Family of John R. Ward
b. 1811 South Carolina, d. before 1870 Fayette Co., Tx.
John R. Ward and Mary Ann Fulton were married in Greene County Alabama December 14, 1835.
Age is shown at the time of the census on October 23, 1850 in Gainesville, Sumter County, Alabama.
History of John R. Ward
b. ca. 1811 d. before 1870 Fayette Co., Tx. m. to. Mary Fulton.John R. Ward had two brothers (Frank and Sylvester) and a sister(Mourning?)
The family moved to Texas from Gainsville, Ala about 1860-61.
They came by boat from Mobile, Ala to Galveston, Tx
They "settled" on a farm near LaGrange, Tx., vicinity of
Winchester and West Point, or Robb's Prairie.
Son John F. Ward did not come to Texas, lived in Tenn.
History of Mary Ann Fulton Ward
b. Jan 12, 1817 in Georgia, d. ca. 1880, Fayette Co., Tx.m. to John R. Ward.
See William V. Frierson for another "Mary Ann Fulton".
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