James Neal Ward
b. 19 January 1888, d. 31 May 1963
- Father: James Olander Ward b. 15 April 1855, d. 11 May 1940
- Mother: Charlotte Atchison b. 31 October 1859, d. 9 January 1952
- James Neal Ward was born on 19 January 1888 in Clay County, Alabama.
- He was known as Neal.
- 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 James Neal Ward, Young Robert Ward, Roxie Ward, Carl Ward, Ethredge Ward, Bessie Ward and Leslie Ward.
- James Olander Ward and Charlotte Atchison appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Jones County, Texas. Other members of the household included James Neal Ward, Olen Ward, Carl Ward, Ethredge Ward, Bessie Ward and Leslie Ward.
- He was working on the home farm, according to the 1910 census.
- He married Mattie Eula Dunlap, daughter of William Albert Dunlap and Margaret V. Ball, on 1 December 1912 in Vernon, Wilbarger County, Texas, and Thomas Neal's brother Carl married Mattie Eula's sister Fay.
- James Neal Ward registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Collingsworth County, Texas, while living with his wife and child in Wellington, and employed by Collingsworth County as a tax assessor.
- James Neal Ward and Mattie Eula Dunlap appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Wellington, Collingsworth County, Texas. Other members of the household included Roxie Marcella Ward and H. B. Ward.
- He was employed by the county as a tax assessor, according to the 1920 census.
- James Neal Ward and Mattie Eula Dunlap appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma, at East Broadway enumerated next to James Neal's brother Carl and his Mattie Eula's sister Fay.. Other members of the household included Roxie Marcella Ward and H. B. Ward.
- He was operating a bakery, apparently with his brother Carl, according to the 1930 census.
- James Neal Ward and Mattie Eula Dunlap appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Hollis, Harmon County, Oklahoma. Other members of the household included H. B. Ward.
- He was proprietor of a bakery, according to the 1940 census.
- James Neal Ward registered for the draft on 26 April 1942 in Harmon County, Oklahoma, while living in Hollis, and self-employed there, Ward Bakery. Physical characteristics: Left hand off at wrist. Contact: brother Carl Ward, Hollis.
- James Neal Ward died on 31 May 1963 at age 75 in Tulare County, California.
- His wife Mattie Eula Dunlap became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Hillcrest Cemetery, Porterville, Tulare County, California.
- Last Edited: 25 Jul 2016
Family: Mattie Eula Dunlap b. 18 January 1893, d. 14 October 1969
- Roxie Marcella Ward b. 30 August 1913, d. 24 December 2001
- H. B. Ward b. 22 June 1917, d. 14 September 1984