, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1900 US Census he was recorded, age 43, living on 52 Whitney Street, Orange, Massachusetts. He was a teamster.
• Census: 1910, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; In the 1910 US Census he was recorded, age 53, living on North Orange Road, Orange, Massachusetts. He was a farmer.
• Obituary: 6 Jan 1920
• Last Full Review: 3 Sep 2020

Notes:

Died:
He died at home.

Everett married Cora May Harding on 22 Oct 1885 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts. Cora (daughter of George Harding and Ruth Melinda Delvey) was born on 9 Jun 1868 in Warwick, Franklin County, Massachusetts; died on 23 Oct 1952 in Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts; was buried on 25 Oct 1952 in Tully Cemetery, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]