Simon Ward^[1]

1802 - 1878  (75 years)

• Name	Simon Ward
  Born	16 Dec 1802	Darlington, Darlington, S. Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Aug 1878	Mason County, Illinois
  Person ID	I17724	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2017

  
  

  Family	Nancy Ann White,   b. 22 Nov 1803, Marion Co., South Carolina ,   d. 6 Aug 1859, Darlington, Darlington Co., S. Carolina  (Age 55 years)
  Married	http://person.ancestry.com/tree/35601616/person/28656065606/facts Simon Ward Spouse: Nancy Ann White, 1803?1859 Jasper William or Wilson Ward, 1825 Martha Serena Ward, 1827?1895 Mary Elizabeth Ward, 1829?1832 Amasa Russell Ward, 1831?1833 Martin Luther Ward, 1834?1910 Caleb Evander Ward, 1837?1862 Robert Hamilton Ward, 1840?1926 Joseph Erasmus Ward, 1843?1929 William Ward, 1845?1929
  Children	+ 1. Martha Serena Ingram,   b. 12 Mar 1827, Cartersville, Florence Co., SC ,   d. 2 Jul 1895, Cartersville, Florence Co., SC  (Age 68 years)
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F6378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  If you do a google search for "Simon Ward" Illinois about the 3rd or 4th listing is for the history of Mason and Menard Counties. That book mentions that Simon Ward came to Mason County around 1828 from South Carolina, he was apparently involved with selling wood to the steamships. and that his son Henry (born 1834) was the first child born in Mason county. Simon Ward. Married Polly Stewart in IL in 1831. Later married Mary ______. Lived in Mason Co, IL in 1850 and Izard Co. Arkansas in 1860. Had grandson Henry Powell living with him in 1860. Henry was the son of Melinda Powell, who later married Amos Ward. Amos and Melinda married in Mason Co, in 1849. =============== Simon Ward Born abt 1808 in South Carolina Died 15 Apr 1863 in Mason County, Illinois He married Mary "Polly" Stewart on 17 Feb 1831 in Schuyler County, Illinois. Simon and Polly had 5 sons (Amos, Isaac, Henry, Lorenzo Dow, and James). I am descended from their son Lorenzo Dow. It seems at least two of his brothers (James and Amos) named one of their sons Lorenzo Dow as well.

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Ancestry Link, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/35601616/person/28656065606/facts. Simon Ward 1802?1878 Birth 16 DEC 1802, Darlington, Darlington, SC Death 10 AUG 1878, Darlington, Darlington, SC Spouse: Nancy Ann White, 1803?1859