Dillis Burgess Ward

30 June 1838–27 November 1922 (Age 84)
No Creek, Ohio, Kentucky, United States

The Life Summary of Dillis Burgess

When Dillis Burgess Ward was born on 30 June 1838, in No Creek, Ohio, Kentucky, United States, his father, Jesse Ward, was 42 and his mother, Elizabeth Raley, was 22. He married Sarah Isabella Byles on 24 September 1863, in Grand Mound, Thurston, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. He lived in Ruddell Township, Independence, Arkansas, United States in 1850 and King, Washington, United States for about 40 years. He died on 27 November 1922, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Seattle, King, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dillis Burgess Ward
1838–1922
Sarah Isabella Byles
1847–1928
Marriage: 24 September 1863
Sarah Elizabeth Ward
1865–1953
Charles Clarence Ward
1866–1962
Kate Ward
1868–1935
Maud Ward
1871–1958
Agnes Ward
1875–1954
Mabel Ward
1878–1916

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 September 1863Grand Mound, Thurston, Oregon, United States
    • Children

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (1)

    World Events (8)

    1846
    Age 8
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
    1848
    Age 10
    Historical Boundaries: 1848: Ohio, Kentucky, United States
    1861
    Age 23
    Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Warshawsky
    Wardman
    Warde

    Story Highlight

    Kate Ward Bushnell Death Certificate footnote.

    Record Series: Death Records Collection: Washington State Death Records County: Statewide Da Reference Number: {0BE61869-AF6F-4BB0-968D-5A4D898BE7D3} Image Number: 1467 Document Number: 58 Document Re …

    Sources (29)

    • D B Ward in household of Thos Mercer, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Dillis B Ward, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
    • D D Ward, "United States Census, 1900"

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