Emeline Ward was the daughter of William Henry Ward and Emeline Frances Watlington. She died August 15, 1890 and is buried in the Roberts cemetery lot with no headstone per the sexton. She never married and it was reported that she died from a fall from a second story window. Her death date was gotten from "The Records of The Key West Cemetery 1888-1905". Edited by Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr, certified genealogist.
Her father William Henry Ward was the editor of "The Key of the Gulf" newspaper. He fled Key West in 1861 to join the Confederate forces after his newspaper was suppressed and he was put under military surveillance by Major William H. French, Union army. Ward, a Democrat and Confederate supporter advocated in the columns of his newspaper the constitutional right of Key West to secede which Major French considered treasonous. He perished in the Civil War.
Her father William Henry Ward was the editor of "The Key of the Gulf" newspaper. He fled Key West in 1861 to join the Confederate forces after his newspaper was suppressed and he was put under military surveillance by Major William H. French, Union army. Ward, a Democrat and Confederate supporter advocated in the columns of his newspaper the constitutional right of Key West to secede which Major French considered treasonous. He perished in the Civil War.
Emeline Ward was the daughter of William Henry Ward and Emeline Frances Watlington. She died August 15, 1890 and is buried in the Roberts cemetery lot with no headstone per the sexton. She never married and it was reported that she died from a fall from a second story window. Her death date was gotten from "The Records of The Key West Cemetery 1888-1905". Edited by Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr, certified genealogist.
Her father William Henry Ward was the editor of "The Key of the Gulf" newspaper. He fled Key West in 1861 to join the Confederate forces after his newspaper was suppressed and he was put under military surveillance by Major William H. French, Union army. Ward, a Democrat and Confederate supporter advocated in the columns of his newspaper the constitutional right of Key West to secede which Major French considered treasonous. He perished in the Civil War.
Her father William Henry Ward was the editor of "The Key of the Gulf" newspaper. He fled Key West in 1861 to join the Confederate forces after his newspaper was suppressed and he was put under military surveillance by Major William H. French, Union army. Ward, a Democrat and Confederate supporter advocated in the columns of his newspaper the constitutional right of Key West to secede which Major French considered treasonous. He perished in the Civil War.
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