Edwin Graham Ward b. December 13, 1844 Gainsville, Ala., d. June 7, 1929 Alvin, Texas

	Edwin Graham Ward and Mildred Lewis McDow	William Lewis Ward
		Mary Arabella Ward
		Burness Edwin Ward
		Royal Estelle Ward
		Arthur McDow Ward
		Walter Ward
		Mildred Bertha Ward
		M. B. Ward
		Velma Carrie Ward
		Alexander McDow Ward
		Jennie Gray Ward
		Grace Edwards Ward

Edwin Graham Ward and Mildred Lewis McDow were married January 7, 1873.

Edwin G. Ward & Ed McDow

Edwin G. Ward was a Pvt. in Company I, 5th Regiment, Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army, and his nickname was "Gray".

Mildred L. Ward & Uncle Ed McDow

Read an article about Mrs E.G. Ward on her ninetieth birthday.

Almost immediately after the storm, the Ward Family began gathering drift lumber washed up on the prairie from Galveston in the Mustang Community. The house rose on salvage from a railroad bridge-timbers 15 inches wide, nine inches thick, and eighteen feet long. Only shingles, flooring, and siding were purchased. The house was started in September, 1900; the family moved in July 4, 1901. Wards lived there until 1929 when the mother and three daughters moved to 616 West Adoue in Alvin, Texas.

The house at 616 W. Adoue was sold to Mrs E. G. Ward in 1929. Mildred and her three daughters moved from the Mustang home after her husband died on June 9, 1929.

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