George William Ward

George was one of eight children born to William Ward and his wife Sally Johnson Ward, of Kentucky.

Cincinnati Enquirer March 10, 1870

We regret to announce the death of that esteemed and whole-souled gentleman, Mr. Geo. Ward, who died yesterday at Cairo en route to his home in Newport, Ky., from his plantation in Washington County, Mississippi, where he had been attacked with brain fever. The deceased, who was a brother of Robt. J. Ward, and of Junius Ward, of Kentucky, married Miss Harris, of Newport, in early life, and settled in Louisiana, of which State he was a prominent and valuable citizen until the outbreak of the Rebellion. Since the war he has resided almost constantly in Newport with his family, although going annually South to attend to his affairs in Mississippi, and his many good qualities of head and heart have made him a universal favorite in this city and in his adopted town. Mr. Ward, who had scarcely passed the prime of life, was a kind and loving husband and father, and affectionate brother, a devoted friend and a good citizen. He leaves a large family to mourn their irreparable loss. He was comforted in his last hours by the presence of his wife, who, with the family physician, was called to him a few days since.

Info added per DAR's "Lineage Book of the Charter Members" by Mary S Lockwood and published 1895