James William "Bill" Ward
1874 - 1938 (64 years)-
Name James William "Bill" Ward Nickname Bill Birth 1874 Gender Male Family Search ID 9H34-SZ3 Family Search Link https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9H34-SZ3 Death 26 Dec 1938 Burial Montgomery Chapel Cemetery/Silva, Wayne, Missouri, USA 
Person ID I4003 Clan Montgomery Last Modified 20 Nov 2016
Father Frank M. Ward, b. 7 Sep 1849, South Carolina, USA d. 30 Jul 1941 (Age 91 years) Mother Florence Naomi "dink" Montgomery, b. 13 Apr 1856, Wayne, Missouri, USA d. 28 Sep 1928, Wayne, Missouri, USA (Age 72 years) Marriage Date Unknown Family ID F1339 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Rachel, b. 1879 d. 1902 (Age 23 years) Marriage Date Unknown Children 1. James William Jr. Ward, b. 1899 d. 1900 (Age 1 year) 2. Lyman Ward, b. 26 Jul 1901 d. 23 Jul 1958 (Age 56 years) Family ID F1369 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
Family 2 Mary Belle "molly" Eads, b. 21 Nov 1878 d. 7 Mar 1974 (Age 95 years) Marriage 1905 Children 1. Gilbert "gib" Ward, b. Date Unknown d. Apr 19772. Elmer Lee Ward 3. Freda Ward + 4. Inez N. Ward, b. 2 Dec 1906 5. Alpha Ward, b. 31 Jul 1911 d. 13 Jan 1975 (Age 63 years) Family ID F1370 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Dec 2015
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Notes - James William Ward was born 1874 and died 1938. His obituary states "Mr. Ward who had defective vision had started to cross the highway 67 near his home when struck by an automobile. He walked from behind one automobile into the path of another". The date of his death listed 26 December 1938. He married first to Rachel ...... who was born 1879 and died 1902. Both buried Montgomery Chapel Cemetery. From Croker: "Back in those days there was a lot of moving done, and this family came through, moving in a wagon, and there was plenty of water there, and they stopped and camped there, and old Bill married this gal and I guess she already had T.B. and they had a son and he died".