Known by the name Jay Ward. Joshua Jay Ward was born March 7, 1893 in Texarkana, AR according to his WWI Draft Registration (Grant Parish, LA). He was the only surviving son of the marriage between Ambrose Henry Sevier "Dock" Ward and Martha Jane "Mattie" Roper Lewis Ward. Some online Ancestry.com trees show a brother Burton M. Ward who died at 2 years old in the 1890's. He was also a half brother of Georgia "Addie" Lewis, John Edgar Lewis (from his Mother's first marriage) and several Ward siblings from his father's previous two marriages.
Jay grew up in Miller County, AR. After his father's death, he and his mother moved to Winn Parish, LA and then Grant Parish, where he met his wife Rosetta Betrice Strother. The two had Cecil E., Jay Sherman, and Wendall Strother Ward before moving to McCurtain County, OK. By the 1940 census, Jay is a widower with his three sons in McCurtain County. Rosetta died September 8, 1935. His second wife was Ruth Bernice Tuck.
By the WWII Draft in 1942, Jay had moved to Forester, Scott County, AR.
The book "Opening Memory's Door" by Henry C. Ward, Jay's Nephew, describes getting to shoot Jay's single barrel shotgun during a visit. Henry's father was an older half brother of Jay's. Coincidentally, Jay's mother was the aunt of Henry's mother!
Jay grew up in Miller County, AR. After his father's death, he and his mother moved to Winn Parish, LA and then Grant Parish, where he met his wife Rosetta Betrice Strother. The two had Cecil E., Jay Sherman, and Wendall Strother Ward before moving to McCurtain County, OK. By the 1940 census, Jay is a widower with his three sons in McCurtain County. Rosetta died September 8, 1935. His second wife was Ruth Bernice Tuck.
By the WWII Draft in 1942, Jay had moved to Forester, Scott County, AR.
The book "Opening Memory's Door" by Henry C. Ward, Jay's Nephew, describes getting to shoot Jay's single barrel shotgun during a visit. Henry's father was an older half brother of Jay's. Coincidentally, Jay's mother was the aunt of Henry's mother!
Known by the name Jay Ward. Joshua Jay Ward was born March 7, 1893 in Texarkana, AR according to his WWI Draft Registration (Grant Parish, LA). He was the only surviving son of the marriage between Ambrose Henry Sevier "Dock" Ward and Martha Jane "Mattie" Roper Lewis Ward. Some online Ancestry.com trees show a brother Burton M. Ward who died at 2 years old in the 1890's. He was also a half brother of Georgia "Addie" Lewis, John Edgar Lewis (from his Mother's first marriage) and several Ward siblings from his father's previous two marriages.
Jay grew up in Miller County, AR. After his father's death, he and his mother moved to Winn Parish, LA and then Grant Parish, where he met his wife Rosetta Betrice Strother. The two had Cecil E., Jay Sherman, and Wendall Strother Ward before moving to McCurtain County, OK. By the 1940 census, Jay is a widower with his three sons in McCurtain County. Rosetta died September 8, 1935. His second wife was Ruth Bernice Tuck.
By the WWII Draft in 1942, Jay had moved to Forester, Scott County, AR.
The book "Opening Memory's Door" by Henry C. Ward, Jay's Nephew, describes getting to shoot Jay's single barrel shotgun during a visit. Henry's father was an older half brother of Jay's. Coincidentally, Jay's mother was the aunt of Henry's mother!
Jay grew up in Miller County, AR. After his father's death, he and his mother moved to Winn Parish, LA and then Grant Parish, where he met his wife Rosetta Betrice Strother. The two had Cecil E., Jay Sherman, and Wendall Strother Ward before moving to McCurtain County, OK. By the 1940 census, Jay is a widower with his three sons in McCurtain County. Rosetta died September 8, 1935. His second wife was Ruth Bernice Tuck.
By the WWII Draft in 1942, Jay had moved to Forester, Scott County, AR.
The book "Opening Memory's Door" by Henry C. Ward, Jay's Nephew, describes getting to shoot Jay's single barrel shotgun during a visit. Henry's father was an older half brother of Jay's. Coincidentally, Jay's mother was the aunt of Henry's mother!
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