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  • Name: Amos WARD
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 23 Dec 1798 in Allegany Co, Maryland b
  • Death: 5 Jun 1835 in Ottawa Co, Ohio d
  • Burial: Carrol Twp Cemetery, Ottawa Co, Ohio u


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Edward WARD Birth: 1 Aug 1757 in Charles Co, Maryland Death: 25 Aug 1840 in Madison Twp, Perry Co, Ohio
  • Mother:
  • Lucy WILSON Birth: Abt 1760 Death: 27 May 1847 in Madison Twp, Perry Co, Ohio

Family:
Marriage:
  • Mary SHOUP on 25 Jan 1821 at Perry Co, Ohio .m1
  • Mary SHOUP Birth: Abt 1805 in Pennsylvania Death: 20 Apr 1879 in Elmore, Ottawa Co, Ohio
Children:
  1. Harriet WARD Birth: 1823 in Perry Co, Ohio Death: 8 Jun 1890 in Elmore, Ottawa Co, Ohio
  2. John S WARD Birth: Abt 1825 in Perry Co, Ohio Death: Aug 1898 in Fresno, California
  3. Hiram WARD Birth: Abt 1826 in Perry Co, Ohio Death: 1888 in Crowell, Nebraska
  4. Isaac WARD Birth: 7 Mar 1827 in Perry Co, Ohio Death: 27 Mar 1903 in Wood Co, Ohio
  5. Eliza WARD Birth: Abt 1829 in Perry Co, Ohio
  6. Lewis W WARD Birth: 27 May 1832 in Reading Twp, Perry Co, Ohio Death: 21 Apr 1908 in Fremont, Ohio
  7. Sarah WARD Birth: Abt 1834 in Perry Co, Ohio

Bibliography
  1. Census 1830, Ohio, Perry Co, Madison, p11. M19-137. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005156960 image 795. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1830 OH Perry Madison 11].
  2. Beers, J. H., Commemorative Biographical Record of Sandisky and Ottawa Counties Ohio, Chicago: J H Beers, 1896. DAR OHIO BIOG COM. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007437772 images 976-1491. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/88608. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p[0-9]*].
  3. Bailey, Chris, Ward Family, private email 11/14/2004. Author address: bentleyman at charter dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004].
  4. DAR Application 599729A528, King, Laura Zeperrick Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #599729].
  5. DAR Application 765798A855, Jaggears, Helen Ruth Perman Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #765798].
  6. DAR Application 784356A853, Mondy, Linda May Vestal Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #784356].
  7. DAR Application 803943A858, Graham, Lynne Louise Lair Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #803943].
  8. Daughters of the American Revolution, Patriot Documentation File: WARD, Edward. Available at NSDAR Library, Washington, DC. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR Patriot File WARD Edward (ref Carroll Twp Cemetery tombstones)].
  9. Perry County Ohio Probate Court, Marriage Records 1818-1952, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1972. Volume 1, 1818-1858, LDS Film#0910669#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004017250 image 88. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PerryCoOH Marriage 1-030].
  10. Perry County Ohio Probate Court, Will Records 1817-1919, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1972. Volume B, 1833-1852, LDS Film#0911369#2, Film#317305, and https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1992421. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005871615 images 280-1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PerryCoOH Wills B-122].
  11. Smith, Ralph D, Early WARD Families of Western Maryland and the District of Columbia. Daytona Beach, FL: author, 2002. NYPL APV (Ward) 02-5653 v1. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Smith WARD-WesternMD p[0-9]*].
  12. Portrait and Biographical Record of City of Toledo and Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio. Chicago, IL: Chapman, 1895. DAR OHIO Biograph POR. Available at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009605692. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ToledoOH Biog p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, DAR #599729A528, Smith WARD-WesternMD p24]
d 5 Jun 1835 age 36y 5m 13d [Ref: DAR Patriot File WARD Edward (ref Carroll Twp Cemetery tombstones)],
place:
[Ref: Smith WARD-WesternMD p24]
Maryland [Ref: DAR #599729A528, ToledoOH Biog p324]
near Cumberland, Alleghany Co, Maryland [Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004],
parents:
[Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, DAR #599729A528, DAR #765798A855, DAR #784356A853, DAR #803943A858, Smith WARD-WesternMD p24],
father:
[Ref: PerryCoOH Wills B-122]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1797 [Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p46],
place:
Pennsylvania [Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p46]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, DAR #599729A528, DAR Patriot File WARD Edward (ref Carroll Twp Cemetery tombstones)]
Jun 1835 [Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p46],
place:
[Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, DAR #599729A528]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: DAR Patriot File WARD Edward (ref Carroll Twp Cemetery tombstones)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary SHOUP
date:
[Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, DAR #599729A528, PerryCoOH Marriage 1-030, Smith WARD-WesternMD p24],
place:
[Ref: Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, PerryCoOH Marriage 1-030, Smith WARD-WesternMD p24],
names:
Amos WARD & Polly SHOUP [Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p46, Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, DAR #765798A855, DAR #803943A858, ToledoOH Biog p324],
child:
[Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p46, Beers SanduskyCoOH p47, Chris Bailey 11/14/2004, DAR #599729A528, ToledoOH Biog p324]
Research Notes:
1811: moved to Ohio with father and most of family [Ref: Smith WARD-WesternMD p24]

1830: living in Madison Twp, Perry Co, OH. Two males under age 5, one male age 5-10, one male age 30-40 [WTM: Amos age 32], one female under age 5, one female age 5-10, one female age 20-30 [WTM: Mary] Census entry 2100010000000-1100100000000 [Ref: 1830 OH Perry Madison 11]

1834: moved to Sandusky County, Ohio; took up 160 acres in (now) Washington Twp [Ref: ToledoOH Biog p324]

fall of 1834: moved to northwest part of Sandusky Co (now Ottawa Co); settled on 160 acres of land; also bought 160 acres in Washington Twp [Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p46]

1836[?]: moved to Ottowa County, Ohio; took up 160 acres 8 miles north of where Port Clinton now stands; died two or three years later [Ref: ToledoOH Biog p324]

after his death, his family (widow and seven children) moved back to the 160 acres in Washington Twp, on what is now Limestone Ridge,a few miles southeast of Hessville [Ref: Beers SanduskyCoOH p46]



Pedigree of Amos WARD
 /-----Edward WARD
Amos WARD
|         /-----Edward Sr WILSON
 \-----Lucy WILSON
          \-----Sarah (WILSON)



Descendants of Amos WARD
1. Amos WARD m. Mary SHOUP
m. Mary SHOUP father: Jacob SHOUP

2nd generation

2. Harriet WARD m. David M DAY
m. David M DAY father: David DAY mother: Mary McBETH
3. John S WARD m. Mary Ann LANTZ
m. Mary Ann LANTZ father: John LANTZ mother: Elizabeth DIEFFENBACH
4. Hiram WARD m. Agnes HUSTEN
m. Agnes HUSTEN
5. Isaac WARD m. Rosannah LANTZ
m. Rosannah LANTZ father: John LANTZ mother: Elizabeth DIEFFENBACH
6. Eliza WARD m. Quincy DAY
m. Quincy DAY father: David DAY mother: Mary McBETH

3rd generation

36. Laura Lucinda WARD m. Charles Ernest ZEPERRICK
m. Charles Ernest ZEPERRICK father: Ira ZEPERNICK mother: Anna A SHETTERLY

4th generation

44. Richard D ZEPERRICK m. Jessie Florence BROWN
m. Jessie Florence BROWN