Joseph WARD (Abt 1835-1893)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Matilda A GETHERS Edward WARD Ida Mae WARD+ William WARD Joseph WARD 2 Born: Abt 1835, Ohio 2 Marriage: Matilda A GETHERS on 10 Feb 1861 in Macon Co., Illinois 1 Died: 9 Aug 1893 about age 58 3 Buried: Greenwood Cemetery, Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois 4 5   Noted events in his life were: • He had a residence in 1883 in 550 E. Mason, Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois. 6 • He served in the military between 1865 and 1886. 4 5 Co. A, 149 Ill. Inf. Joseph married Matilda A GETHERS on 10 Feb 1861 in Macon Co., Illinois.1 (Matilda A GETHERS was born about 1842 in Ohio 2 and died on 20 Sep 1882 in Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois 7.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • They appeared on the census on 11 Jun 1880 in 2ND Ward, Decatur, Macon Co., Illinois. 2 • They appeared on the census on 25 Jun 1870 in T12 R7, Virden Po, Macoupin Co., Illinois. 8

1 Compiler: IL State Genealogical Society, IL Marriage Record index (IL State Archives).

2 1880census, ancestry, Census Type: federal (Ancestry.com, 1880).

3 Compiler: Decatur Genealogical Society, Greenwood Cemetery Records (Decatur Genealogical Society, PO Box 1548, Decatur, IL, 62525-1548, 1994).

4 Compiler: Decatur Genealogical Society, Macon County, Illinois Inscriptions Greenwood Cemetery (Decatur Genealogical Society, Decatur IL, 1975).

5 Greenwood cemetery, Record Type: pictures, Reader: Paul Escarraz, Location: Decatur IL (7/3/2005).

6 Compiler: Chas. O. Ebel and Co., Decatur City Directory - 1883.

7 Index of deaths prior to 1916.

8 1870 Census from Ancestry.Com, Census Type: federal (Ancestry.com, 1870).