Moses Ward and Mary J. Hays

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Husband Moses Ward ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1835 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Mar 1874 1 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Mark Ward (1799-1854) 2
         Mother: Nancy McFate (1804-1859) 2

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       Marriage: 26 Sep 1865 3

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Moses Ward.

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Wife Mary J. Hays ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1879
         Buried: 

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         Father: Robert Hays (1802-1877) 1 2 4
         Mother: Mary Ann McKnight (Abt 1840-      ) 1 2 5

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Mary Jane Hays.

• Residence: : Dempseytown, Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA. View of the Ward residence from the History of Venango County, PA, 1879; pg. 323x

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Children

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1 M Dr. James Melvin Ward ²

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           Born: 12 Oct 1866 - Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1939 - St. Petersburg, Pinellas Co, FL 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mabel Viola Powell (1864-1927) 2
           Marr: 1896 2

         Spouse: Rita Mayer (      -      ) 2
           Marr: Abt 1929

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2 M Robert Willis Ward ²

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           Born: Abt 1868
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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3 F Mary J. "Minnie" Ward ²

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           Born: Abt 1870 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Dec 1954 - Linesville, Crawford Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Bertha E. Ward ²

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           Born: Abt 1872
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Dec 1949 - Dempseytown, Oakland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Moses Ward

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He lived in Cochranton, Pennsylvania, in a house later owned by his cousin, Daniel H. McFate. He moved to Dempseytown about 1870 and died there.

When he died he left a wife and four children, residing in Dempseytown, Venango County, Pennsylvania.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary J. Hays

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There is confusion between this woman and Mary Jane Hays, daughter of Greer Hays. See HVC 1879, 611 & CAB, 647.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 611.

2 —, Crawford County Genealogy, Vol. V, No. 1 (Meadville, PA: Crawford County Genealogical Society, Jan, 1982).

3 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 254.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 646.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 647.