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Personal data William Taylor Ward 

Source 1
  • He was born in the year 1837 in Kentucky.
  • A child of William Ward and Lucinda Duncan
  • This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of William Taylor Ward

(1) He is married to Cyntha (Syntha) Gilliland.

They got married on November 14, 1854 at Greene County, Illinois, he was 17 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Francis Taylor Ward  1854-1926 
  2. Lillie Mae Ward  1880-1955 
  3. William J. Ward  ± 1861-????


(2) He is married to Nancy C. Edwards.

They got married on October 16, 1856, he was 19 years old.


Notes about William Taylor Ward

Enlisted in the 61st Illinois Volunteers Regiment on Nov. 12, 1864.
I found William Ward listed as an Intruder in correspondence from the Honorable Chief of The Great Chickasaw Nation to the Secretary of Interior in 1895.
The oral history of the Family is that William T Ward was widowed in 1869, Cynthia was to have fallen down stairs and died from her injuries.There are rumors that he married again around 1870 and started a new family, in the Indian Nations There are, so far,  no records to prove these statements, however, a copy of Francis T Ward's marriage filling in Jersey Co.ILL. states that Cynthia died from fall down stairs and that she was his mother.William T. Ward was a wittness to the ceremony of marriage Rights to Francis Ward and Julia A. Steed.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Taylor Ward

James Ward
± 1760-1830
Elizabeth Henson
1757-> 1841
William Ward
1805-1860
Lucinda Duncan
± 1807-1858

William Taylor Ward
1837-????

(1) 1854

Cyntha (Syntha) Gilliland
1842-± 1869

Francis Taylor Ward
1854-1926
Lillie Mae Ward
1880-1955
William J. Ward
± 1861-????
(2) 1856

Nancy C. Edwards
± 1837-????


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Sources

  1. Ballard-Willis Family Tree., rootsweb, Mark Willis-Ballard, Willis-Ballard, Markrootsweb

Historical events

Day of marriage October 16, 1856

  • The temperature on October 16, 1856 was about 10.4 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1856: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
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