Brief Life History of Nathan Augustus
When Nathan Augustus Ward was born on 26 August 1854, in North Carolina, United States, his father, William Alfred Ward, was 25 and his mother, Caroline Delon, was 22. He married Willamenia Alice Adams on 7 March 1880, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Thomasville Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years. He died on 20 October 1934, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hughes Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Conrad Hill Township, Davidson, North Carolina, United States.
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- Nathan Ward, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nathan Ward, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Nathan W. Ward, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1856
High Point was at the highest point of the 1856 North Carolina Railroad between Charlotte and Goldsboro, where it intersected the 1852 Great Western Plank Road. Its central location and transportation allowed for the delivery of raw materials like cotton and lumber as well as import and export of processed goods, contributing to its early growth. High Point was settled by Europeans, including English Quakers and German immigrants, before 1750, but was not incorporated until 1859. Before it became a major manufacturing center, the most important industries were tobacco, woodworking and textiles. The High Point furniture factory opened in 1889.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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