Bio of John WARD (b.1837), Wright Co., MN

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This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II,
Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge.
Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at:
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be some typos.


511           HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

John Ward, a retired farmer living in Maple Lake, was born in Tuam, 
County Galway, Ireland, May 25, 1837, son of Michael and Margaret 
(Thornton) Ward. He came to America at the age of seventeen, and 
worked in New York for two years. In 1856 he took up farming in La 
Salle county, Illinois. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted 
in Company D, Twenty-Third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and served 
three years, being mustered out in West Virginia, with the rank of 
corporal. At Lexintgon, Mo., he was shot in the right forearm and 
captured. From September 19, 1861, to January 6, 1862, he was on 
parole. Then he was again back in the thick of the fighting. He 
participated in the battles of Gettysburg, South Mountain, Antietam 
and Chancellorsville, as well as in a dozen or more important 
skirmishes. It was in 1866 that he brought his wife to Wright 
county and settled in section 33, Maple Lake township, where he 
secured eighty acres of timbered land. He cleared this land, 
erected buildings, and here successfully conducted general farming 
for many years. In October, 1913, he retired and moved to the village 
of Maple Lake, where he now resides. He has always done his part 
toward the progress of the community and has served as school clerk 
of his district some thirty years. The family faith is that of the 
Catholic church. John Ward was married, December 27, 1864, to Mary 
Mack, daughter of John and Anne (Cantlion) Mack. John Mack was a 
mason by trade. He was born in England, and in 1856 settled in 
Earlville, Ill. He was a thorough patriot and served three years 
in the Fifty-Third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, proving his valor 
in many engagements. Mr. and Mrs. Ward have had seven children: 
William E. lives in Portal, Minn.; Margaret is the wife of Daniel 
Scannell; Anne is the wife of William Ellis, of Maple Lake; Michael 
lives in Minneapolis; Alice is the wife of Carl West, of Minneapolis; 
Mary and Robert live on the home farm.