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- H. Benjamin Ward (add)
- W. Samantha Pilcher1818 - 1896
m. 28 Apr 1835 - Amanda Ward1842 - 1919
Facts and Events
Excerpt from A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, pg. 1095:
"On the 28th of October,
1857, was solemnized the marriage of Captain Alexander Pearce to
Miss Amanda Ward, who was born at what is now the Village of Gilson,
Knox County, Illinois, the date of her nativity having been May 6,
1842. She is the only daughter of Benjamin and Samantha (Pilcher)
Ward, both of whom were born and reared in Vinton County, Ohio, Mrs.
Ward having been a member of a family of 18 children born to James
and Nancy (Sage) Pilcher, who were sterling pioneers of Vinton
County, where they continued to reside until their death. Within a
short time after their marriage, Benjamin Ward and his wife removed
to Knox County, Illinois, where all of their children were born,
except the youngest, William J., concerning whom individual mention
is made on other pages of this publication. The family finally
returned to Vinton County, and here the father died in 1856, his
wife surviving him by forty years and having been summoned to
eternal rest in February 1896, venerable in years and a devoted
adherent of the Christian Church."
Excerpt from A Standard History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio, pg. 1208, 1209:
William Judson Ward was born at McArthur, his present place of residence, and the date of his nativity was November 8, 1854, his early educational advantages having been those afforded in the public schools of the fine little city in which he is now a representative business man. He is a son of Benjamin and Samantha (Pilcher) Ward, both of whom were born in Vinton County, Ohio, the old homestead of her parents, who were sterling pioneers of the county, having been that which now constitutes the county infirmary farm. The marriage of the parents of Mr. Ward was solemnized in Vinton County, and though for ten years they resided in Knox County, Illinois, the major part of their lives was passed in Vinton County, where the father died in 1857, at which time he was in the prime of life. His wife long survived him and passed to the life eternal on the eighty-second anniversary of her birth, she having been a devoted member of the Christian Church for many years prior to her death. Of the children the first born were twins, Robert and James, the former having died in the West and little being known by his kinsfolk concerning his life in later years. James was a resident of Cincinnati at the time of his death and was survived by his wife and a number of children. Columbus P. was nearly seventy-eight years of age at the time of his death, in 1915, and is survived by one child, Amanda, who has sons and daughters, is a resident of McArthur and is the widow of Captain Alexander Pearce who was a valiant soldier and officer in the Eighteenth Ohio Regiment during the Civil war. The subject of this sketch was the youngest of the children and was about three years of age at the time of
his father's death.
References
- Willard, Eugene B.; Daniel W. Williams; George O. Newman; and Charles B. Taylor. A Standard history of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of the Industrial and Commercial Development. (Chicago, Illinois?: Lewis Publishing, 1916)
Volume II, 1092-1096.
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