WILSON WARD. This enterprising and native-born farmer of Washington county comes of Maryland ancestry, his father, William Ward, having moved from that State to Washington county at an early day. Wilson Ward was born February 22, 1823, in Allen township, near Belle Vernon, and was in boyhood inducted into the various arduous duties of farm life, a few weeks in the winter season being devoted to attending the primitive schools of the neighborhood. On February 28, 1867, he married Miss Margaret M., daughter of Rev. James Kenney, and granddaughter of Benjamin Kenney. After marriage Mr. Ward bought the farm in East Bethlehem township on which he now resides, comprising 186 acres of valuable land, all in a high state of cultivation. Here he carries on general agriculture, including stock raising, etc., and has met with well-merited success. To Mr. and Mrs. Ward have been born children as follows: William, January 2, 1868; Le Moyne, February 7, 1870; Theodore, August 23, 1874 and Walter E., January 23, 1880, all still living under the parental roof. William H. at one time conducted a store in the village of Fredericktown, this county, but, unfortunately, was burned out in April, 1891, and he has since been assisting his father on the farm. In his political preferences our subject is a Republican, but is not active, as his time and attention are exclusively devoted to his farm duties. He and the family are members of the M. E. Church, and are highly esteemed by a large circle of friends.

Text taken from page 1457 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed January 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published January 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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