Andrew Jackson "A.J." Ward

1859 - 1945  (85 years)

• Name	Andrew Jackson "A.J." Ward
  Born	Dec 18, 1859	Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	Sep 19, 1945	Vidor, Orange county, Texas, USA
  Notes	Obituary: ANDREW WARD TO BE BURIED TODAY Funeral services for Andrew Ward, 85, of Vidor, pioneer resident of Beaumont, who died shortly before noon yesterday, following an illness of more than a year, will be held at 5 o'clock this afternoon in Pipkin and Brulin chapel. Rev. George F. Cameron, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, will officiate. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Pallbearers will be E. B. Kelso, Hugh Martin, Harry Jirou, Harvey Wier, George E. Bryant, Jr., and Kyle and Carroll Ward. Mr. Ward, who was postmaster of the Beaumont postoffice from 1885 to 1889, was a member of one of the oldest families in Beaumont, his family moving to Beaumont before the Civil War. Mr. Ward was at one time in the lumber business, being associated with his brother, the late John Ward, pioneer capitalist and lumberman. He served as justice of the peace at Vidor shortly after the end of World War I. Surviving are two sons, Stanford Ward of Vidor and Voltaire Ward of Washington, D.C., and sister, Mrs. R.H. Talley of Taylor, Texas. (Beaumont Enterprise, Sept. 20, 1945, p. 8) -
  Person ID	I137019	mykindred
  Last Modified	Jun 11, 2008

  
  

  Father	Andrew Jackson "A.J." Ward,   b. Jul 13, 1818, Clark county, Arkansas, USA ,   d. Mar 01, 1867, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Nancy Kelley,   b. Feb 26, 1829, Wolfe Creek, Clark county, Arkansas, USA ,   d. Oct 11, 1870, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Married	circa 1845	Titus county, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F44840	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clifford A. Stanford,   b. Oct 1850, Georgia, USA ,   d. Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Married	Aug 13, 1885	Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA
  Children	1. Stanford Ward,   d. Y   2. Jack C. Ward,   b. Aug 1891, Beaumont, Jefferson county, Texas, USA ,   d. Oct 08, 1940, Washington, D.C., USA  (Age ~ 49 years)   3. Voltaire C. Ward,   b. Aug 1888, Texas, USA ,   d. Y
  Family ID	F44841	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart