Brief Life History of Pleasant Danniel
When Pleasant Danniel Ward was born on 20 May 1886, in Watauga Falls, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, his father, Andrew Jackson Ward, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Anne Cameline Harmon, was 36. He lived in Rominger, Watauga, North Carolina, United States in 1944. He died on 10 September 1944, in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Greer-Glenn Cemetery, Sugar Grove, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Ple*T D Ward in household of Alfred J Ward, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Danniel Ward - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth: 20 May 1886; Watauga Falls, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
- Pleasant Daniel Ward, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).
English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.
Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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