The Mail-Journal, Volume 22, Number 1, Milford, Kosciusko County, 2 January 1985 — Page 5
Syracuse 'Mystery Man*
Genealogy of Syracuse co -founder, Henry Ward, unearthed
By JACK ELAM Henry Ward; of the Samuel Crosson and Henry Ward duo that co-founded Syracuse, Indiana, has been referred to as the “Mystery Man” of the founders. Much has been written (including an outstanding, recently published, History of Syracuse, + by Ronald and Joan Sharp) about men covering their activities in the earlvxdays of * Syracuse. Up to Ih/s time, nothing was known/of-’Mr. Ward m before he arrives in Turkey Creek Township in t|ie 1830’s. This writer, whose paternal grandmother was a Ward, became interested in tracing the ancestoral line of this Founding Father. After months of sear-'-
BORN ENGLAND' , SETTLED SUDBURY MASS ★ WILLIAM WARD , ARRIVED IN AMERICA 1639 , r wife ? '■.' I ' ’ ‘ . ■ i - .■ n ■ b. 1626 b 1628 * b 1632 b. 1635 > b. 1637 b 1639 ’ b 1-22-1640 ; b. 9-24-1641 b. 4-14-1643 * b. 2-22-1644 b o 24 1646 ' h 1647 ■Y, h ism JOHN WARD JOANNA WARD OBADIAH WARD RICHARD WARD. DEBORAH WARD HANNAH WARD WILLIAM WARD SAMUEL WARD ELIZABETH WARD INCREASE WARD HOPESTILL WARD MARY WARD ELEASER WARD BETHIAHWARD Hanna Jackson Abraham Williams «1 Mary ?,- Mary Moore John Johnson Abraham How Hannah Eames Sarah How f; ? ? James Woods Daniel Stone Hannah Rice Daniel ’ #2 Joanna Mixer ' - * ■' ' ... I ••• • ' ' ' • ' •- . ■ ■ ■ - . \ ♦b. 11-14-1668 b. 1-7-1670 • *b. 9-18-1672 . b 1674-d 1674 b 5-4-1676 b. 167? '» b. 1-21-1679 b 1-29-1681 b. 4-26-1680 b. 12-4-1685 b 1-3-1688 bll 2 1689 b 25-1691 ALICE WARD WILLIAM V/ARD OBADIAH WARD BETHIAWARD MARY WARD JANE WARD EDMUND WARD SARAH WARD RICHARD WARD ELIZABETH WARD HANNAH WARD ELEASER WARD PRUDENCE WARD Judith ? #1 Elizabeth ? ? \ ? ? ? Samuel Bartlett ? unmarried ? ? ? #2 Elizabeth Fload* . * • - i = ‘ | . ■’ . ■ . ■ 1•. .. : ' ■ ■ , ' .- • - J ‘ r > b 12-1704 b 4 -14 1706-d. B-25 1725 t *b. 2-1707 b 3-1712 b 4-26-17?? * b 3-6-1716 b 9-28-1717-d 11-29-1717 b. 5-16-1721 B. 1-23-1725 , . HANNAH WARD JEDEDIAH WARD JABEZWARD THANKFUL WARD MARY WARD SARAH WARD SILENCE WARD ELIZABETH WARD BERIAH WARD * unmarried 7 ~ Phebe Eager Marshall Baker Thomas Drury John Traintor Hannah Stow ... REFERENCE SOURCE I - 9 GENEALOGY SECTION FT. WAYNE PUBLIC LIBRARY ... #1- WARD FAMILY . Descendents b. 11-22-1731 J . b. 3-29-1732-d 5-9-1732 b. 3-31-1733 b. 2-7-1734' , b. 2-21-1736 b. 10-15-1739 b. 6-6-1741 *b 10-7-1742 Os PHOEBE WARD HOPESTILL WARD ELIZABETH WARD JABEZ WARD EDMUND WARD LOUISAWARD JEDEDIAH WARD OBADIAH WARD M <. Francis Brigham ? unmarried Jemima Allen ? - Maj. Gen. Ashley Esther Post Molly Church ’ ’ By Andrew Henshaw Want AM** ' ■?. ' | • • Published Boston 1851 . * ' . ■ * - c #2 —History Os Syracuse—Sharp —Vol: #1& #2 . . • , . ’ #3 — Kosciusko Co. Records " / , ’ 4b. 4-11-1771 b 3-15-1773 #4 — Standard History Os Kosciusko Co. Lewis Publishing 1919 , / ■ ■ ' _ - OBADIAH WARD CLARRISSA WARD Lydia Smith Jonathon Hitchcock , COMPILED BY: JACK ELAM •SYRACUSE, IN. •■ •, | OCTOBER 1984 b. 2-25-1792-8. 1794 *b 5-1 -1799 b. 6-28-1801 . b 8-17-1803 b. 5-15-1807 .b. 5-16-1810 b. 1-5-1813 b. 5-17-1816 e a . HENRY WARD HENRY WARD CLARISSA WARD MORRIS WARD MARY WARD EVELINA WARD ALZORA WARD MELINDA WARD * ' ' died 2 years old Sarah Johnson Nathaniel Foskett Eliza Parks ChauncyLeet Hiram H. Bidwell John L. Chamberland Nathaniel Kinney ■ SURVEYOR OF PUBLIC LANDS MANY YEARS ■ ’ ' ' , ' CO-FOUNDER SYRACUSE, INDIANA AUGUST 1837 . ' ‘ • FIRST POSTMASTER-SYRACUSE, INDIANA 1837 : . 9 . “ ASSOCIATE JUDGE - KOSCIUSKO, CO. 1837 ’■ DIED SEPTEMBER 1846 - NO CHILDREN i ...
It happened . . .in Milford
10 YEARS AGO. Jan. 1, 1975 The two big valves were slowly opened, activating two 400-gallon-per-minute lift pumps — and thus the long-awaited Milford sewer 1 system began operation. Time: 11:30 am. Thursday, Dec. 26. Present for the official opening of the new sewer system were Mjlford town board members Dr. T.A. Miller, Norman Lovell and Mrs. Joseph (Bessie) Sunthimer. , A year end report has been released by the Milford emergency vehicle technicians on money that has been donated to the emergency fund thus far and on how it has been spent. Van Buren township trustee, Walter Wuthrich, returned yesterday from a holiday trip to Illinois. He replaces Maurice Beer who did not seek re-election. Slick streets in the town of
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ching and hard work, the yield came in the form of an out-of-print book, published in 1851. The book named our Henry Ward and his family all the way back to the first Ward of this ancestoral line to settle in America An early., ancestor, William Ward, coming from England is the first of this family-line to live, in America. According to family tradition, he came from Yorkshire or -Derbyshire, England. He is recorded in America, as early as 1639, when his name appears on land documents at Sudbury, Massachusetts. No record of his wife’s name has been found.William and Mrs. Ward, had fourteen children/ The first six are
Milford were listed as the cause of two accidents last Sunday. No injuries were reported in either accident. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Kline of Goshen were Sunday evening, Dec. 22, visitors of Mrs. Hazel Kline of Milford. Mrs. Darrell French of San Diego, Calif., was a recent caller of her grandmother, Hazel Kline of Milford\ Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Zimmerman of r 2 Milford have announced the engagement of their daughter, Janette Marie, to David Allen Bess, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bess of r 2 Milford. The bride-elect is a 1974 graduate of Wawasee High School. She is currently employed by Sharp’s Hardware in Milford. Her fiance is a 1972 graduate of Wawasee High
believed born in England, and the remaining eight, in the Massachusetts Colony. The third child of William Ward, was born in England around 1632. He came with His parents to America when he was six years old. His name was Qbadiah Ward. He married a woman by the name of Mary on . November 13,1667. Records show that he owned twenty-seven acres at Sudbury, '’Massachusetts. Obadiah and Mary moved to Marlboro (Marlborough), Massachusetts where she died August 22, 1706. Obadiah Ward remarried at the age of seventy - four. His wife Joanna Mixer, was born December 14, 1666, and was the daughter of Isaac Mixer of
School and is employed by ChoreTime Equipment, also in Milford. (Note:#he Milford Mail did not publish a newspaper during the first week of January in 1965,1955 or 1935.) /« ‘Fashion / The classic spectator pump complements the tailored spring suit. These shoes feature perforated contrast toe in sling-back, open-side styles as well as the closed pump. Other spring shoes feature ankle straps, wedges and high heds of the “50s” fashions. Progress Who says automation doesn’t create jobs. Now it takes more people to correct each mistake. -Record, Columbia, S.C. t. rJo see uU(We/i about a new home fo/t my Ramify. 2. rlo Jinot out about using my QO foan benefits (100% financing). 3. Babe advantage o{ the p/iesent reduced inte/test /rates. 4. uAsk <R/tothefts Qealty about income p/toduclng p/tope/tty. NOTE: PHONE 457-4446
Watertown, Massachusetts. Mr. Ward was a representative from . Marlboro in 1689. He died January 5, 1718, at the age of eighty-six years. His second wife Joanna, who was only two years older than Obadiah’s eldest child, survived him. Mr. Ward and his first wife Mary had a total of thirteen children. The next generation of this line is represented by the third child of Obadiah and Mary Ward. His name was Obadiah, too. This Obadiah Ward was born September 18, 1672, in Marlboro, * Massachusetts. His first wife was named Elizabeth. They were married and resided in Marlboro where she died August 27, 1709. Mr. Ward then married an
From the Syracuse Police log—
BB gun being shot in city
The following information was obtained from the log of the Syracuse Police Department. December 26 • 5:55 am. — Subject reference disabled vehicle, advised would pick up as soon as possible 12:20 p.m. — Party advised her rings have been recovered 1:40 p.m. — Property damage accident in front of the Pacer Station 5:27 p.m. — Subject requested information reference.shooting of BB gun in city 5:34 p.m. — Subject on station reference lost trucker’s wallet with checks December 27 3:06 a m. — Subject advised hit/skip accident at his house » 10:10 a.m. — Party on station to make a report on accident at stop light and Pickwick Road 2:43 p.m. — Clerk’s office advised car in ditch by Sleepy Owl
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“SANTA — WE PROMISE WE’VE BEEN GOOD” — The Heart of the Lakes Square dancers held their Christmas square dance on Friday, Dec. 14, at Camelot Hall in North Webster. , The evening consisted of a carry-in dinner, a square dance and Santa. Most of the couples found time to tell Santa what they wanted for Christmas. The couple pictured above wanted their children to believe they sat on Santa’s lap the most for Christmas. The evidence is right here, so their wish should come true.
Elizabeth Fload, December 12, 1711. He made his will August 8, 1749 and died March 14, 1752, at the age of eighty years. Obadiah and his first wife had three children. He and his second wife had six children, making a total of nine. This Obadiah Ward held the distinction of being the first of his line to be bom in America. Representing the fourth generation is the third child of Obadiah and Elizabeth Ward. His name was Jabez. Jabez Ward was born in Marlboro, * Massachusetts in 1707. He married Phebe Eager January 6, 1730, in Marlboro. In J 744, Jabez, Phebe, and children moved to the western part of the colony to New Marlboro, Massachusetts. While
4:53 p.m. — Subject with information reference theft 7:30 p.m. — Officer requested contact railroad officials reference gates down, lights flashing, no train December 28 12:03 a.m. — Subject advised telephone pole or pole of some kind on fire. 6 a m. — Officer advised it would be another hour before power is on, on North Shore area 3:47 p.m. — Subject advised of vehicles at Wawasee High School, requested patrol December 29 3:44 a.m. — Subject advised of a mpn sitting in vehicle CR 1100 and CR 950 in middle of road 8:02 p.m. — Business requested an officer drive past reference loitering 10:03 p.m. — Sflbject requested attempt to locate 15-year-old and deliver to home
living in New Marlboro, Jabez was a magistrate and was “intrusted with much of the public business of that infant settlement.” He died in New Marlboro August 29,1787, at the age of sixty years. His widow Phebe died in 1775. Jabez Sand Phebe had eight children. The popular name of Obadiah again appears in this Ward line making generation number five. He is the eighth child of Jabez and Phebe Ward, born October 7, 1742. He married Molly Church of New Marlboro, Massachusetts and resided there. He was a Representative in the Legislature. October 1802, Obadiah and Molly moved to
10:38 p.m. — Subject requested a unit reference suspicious vehicle 10:41 p.m. — Report of a possible prowler December 30 2:21 p.m. — Subject requested an officer reference domestic trouble g 2:49 p.m. — Subject requested to speak to a fireman 10:38 p.m. — Subject on station reference statue in middle of street, moved it to alley on West side 11:20 p.m. — Subject advised of daughter not home, possibly at wild party at Syracuse December 31 12:36 a.m. — Subject advised of a hit/skip accident at a business 9:33 a.m: — Subject requested information reference subject 12:31 p.m. — Subject reference when they will pick up Christmas trees 5:59 p.m. — Subject reference telephone number for poison control center 7:53 p.m. — Subject advised something suspicious going on at neighbors house January 1 12:23 a.m. — Subject advised of subject has something in eye and is coming to fire station 12:34 a.m. — Subject advised of a subject firing a pistol on CR 530E at a residence home 2:08 a.m. — Subject advised of subject in vehicle messing around Ogden Island 8:17 a m. — Subject reference pumping yard and street 9:12 a.m. — Subject on station references basements on Boston and South Main leaking WHO KNOWS? 1. Labor Day falls on what day? 2. When did World War II begin? 3. California became a state on what date? 4. When was the second Battle of Bull Run fought? . Answers To Who Knows 3981 ‘6Z Jsn»ny fr * SOBI ‘6 Jaquiajdas T ‘6C6I ‘I Jaqiuajdas ’Z ’lß6l 7 Jaquiajdas I
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West Stockbridge, Massachusetts which is located near the New York state line. In West Stockbridge he served as a Magistrate. Obadiah died July 10, 1816, in his seventy-fifth year. His wife Molly died September 22, 1807 in her fifty-eighth year. They had two children. Generation number six is headed up by another Obadiah Ward. The eldest child of Obadiah and Molly Ward was born April 11, 1771. In 1791 he ’married Lydia Smith, daughter of Amos Smith of New Marlboro. Obadiah and Lydia moved to West Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1802 about the same time that his father made the same move.
» Christmas Day burglary
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Lydia died in West Stockbridge, February 15, 1828. Obadiah was stilHjving in 1851. They had eight children. The second child of Obadiah and Lydia Ward brings us to generation number seven. This child is HENRY WARD. Hepry was born May 1, 1799 in New\ Marlboro, Massachusetts. Tfie young lad moved with the family to West Stockbridge when he was three years old. Henry Ward * “went to Indiana, married there and died at Syracuse, Kosciusko * Co., in that state September 1846, leaving no issue. He was surveyor of the public lands many years, and at the time of his death, Judge of the court for the above mentioned county. ”
The burglary of a grain elevator northwest of Warsaw is our Crime of the Week. Sometime during the night of Dec. 25, unknown persons entered the Clunette Elevator by breaking in a door. Once inside, they removed a quantity of cigarettes, some chewing tobacco. a large quantity of three different sizes of chain, and several pairs of gloves. If you have information concerning this burglary, Crime Stoppers wants to hear from you. We will pay up to SI,OOO if your information leads to an arrest or indictment. Crime Stoppers also pays cash rewards on other felony crimes and the capture of fugitives. Call us toll free at 1-800-342-STOP. We only want your information, not your name.
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