Genealogy for
Monroe James Ward
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Monroe James Ward
4/7/1845 - 6/7/1907
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Monroe James Ward was born on April 7, 1845 in Dale County, Alabama and died on June 7, 1907 in Walton County, Florida. He lived to be 62 years old.
Military service: Pvt Co. D 53 Ala Inf CSA. He married Mary Elizabeth 'Polly' Russell (3/15/1844 AL - 4/23/1912 FL).
Children:
- William D. (1870),
- Benjamin F.,
- Mary Emma (1883-1945),
- Monroe,
- Nancy Ann (1875-1963),
- Eilliott,
- Elizabeth,
and
- Joe E. Ward
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 | Census | 10/24/1850 | AL (Dale County) | 5 yrs old | | family#145: James B. Ward (age 54, farmer, born in SC), Elizabeth (age 52, born in GA), William J. (20, farmer, born in AL), Benjamin F. (16, farmer, AL), Elizabeth (14, AL), Mary (12, AL), Monroe (5, AL), Ann Elliott (12, race is recorded as "b" [choices were white, black or Indian], born in AL). |
| Census | 8/31/1860 | AL (Dale County) | 15 yrs old | | Family #1227: James B. Ward (age 65), Elizabeth (age 60), Monroe (male, age 15), Ann Ellis (black female, age 21), Wesly (mulatto male, age 6), Henry (black male, age 3), Amos (black male, 8 months old). James B. is a farmer and Monroe is a student. James estimates the value of his real estate to be 2,000 and his personal estate to be $4,973. James B. was born in SC, Elizabeth in GA and Monroe in AL. |
| Military | 1/1/1861 | AL | 15 yrs old | | Monroe Ward is mustered into Company D of the 53rd Regiment, Alabama Partisan Rangers (Confederate). He is a Private throughout his military career. FILM NUMBER: M374 roll 46. [date is unknown] |
| Other | 8/28/1861 | AL (Dale County) | 16 yrs old | Alabama, Dale County, August the 28th AD 1861: A deed of gift by James B. Ward to his wife Elizabeth Ward. Know all men by these presents that I James B. Ward of the County of Dale and State of Alabama considering the uncertainity of this life and being of sound mind and memory do give and bequeath unto my beloved Elizabeth the following property to wit. The south half of the South West quarter of Section 9 Township 2 and Range 25 and the South East quarter of the North West quarter of the same section township and range and the South East quarter of the North East quarter of Section 8 the same Township and Range. Also one negro boy named Sam. Also all my household and kitchen furniture together with the present crop. Also forty head of cattle and forty head of sheep and forty head of hogs all of her own selection from my stock of cattle, sheep, and hogs. Also one sorrel horse with a blaze face and one mule together with one yoke of black sided oxen and waggon. Also all my plantation Tools together with my Buggy and harness and five hundred dollars in cash all the above property do I give my beloved wife Elizabeth during her life and at her death to belong to my son Monroe in witness whereof I have hereunto set my name and affixed my seal the day and date first above written. James B. Ward (L.S.)  |
| Census | 8/25/1870 | AL (Geneva County) | 25 yrs old | First recorded as house #3 and then renumbered to #385, family #5, then 390: Monroe Ward (age 25), Mary (age 24), Elizabeth (age 3), Joe E. (age 2), Elizabeth Ward (age 71) and Russell Jane Ward (age 68). Monroe says his occupation as farmer and estimates the value of his real estate to be $320 and his personal estate to be $591. All were born in AL except Russell Jane who was born in GA. Mary, Elizabeth and Russel Jane cannot read or write.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1870: Geneva County was created two years prior to this census on December 26, 1868 from Coffee, Dale, and Henry Counties. It is located near the Choctawhatchee River.. The Freedmen's Bureau, formed after the Civil War, managed this land until they were abolished in 1868 by the US Congress. They were committed to the supervision and management of all abandoned lands and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen. Members of this group harassed settlers by taking bribes and acquired lands they were to protect during the time leading up to their disbandment. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Census | 6/20/1900 | Wrights Creek AL (Geneva County) | 55 yrs old | Household #56 change to 277, family #56 change to 277: Monroe Ward (age 55, born in GA), Polly (age 56, born in GA), Elizabeth (34, GA), Nancy A. (32, AL), Ely (23, AL), Marvin J. (22, AL), Emma (17, AL) & Joshua Palmore (22, AL). Joshua is a hireling. Monroe & Polly have been married 34 years and they have 7 children which are still living. Monroe is a farmer, his father & mother were born in GA. Polly's father & mother were born in GA. All can read & write. Elizabeth, Nancy & Emma are farm laborers, Ely & Marvin are Turpentine laborers.
| Additional information about Geneva County, AL around 1900: A courthouse fire in 1898 destroys many county records. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod. | |
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| Graveyard/Tombstone | 6/7/1907 | Bruce FL (Walton County) | 62 yrs old | | Antioch Cemetery: Monroe James Ward, born 4/7/1845 and died 6/7/1907. It says PVT Co. D53 Alabama Inf. CSA on his tombstone. Others in the same plot are Thomas Jefferson Ward and James Madison Ward. |
| Other | 1/9/1956 | FL (Walton County) | 49 yrs after death | | Elizabeth Rebecca Ward says under oath that she knew Elizabeth English, her grandmother, to be a Creek Indian. She also remembers her family bringing Elizabeth from AL in an oxcart for a long visit and her Uncle Monroe coming to take her back to AL. |
| Other | 12/28/1956 | AL | 49 yrs after death | | Thomas Henry Peel, of Geneva County, Slocomb, Alabama, says he is 86 years old. He knew Elizabeth English Ward, widow of James B. Ward, and her two sons, John Jackson and Monroe Ward and her daughter, Mary Ward, who married James W. Davis. Elizabeth English Ward lived with her daughter, Mary Ward Davis in her later years and died there. He knew Elizabeth English Ward for several years and she was known by all to be a full blooded Creek Indian. James W. Davis was my nearest neighbor, lived only two miles away. He is
not related by blood or marriage to Elizabeth English Ward or any of her descendants. Nor is he related by blood or marriage to any of the Davis family. |
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Monroe, his family, and friends. For example, Monroe is 10 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
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1850 |
State population=771,623.
The 1850 Federal Census reveals the
White population=426,514;
African-American population=345,109;
Slave population=342,844;
Free black population=2,265;
Urban population=35,179;
Rural population=736,444;
Cotton production in bales=564,429;
Corn production in bushels=28,754,048;
Number of manufacturing establishments=1,026. |
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1850 |
Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted. |
| 10 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 16 |
1861 |
No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later. |
| 19 |
1864 |
Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back |
| 20 |
1865 |
May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east. |
| 20 |
1865 |
Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory. |
| 25 |
1870 |
During the 1870s, the remaining Seminole Indians begin establishing trading posts and other economy with local settlers. |
| 37 |
1882 |
The Florida Central and Western Railroad Company was created. It combines the Florida Central, Jacksonville, Pensacola, and Mobile railroads. |
| 38 |
1883 |
Three railroad companies are merged to form the Florida Transit and Penisular Railroad Company. Thee are: Florida Transit Railroad Co., Peninsular Railroad Co, and the Tropical Florida Railroad Co. |
| 39 |
1884 |
Most railroads in Florida are passed into the hands of a single company owned and operated by a single management, under the name of The Florida Railway and Navigation Company. It has more that 500 miles of main track in operation and about 300 miles of track under construction. The longest route was the "Western Division" which ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville - 209 miles. |
| 61 |
1906 |
An attempt to drain the Everglades and convert it to farmland begins. |
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1853 |
The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S. |
| 11 |
1856 |
The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany |
| 14 |
1859 |
Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory. |
| 20 |
1865 |
Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public. |
| 24 |
1869 |
Cro-magnon Man fossils are found in France |
| 32 |
1877 |
Edison invents the phonograph permitting music and voices to be recorded and replayed. |
| 34 |
1879 |
Edison invents the electric light bulb. |
| 44 |
1889 |
The first calculating machine is invented and uses punch cards |
| 50 |
1895 |
Wireless telegraph and the "antenna" are invented but it covers a very short distance. |
| 52 |
1897 |
First ship to shore message is sent using an improved form of wireless telegraph |
| 55 |
1900 |
The cause of yellow fever is discovered. It is proven that the fever is spread by mosquitoes. This rallies an effort to provide better mosquito control. |
| 55 |
1900 |
Freud publishes his book "The Interpretation of Dreams" |
| 56 |
1901 |
First transatlantic wireless telegraph is sent. |
| 57 |
1902 |
The first Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil is discovered. |
| 58 |
1903 |
Wright Brothers complete the first successful flight with an airplane at Kitty Hawk |
| 59 |
1904 |
The first vacuum tube diode is invented by Fleming |
| 61 |
1906 |
Kellogg sells the first box of Corn Flakes |
| 61 |
1906 |
The triode vacuum tube is invented |
| 61 |
1906 |
Electrons are discovered by Thomson |
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| 16 |
1861 |
NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA. |
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1862 |
NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 37 |
1882 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Edison creates the first large power station in New York City, making it the first place in America to have electricity. |
| 40 |
1885 |
NEWS HEADLINES: Eastman invents the box camera. For the first time photography becomes affordable for the average citizen. |
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| 10 |
1855 |
Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida. |
| 15 |
1860 |
Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south. |
| 17 |
1862 |
May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West. |
| 18 |
1863 |
Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves. |
| 20 |
1865 |
American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South" |
| 23 |
1868 |
An eight-hour work day is established for federal employees. |
| 30 |
1875 |
Tennessee enacts Jim Crow law. |
| 31 |
1876 |
The National League of Baseball is founded |
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 Monroe James Ward |
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The Children of Monroe James Ward
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25 years old
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William Dennis Ward
Born somewhere in Alabama about 1870 and died somewhere in Florida about 1935. He was about 65 years old.
Married Miley Ellie Bruner. Children:
Buelah Ward (1895-?),
Ellon Ward (1898-?),
Henry C. Ward (1902-1985),
Minnie Ward (1903-?),
Jessie Bell Ward (1905-?),
Frank R. Ward (1907-?),
Willia...
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