Samuel Marion Ward was born 27 August 1844 in Dale County, Alabama and died
3 November 1933 in Van Zandt County. He was the son of Adaline Westemire
(Westamyre) and James Robert Ward. He married Mary Jane Bridges 15
September 1864 in Dale County, Alabama. They had sons James Madison and
Larkin Marion, and daughters Florence Inglem and Lillie Clifton.
Samuel Marion enlisted 1 September 1862 and served in the Confederate
States during the War Between the States. He served as a private
in Company F, 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was honorably discharged
at Staunton, VA, 26 February 1863 on account of disease of the heart.
During his long life he was vitally interested in people
and lent his support to many worthy causes for the benefit of the community
in which he lived. He went to Jefferson by wagon to get lumber for a
church. According to the minutes of the Old Bethel Baptist Church, he was
almost always the one chosen as messenger to represent the church at the
Associational meetings. He traveled by buggy or rode a horse called
'Bessie.' He was a Master Mason of Castillion Lodge #141, and a Baptist
Deacon.
He married three other wives. In August 1905, he married Sarah Taylor
Weldon. On 4 June 1912, he married Elizabeth Jones; and 22 November 1915,
he married Nancy Allen Yates. He and all four wives are buried at the Old
Bethel Cemetery." biography submitted by Ruth S. Abbott of Canton
S.M. Ward, Phalba Texas, has lived in the county twenty-eight years. He was
born in Alabama. Married Miss M.J. Bridges, came to Texas in 1870 and has a
family of seven children living in a radius of five miles of his present
home. He has lived a happy and prosperous life. Some five months since the
death angel called and took Mrs. Ward, the light of the home, to the
'Better Land.' He says Van Zandt is the banner county of the best state in
the Union."....from the Wills Point Chronicle, August 24, 1905
3 November 1933 in Van Zandt County. He was the son of Adaline Westemire
(Westamyre) and James Robert Ward. He married Mary Jane Bridges 15
September 1864 in Dale County, Alabama. They had sons James Madison and
Larkin Marion, and daughters Florence Inglem and Lillie Clifton.
Samuel Marion enlisted 1 September 1862 and served in the Confederate
States during the War Between the States. He served as a private
in Company F, 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was honorably discharged
at Staunton, VA, 26 February 1863 on account of disease of the heart.
During his long life he was vitally interested in people
and lent his support to many worthy causes for the benefit of the community
in which he lived. He went to Jefferson by wagon to get lumber for a
church. According to the minutes of the Old Bethel Baptist Church, he was
almost always the one chosen as messenger to represent the church at the
Associational meetings. He traveled by buggy or rode a horse called
'Bessie.' He was a Master Mason of Castillion Lodge #141, and a Baptist
Deacon.
He married three other wives. In August 1905, he married Sarah Taylor
Weldon. On 4 June 1912, he married Elizabeth Jones; and 22 November 1915,
he married Nancy Allen Yates. He and all four wives are buried at the Old
Bethel Cemetery." biography submitted by Ruth S. Abbott of Canton
S.M. Ward, Phalba Texas, has lived in the county twenty-eight years. He was
born in Alabama. Married Miss M.J. Bridges, came to Texas in 1870 and has a
family of seven children living in a radius of five miles of his present
home. He has lived a happy and prosperous life. Some five months since the
death angel called and took Mrs. Ward, the light of the home, to the
'Better Land.' He says Van Zandt is the banner county of the best state in
the Union."....from the Wills Point Chronicle, August 24, 1905
Samuel Marion Ward was born 27 August 1844 in Dale County, Alabama and died
3 November 1933 in Van Zandt County. He was the son of Adaline Westemire
(Westamyre) and James Robert Ward. He married Mary Jane Bridges 15
September 1864 in Dale County, Alabama. They had sons James Madison and
Larkin Marion, and daughters Florence Inglem and Lillie Clifton.
Samuel Marion enlisted 1 September 1862 and served in the Confederate
States during the War Between the States. He served as a private
in Company F, 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was honorably discharged
at Staunton, VA, 26 February 1863 on account of disease of the heart.
During his long life he was vitally interested in people
and lent his support to many worthy causes for the benefit of the community
in which he lived. He went to Jefferson by wagon to get lumber for a
church. According to the minutes of the Old Bethel Baptist Church, he was
almost always the one chosen as messenger to represent the church at the
Associational meetings. He traveled by buggy or rode a horse called
'Bessie.' He was a Master Mason of Castillion Lodge #141, and a Baptist
Deacon.
He married three other wives. In August 1905, he married Sarah Taylor
Weldon. On 4 June 1912, he married Elizabeth Jones; and 22 November 1915,
he married Nancy Allen Yates. He and all four wives are buried at the Old
Bethel Cemetery." biography submitted by Ruth S. Abbott of Canton
S.M. Ward, Phalba Texas, has lived in the county twenty-eight years. He was
born in Alabama. Married Miss M.J. Bridges, came to Texas in 1870 and has a
family of seven children living in a radius of five miles of his present
home. He has lived a happy and prosperous life. Some five months since the
death angel called and took Mrs. Ward, the light of the home, to the
'Better Land.' He says Van Zandt is the banner county of the best state in
the Union."....from the Wills Point Chronicle, August 24, 1905
3 November 1933 in Van Zandt County. He was the son of Adaline Westemire
(Westamyre) and James Robert Ward. He married Mary Jane Bridges 15
September 1864 in Dale County, Alabama. They had sons James Madison and
Larkin Marion, and daughters Florence Inglem and Lillie Clifton.
Samuel Marion enlisted 1 September 1862 and served in the Confederate
States during the War Between the States. He served as a private
in Company F, 15th Regiment Alabama Infantry. He was honorably discharged
at Staunton, VA, 26 February 1863 on account of disease of the heart.
During his long life he was vitally interested in people
and lent his support to many worthy causes for the benefit of the community
in which he lived. He went to Jefferson by wagon to get lumber for a
church. According to the minutes of the Old Bethel Baptist Church, he was
almost always the one chosen as messenger to represent the church at the
Associational meetings. He traveled by buggy or rode a horse called
'Bessie.' He was a Master Mason of Castillion Lodge #141, and a Baptist
Deacon.
He married three other wives. In August 1905, he married Sarah Taylor
Weldon. On 4 June 1912, he married Elizabeth Jones; and 22 November 1915,
he married Nancy Allen Yates. He and all four wives are buried at the Old
Bethel Cemetery." biography submitted by Ruth S. Abbott of Canton
S.M. Ward, Phalba Texas, has lived in the county twenty-eight years. He was
born in Alabama. Married Miss M.J. Bridges, came to Texas in 1870 and has a
family of seven children living in a radius of five miles of his present
home. He has lived a happy and prosperous life. Some five months since the
death angel called and took Mrs. Ward, the light of the home, to the
'Better Land.' He says Van Zandt is the banner county of the best state in
the Union."....from the Wills Point Chronicle, August 24, 1905
Gravesite Details
s/o James Robert Ward and Adeline Westemire Ward. Husband of Mary Jane Bridges Ward,
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