Jim Ward's Genealogy Pages
Thomas K. Ward's supposed early demise
The following article was found among the 800+ pages of the Lanark County Genealogy Society's website concerning Thomas K. Ward, my G-Grandfather Edward Ward's brother. It is reprinted here with permission.
STILL IN THE FLESH. -- It falls rarely to the lot of man to read his own obituary in two or three papers, but such fell to Mr. T.K. Ward, of Langston, Mich., an Old Boy of Perth. Some years ago his death was reported in the Perth Courier and copied in the Pembroke Observer and several Michigan papers, and all these accounts Mr. Ward had the pleasure of reading. The gentleman is still in the flesh and was one of the many visitors at the reunion. The Courier had a very pleasant call from him and Mrs. Ward. He is a brother of Misses Ward, of Drummond. He is one of the solid men of Langston.
The URL for the above: http://www.globalgenealogy.com/LCGS/1905oldboys/1905077A.HTM
The Perth Old Boys and Girls Reunion was held in May, 1905, in Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Thomas died at his home in Langston, MI, on 11 November 1922, at the age of 88. Source: Michigan death certificate.
Speculation: Maybe the papers meant to report Edward Ward's death on 25 April 1900, but somehow got the name mixed up?
