Josephine Antoinette Ward;

Born in Sing-Sing, Westchester County, New York

(The name of the Village of Sing Sing was changed to Ossining in 1901, the Town of Ossinsing was created in 1845 and renamed Ossining the next year)

She became:

Mrs. Josephine Antoinette Ward Thomson Swann


First Marriage:
John Renshaw Thomson
US Senator from New Jersey
In office
March 4, 1853 – September 12, 1862
(September 25, 1800 – September 12, 1862
Thomson's wife, Annis Stockton, died in 1842; in 1845, he married Josephine


Second Marriage:
Thomas Swann
(February 3, 1809 - July 24, 1883)
US Congressman. Maryland Governor, Baltimore Mayor. Elected to represent Maryland's 3rd and 4th Districts in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1879. Also served as Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1856 to 1860, and Governor of Maryland from 1866 to 1869.
His first wife, Elizabeth Gilmer (Sherlock) Swann (1814-1876) they had a daughter in 1843, Elizabeth Gilmer Swann. In 1878, the widower married Josephine Ward Thomson, daughter of Representative ("Congressman") Aaron Ward and widow of U.S. Senator John Renshaw Thomson.



Historical Society of Princeton, N.J. for Wikoff, J.H. Papers, ca. 1850-1898 (Josephine A.T. Swann; Josephine Antoinette Thomson Swann; b. Josephine Antoinette Ward Thomson Swann ; Princeton, N.J.; active in the preservation of Rockingham, Washington's hdqtrs. at Rocky Hill)

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Bio;

By Jonathan Robert De Mallie , Historian

NOTE*
Princeton Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Grave Marking Ceremony of Josephine Ward Thomson Swann- 1:30pm
October 25, 2015 @ 1:30 pm

Princeton Cemetery, 29 Greenview Avenue, Princeton, N.J.
Enter though Witherspoon St. Gate across from the Arts Council.

Reception to follow at the Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton, 2-4 pm.