Partha E. Gilbert

Partha E. Gilbert

• Father: T. J. Gilbert b. 9 March 1808, d. December 1872
• Mother: Levina Thorp b. 1816, d. 1887

• Partha E. Gilbert was born circa 1836 in Georgia.
• She married William W. Ward circa 1860.
• William W. Ward and Partha E. Gilbert appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Spearsville PO, Union Parish, Louisiana.
• William W. Ward and Partha E. Gilbert appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Wadeville PO, Navarro County, Texas. Other members of the household included William J. Ward, Carrie Arlina Ward, Fannie Blanche Ward and Sebastian Gilbert Ward.
• William W. Ward and Partha E. Gilbert appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Navarro County, Texas. Other members of the household included Sebastian Gilbert Ward, Fannie Blanche Ward, William J. Ward, Carrie Arlina Ward, Lou Anna Ward and Levina Thorp. Also in the household were two grist mill laborers and a cook.
• Partha E. Gilbert became a widow at the 28 October 1898 death of her husband William W. Ward.
• William J. Ward appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Navarro County, Texas, enumerated next to the household of William's sister Carrie Nixson. Other members of the household included Partha E. Gilbert, Julia Earl Ward, Irma Lou Ward, Alfred T. Ward and Mary G. Ward. Also in the household was one male boarder working on the farm.
• Partha E. Gilbert died on 22 July 1900.
• She was interred at Richland Cemetery, Richland, Navarro County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 20 November 1925 in The Corsicana Daily Sun: The State of Texas, County of Navarro.
       Be It Remembered. That the Board of Commissioners of the town of Richland, Texas, met in regular session on the 9th day of November, A. D. 1925, with John P. McCrary, Mayor, and W. C. Pearce and G. J. Elkins, Commissioners, present, when and where the following resolution was offered and unanimously adopted:
       Sebastian Gilbert Ward was born at Homer, State of Louisiana, on August 31, 1862, and came with his parents to Texas in 1870, settling at Old Cade, in Navarro county. He died in the town of Richland, on the 12th day of October, A. D. 1925 [sic], aged 63 years, he grew to manhood's estate in the vicinity of Cade, and on Nov. 21, 1883, wedded Miss Amantha Y. Stevenson. To this union there were born the following children, who with his widow, Mrs. Amantha Y. Ward, survive him: E. C. Ward, R. C. Ward, and Mrs. Elva I. Gilbert, Streetman, Texas; S. G. Ward, Corsicana, Texas; Mrs. Nellie L. Swink, W. B. Ward and Mrs. Cassie Abington, Richland, Texas, and Mrs. Pansy Richardson of Cisco, Texas. . . .

• Last Edited: 29 Jul 2016