William Whitfield Ward

b. 11 January 1818, d. 5 November 1862
  • William Whitfield Ward was born on 11 January 1818 in Ware County, Georgia.
  • He married Martha Ann Smith on 2 July 1846 in Chambers County, Alabama, with B. B. Patrick officiating.
  • William Whitfield Ward and Martha Ann Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Chambers County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Mary Ward. They were enumerated one household away from Elvira Ward Cochran, who may have been William's cousin.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
  • William Whitfield Ward and Martha Ann Smith appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Wetumpka PO, Coosa County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Mary Ward, James Smith Ward, William Joseph Ward, Achilles Richard Ward and Thomas W. Ward.
  • He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
  • His wife Martha Ann Smith became a widow at his death.
  • William Whitfield Ward died on 5 November 1862 at age 44 in Bean's Station, Grainger County, Tennessee, or possibly a few days earlier, while serving as a private in Company D, 46th Alabama Volunteer Regiment, CSA.
  • Last Edited: 20 Jul 2016

Family: Martha Ann Smith b. 9 December 1826, d. 30 December 1902