A. L. Ward Biography


	This biography appears on pages 969-970 in "History of Dakota 
	Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was 
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				A. L. WARD. 

	Prominently identified with various business and corporate 
interests of Aberdeen, A. L. Ward has risen by force of his ability, 
executive power and initiative spirit to a high place in commercial 
affairs of that city, where since 1885 he has made his home. He is the 
founder and promoter of the Ward Hotel and is connected also with the 
Ward-Owsley Company, wholesale and manufacturing confectioners, and his 
extensive interests have made him for many years a force in promoting 
the prosperity of the city. 

	Mr. Ward was born in 1861 and was taken to Linn county, Iowa, by 
his parents in 1866, acquiring his education in the public schools of 
that locality. In 1882 he came to South Dakota, where he took up 
government land in Beadle county, proving up his claim and continuing 
to reside upon his farm until 1885. In that year he came to Aberdeen 
and opened the first modern restaurant in the city, conduting this 
enterprise successfully for some years thereafter. In 1897 he erected 
the Ward Hotel, of which he has since been the proprietor and which 
under his capable and intelligent management has become one of the 
leading hostelries in the city. It has ninety rooms and twenty-five 
baths and is well furnished and completely equipped, provided with all 
the conveniences and accessories necessary to the comfort of the 
guests. Mr. Ward is interested also in the Sherman Hotel and is a 
director in the Aberdeen Railway, which he aided in promoting. In 
addition to these connections he is also well known as one of the 
organizers of the Ward-Owsley Company, wholesale and manufacturing 
confectioners, and since the foundation of this enterprise he has given 
a great deal of time to its affairs. The company owns a two-story 
building with one hundred foot frontage and controls a large business 
in all departments, giving employment to forty people in the home plant 
and to four traveling salesmen. 

	In 1894 Mr. Ward was united in marriage to Miss Carrie H. 
Paulhamus, who came to Aberdeen with her mother in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. 
Ward have become the parents of two children, a son and a daughter. Mr. 
Ward is a thirty-second degree Mason, holding membership in the lodge, 
chapter, commandery and Shrine; is affiliated with the Knights of 
Pythias, and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He 
has been a resident of Aberdeen for thirty years and has during that 
period been closely and influentially associated with business 
interests of the city. He has won a gratifying degree of success and 
his influence has been a tangible force for good in community 
development.