JONAS WARD: born 04 Sep 1799 in Darrington, West Riding, Yorkshire, ENGLAND; died 13 Nov 1877 in Carrollton, Greene Co, IL. Married HESTER FRY 01 Jun 1829 in Greene Co, IL.Children:JOHN PICKERING WARD, b. 05 Apr 1830; d. 10 Mar 1898.JULIA WARD, b. 1834; d. 31 Dec 1887.ALICE WARD, b. 22 Apr 1838; d. 24 Nov 1860.RICHARD E. WARD, b. Aug 1852, IL;
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CD: English Parish Records: Yorkshire (West Riding), Nottinghamshire; Ancestry.com
Yorkshire: Darrington - Parish Registers, 1567-1812,
the Register of the Parish Church of St. Luke and All Saints, Darrington.
Sixth Book
A Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Darrington.
08 Sep 1799 Jonas son of Richard & Elizabeth Ward born 04 Sep 1799
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History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Ill, Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co., 1885, 1128 pgs.
p. 1009:
Richard Ward and his family, natives of Yorkshire, England, crossed the stormy ocean and journed to the far west, and landed in Greene county in the winter of 1821, and bought out some improvements on Sec 32, T.10, R.12, where he lived until removed by death. With them came their son, Jonas, who was for many years one of the prominent agriculturalists of the county. In 1828, he was united in marriage to Hester FRY, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had four children. He died 13 Nov 1877.
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1855, April 9: Greene County, IL, Book F.,
Jonas Ward, Declaration to become a citizen of the United States. Sworn in
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1879 History of Greene Co, IL:
JONAS WARD-- Nearly 60 years ago, when not a railroad ran through the state and not a steamboat plowed the waters of the farm west, JONAS WARD who is well remembered by the older residents of Greene County, accompanied his parents, Richard and Elizabeth WARD in the year 1821 to the then far western state of Illinois. This trip to the west was made principally down the Ohio on a flat boat. The other emigrants forming the party were the MORFOOT family. The Wards reaching the Mississippi crossed the river on the ice. The winter and spring proving unusually serene, making their way over the vast tract known as the American Bottom, the Ward family located on the farm now owned by CHARLES WARD. Here the family raised their first crop in Illinois. In Greene County were passed the last days of RICHARD and ELIZABETH WARD. Of Jonas, whose fortunes we now follow, it may be said that he from his earliest years, followed agricultural pursuits from a period of time when the reap hook was the instrument principally in use up to the time when reapers, mowers and other modern instruments came into general use. There are many interesting passages in the life career of JONAS WARD, could they now be brought to mind. Carrollton was not then laid out for even a hamlet but one log cabin marking the spot. Flouring mills unknown, he frequently found occasion to go to St. Louis or Alton to lay in his supply of family provisions. As the years rolled by however, a different state of affairs became manifest and Mr. Ward was soon on the high road to prosperity. The date of his marriage probably occurred in 1828, to MISS HESTER FRY, by whom he had four children: JOHN, who married MISS EMMA DAVIS, JULIA, who married CAPTAIN WILLIAM FRY, ALICE (deceased), and RICHARD E., from whom this sketch is obtained. After a long life of usefulness distinguished by no ordinary energy, the head of the family an affectionate husband and father, after a life of almost unexampled activity, passed to his reward on the 13th of November, 1877. Mrs. Ward is still living, a resident of Greene County a most estimable lady, who contributed very materially toward her husband's prosperity. Richard, who owns the home place consisting of 240 acres, including the substantial farm residence, married MISS ELIZABETH HOBSON, daughter of THOMAS HOBSON, one of the most prominent farmers of Greene county. One child born of this marriage, ALICE.
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Carrollton Gazette, Green Co, IL, November 24, 1877 -
JONAS WARD died November 13. He was born September 4, 1799 in Darrington, Yorkshire, England. His family came to this country and settled in St. Louis in 1820. In 1821 the family moved to Greene County and to the farm on which Mr Ward lived when he died. He was married June 12, 1829, to MISS HESTER FRY who survives. Of four children born, three survive: John who lives in Montgomery county, Richard who remains on the farm and Mrs. Capt. FRY who resides in Carrollton. He was in his 79th year.
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CD: English Parish Records: Yorkshire (West Riding), Nottinghamshire; Ancestry.com
Yorkshire: Darrington - Parish Registers, 1567-1812,
the Register of the Parish Church of St. Luke and All Saints, Darrington.
Sixth Book
A Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Darrington.
08 Sep 1799 Jonas son of Richard & Elizabeth Ward born 04 Sep 1799
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History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Ill, Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co., 1885, 1128 pgs.
p. 1009:
Richard Ward and his family, natives of Yorkshire, England, crossed the stormy ocean and journed to the far west, and landed in Greene county in the winter of 1821, and bought out some improvements on Sec 32, T.10, R.12, where he lived until removed by death. With them came their son, Jonas, who was for many years one of the prominent agriculturalists of the county. In 1828, he was united in marriage to Hester FRY, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had four children. He died 13 Nov 1877.
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1855, April 9: Greene County, IL, Book F.,
Jonas Ward, Declaration to become a citizen of the United States. Sworn in
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1879 History of Greene Co, IL:
JONAS WARD-- Nearly 60 years ago, when not a railroad ran through the state and not a steamboat plowed the waters of the farm west, JONAS WARD who is well remembered by the older residents of Greene County, accompanied his parents, Richard and Elizabeth WARD in the year 1821 to the then far western state of Illinois. This trip to the west was made principally down the Ohio on a flat boat. The other emigrants forming the party were the MORFOOT family. The Wards reaching the Mississippi crossed the river on the ice. The winter and spring proving unusually serene, making their way over the vast tract known as the American Bottom, the Ward family located on the farm now owned by CHARLES WARD. Here the family raised their first crop in Illinois. In Greene County were passed the last days of RICHARD and ELIZABETH WARD. Of Jonas, whose fortunes we now follow, it may be said that he from his earliest years, followed agricultural pursuits from a period of time when the reap hook was the instrument principally in use up to the time when reapers, mowers and other modern instruments came into general use. There are many interesting passages in the life career of JONAS WARD, could they now be brought to mind. Carrollton was not then laid out for even a hamlet but one log cabin marking the spot. Flouring mills unknown, he frequently found occasion to go to St. Louis or Alton to lay in his supply of family provisions. As the years rolled by however, a different state of affairs became manifest and Mr. Ward was soon on the high road to prosperity. The date of his marriage probably occurred in 1828, to MISS HESTER FRY, by whom he had four children: JOHN, who married MISS EMMA DAVIS, JULIA, who married CAPTAIN WILLIAM FRY, ALICE (deceased), and RICHARD E., from whom this sketch is obtained. After a long life of usefulness distinguished by no ordinary energy, the head of the family an affectionate husband and father, after a life of almost unexampled activity, passed to his reward on the 13th of November, 1877. Mrs. Ward is still living, a resident of Greene County a most estimable lady, who contributed very materially toward her husband's prosperity. Richard, who owns the home place consisting of 240 acres, including the substantial farm residence, married MISS ELIZABETH HOBSON, daughter of THOMAS HOBSON, one of the most prominent farmers of Greene county. One child born of this marriage, ALICE.
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Carrollton Gazette, Green Co, IL, November 24, 1877 -
JONAS WARD died November 13. He was born September 4, 1799 in Darrington, Yorkshire, England. His family came to this country and settled in St. Louis in 1820. In 1821 the family moved to Greene County and to the farm on which Mr Ward lived when he died. He was married June 12, 1829, to MISS HESTER FRY who survives. Of four children born, three survive: John who lives in Montgomery county, Richard who remains on the farm and Mrs. Capt. FRY who resides in Carrollton. He was in his 79th year.
JONAS WARD: born 04 Sep 1799 in Darrington, West Riding, Yorkshire, ENGLAND; died 13 Nov 1877 in Carrollton, Greene Co, IL. Married HESTER FRY 01 Jun 1829 in Greene Co, IL.Children:JOHN PICKERING WARD, b. 05 Apr 1830; d. 10 Mar 1898.JULIA WARD, b. 1834; d. 31 Dec 1887.ALICE WARD, b. 22 Apr 1838; d. 24 Nov 1860.RICHARD E. WARD, b. Aug 1852, IL;
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CD: English Parish Records: Yorkshire (West Riding), Nottinghamshire; Ancestry.com
Yorkshire: Darrington - Parish Registers, 1567-1812,
the Register of the Parish Church of St. Luke and All Saints, Darrington.
Sixth Book
A Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Darrington.
08 Sep 1799 Jonas son of Richard & Elizabeth Ward born 04 Sep 1799
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History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Ill, Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co., 1885, 1128 pgs.
p. 1009:
Richard Ward and his family, natives of Yorkshire, England, crossed the stormy ocean and journed to the far west, and landed in Greene county in the winter of 1821, and bought out some improvements on Sec 32, T.10, R.12, where he lived until removed by death. With them came their son, Jonas, who was for many years one of the prominent agriculturalists of the county. In 1828, he was united in marriage to Hester FRY, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had four children. He died 13 Nov 1877.
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1855, April 9: Greene County, IL, Book F.,
Jonas Ward, Declaration to become a citizen of the United States. Sworn in
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1879 History of Greene Co, IL:
JONAS WARD-- Nearly 60 years ago, when not a railroad ran through the state and not a steamboat plowed the waters of the farm west, JONAS WARD who is well remembered by the older residents of Greene County, accompanied his parents, Richard and Elizabeth WARD in the year 1821 to the then far western state of Illinois. This trip to the west was made principally down the Ohio on a flat boat. The other emigrants forming the party were the MORFOOT family. The Wards reaching the Mississippi crossed the river on the ice. The winter and spring proving unusually serene, making their way over the vast tract known as the American Bottom, the Ward family located on the farm now owned by CHARLES WARD. Here the family raised their first crop in Illinois. In Greene County were passed the last days of RICHARD and ELIZABETH WARD. Of Jonas, whose fortunes we now follow, it may be said that he from his earliest years, followed agricultural pursuits from a period of time when the reap hook was the instrument principally in use up to the time when reapers, mowers and other modern instruments came into general use. There are many interesting passages in the life career of JONAS WARD, could they now be brought to mind. Carrollton was not then laid out for even a hamlet but one log cabin marking the spot. Flouring mills unknown, he frequently found occasion to go to St. Louis or Alton to lay in his supply of family provisions. As the years rolled by however, a different state of affairs became manifest and Mr. Ward was soon on the high road to prosperity. The date of his marriage probably occurred in 1828, to MISS HESTER FRY, by whom he had four children: JOHN, who married MISS EMMA DAVIS, JULIA, who married CAPTAIN WILLIAM FRY, ALICE (deceased), and RICHARD E., from whom this sketch is obtained. After a long life of usefulness distinguished by no ordinary energy, the head of the family an affectionate husband and father, after a life of almost unexampled activity, passed to his reward on the 13th of November, 1877. Mrs. Ward is still living, a resident of Greene County a most estimable lady, who contributed very materially toward her husband's prosperity. Richard, who owns the home place consisting of 240 acres, including the substantial farm residence, married MISS ELIZABETH HOBSON, daughter of THOMAS HOBSON, one of the most prominent farmers of Greene county. One child born of this marriage, ALICE.
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Carrollton Gazette, Green Co, IL, November 24, 1877 -
JONAS WARD died November 13. He was born September 4, 1799 in Darrington, Yorkshire, England. His family came to this country and settled in St. Louis in 1820. In 1821 the family moved to Greene County and to the farm on which Mr Ward lived when he died. He was married June 12, 1829, to MISS HESTER FRY who survives. Of four children born, three survive: John who lives in Montgomery county, Richard who remains on the farm and Mrs. Capt. FRY who resides in Carrollton. He was in his 79th year.
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CD: English Parish Records: Yorkshire (West Riding), Nottinghamshire; Ancestry.com
Yorkshire: Darrington - Parish Registers, 1567-1812,
the Register of the Parish Church of St. Luke and All Saints, Darrington.
Sixth Book
A Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Darrington.
08 Sep 1799 Jonas son of Richard & Elizabeth Ward born 04 Sep 1799
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History of Greene and Jersey Counties, Ill, Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Co., 1885, 1128 pgs.
p. 1009:
Richard Ward and his family, natives of Yorkshire, England, crossed the stormy ocean and journed to the far west, and landed in Greene county in the winter of 1821, and bought out some improvements on Sec 32, T.10, R.12, where he lived until removed by death. With them came their son, Jonas, who was for many years one of the prominent agriculturalists of the county. In 1828, he was united in marriage to Hester FRY, a native of Kentucky, by whom he had four children. He died 13 Nov 1877.
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1855, April 9: Greene County, IL, Book F.,
Jonas Ward, Declaration to become a citizen of the United States. Sworn in
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1879 History of Greene Co, IL:
JONAS WARD-- Nearly 60 years ago, when not a railroad ran through the state and not a steamboat plowed the waters of the farm west, JONAS WARD who is well remembered by the older residents of Greene County, accompanied his parents, Richard and Elizabeth WARD in the year 1821 to the then far western state of Illinois. This trip to the west was made principally down the Ohio on a flat boat. The other emigrants forming the party were the MORFOOT family. The Wards reaching the Mississippi crossed the river on the ice. The winter and spring proving unusually serene, making their way over the vast tract known as the American Bottom, the Ward family located on the farm now owned by CHARLES WARD. Here the family raised their first crop in Illinois. In Greene County were passed the last days of RICHARD and ELIZABETH WARD. Of Jonas, whose fortunes we now follow, it may be said that he from his earliest years, followed agricultural pursuits from a period of time when the reap hook was the instrument principally in use up to the time when reapers, mowers and other modern instruments came into general use. There are many interesting passages in the life career of JONAS WARD, could they now be brought to mind. Carrollton was not then laid out for even a hamlet but one log cabin marking the spot. Flouring mills unknown, he frequently found occasion to go to St. Louis or Alton to lay in his supply of family provisions. As the years rolled by however, a different state of affairs became manifest and Mr. Ward was soon on the high road to prosperity. The date of his marriage probably occurred in 1828, to MISS HESTER FRY, by whom he had four children: JOHN, who married MISS EMMA DAVIS, JULIA, who married CAPTAIN WILLIAM FRY, ALICE (deceased), and RICHARD E., from whom this sketch is obtained. After a long life of usefulness distinguished by no ordinary energy, the head of the family an affectionate husband and father, after a life of almost unexampled activity, passed to his reward on the 13th of November, 1877. Mrs. Ward is still living, a resident of Greene County a most estimable lady, who contributed very materially toward her husband's prosperity. Richard, who owns the home place consisting of 240 acres, including the substantial farm residence, married MISS ELIZABETH HOBSON, daughter of THOMAS HOBSON, one of the most prominent farmers of Greene county. One child born of this marriage, ALICE.
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Carrollton Gazette, Green Co, IL, November 24, 1877 -
JONAS WARD died November 13. He was born September 4, 1799 in Darrington, Yorkshire, England. His family came to this country and settled in St. Louis in 1820. In 1821 the family moved to Greene County and to the farm on which Mr Ward lived when he died. He was married June 12, 1829, to MISS HESTER FRY who survives. Of four children born, three survive: John who lives in Montgomery county, Richard who remains on the farm and Mrs. Capt. FRY who resides in Carrollton. He was in his 79th year.
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