Young Robert Ward
b. 9 May 1880, d. 18 May 1949
- Father: James Olander Ward b. 15 April 1855, d. 11 May 1940
- Mother: Charlotte Atchison b. 31 October 1859, d. 9 January 1952
- Young Robert Ward was born on 9 May 1880 in Lineville, Clay County, Alabama.
- James Olander Ward and Charlotte Atchison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Lineville, Clay County, Alabama, enumerated next to James' step-grandmother Eliza Hayes, and his aunt Elizabeth Bartlett.. Other members of the household included Young Robert Ward, Mary Ann Eveline Ward.
- James Olander Ward and Charlotte Atchison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Ellis County, Texas. Other members of the household included Young Robert Ward, Roxie Ward, James Neal Ward, Carl Ward, Ethredge Ward, Bessie Ward and Leslie Ward.
- He married Agnes Elizabeth Thomas circa 1905.
- Young Robert Ward and Agnes Elizabeth Thomas appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Jones County, Texas, living next to Young Robert's family.
- He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
- He was owner of Cleburne Storage Battery Co. when his son Seth was born in January 1918.
- Young Robert Ward died on 18 May 1949 at age 69 in Dallas, Texas, at 737 Elsbeth Street at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Agnes Elizabeth Thomas.
- His wife Agnes Elizabeth Thomas became a widow at his death.
- The following appeared on 19 May 1949 in The Dallas Morning News: Funeral services for Young Robert Ward, 69, a retired Dallas restaurant operator, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Poole Funeral Home, 437 West Jefferson. The Rev. W. E. Brannan will officiate. Burial will be in Laurel Land Memorial Park.
Ward died Wednesday at his home, 737 Elsbeth, after a long illness. He had been a Dallas resident for twenty-one years.
Ward came to Dallas in 1828 and opened the Ward Lunch Room in Oak Cliff. He retired in 1943 because of ill-health.
He was a member of the Cliff Temple Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife; a son, Seth Robert Ward, Dallas; mother, Mrs. James O. Ward, Muskogee, Okla; three brothers, Neal Ward and Carl Ward, both of Hollis, Okla., and Ethridge Ward of Hereford, Deaf Smith County; three sisters, Mrs. W. H. Worthy, McKinney, Collin County; Mrs. J. W. Parks, Hillsboro, and Mrs. H. H. Horton, Muskogee, Okla; and one grandson.
Pallbearers will be T. R. Dyer, W. E. Fletcher, W. H. Ruth, Peter Pickard, Worley Stapleton and Claude Simmons.
- Last Edited: 4 Aug 2013