Joseph Henry Ward

Full Name: Joseph Henry Ward
Date of birth: March 3, 1821
Date of death: December 6, 1872

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 42 Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862 9th (1)     Veal's Station / Parker   Ellis, Johnson, Parker

(1) Ward did not attend 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Terms of Service top

House District 42
Nov 4, 1861 - Jan 14, 1862
Legislatures: 9th (1)  
Home City/County: Veal's Station / Parker
Counties in district: Ellis, Johnson, Parker

(1) Ward did not attend 1st Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Military Service Notes

  • Texas State Troops, Captain, Company C, Parker County, 1st Frontier District, Major William Quayle, commanding; enlistment date 2/1/1864, age 46 years (born circa 1818). Joseph Ward, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com.
  • Captain in Colonel J.B. Barry's frontier battalion. Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford, Texas, 1877.

Other Resources

  • Joseph Henry Ward, birth date 3/3/1821 in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey; death date 12/6/1872 in Limestone Gap, Atoka County, Oklahoma. Allingham Family Tree. Ancestry.com.
  • Joseph Henry Ward, birth date 3/3/1821, death date 12/6/1872, burial in Wards Cemetery, Atoka County, Oklahoma. Find a Grave.
  • Captain Joseph Ward mentioned in nephew John J. Hard's biographical sketch, pp. 526, 529. "Captain Ward, his mother's brother, above referred to, was the only one of her people who came to Texas, the date of his arrival here being 1845." Captain Ward's sister was Abigail (Ward) Hard. History of Texas, Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties, 1895.
  • Mentioned in "The History of Springtown." Springtown Area Chamber of Commerce.

Committee Information top

9th R.S. - 1861
Confederate Relations  
Indian Affairs  

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