H. B. Ward, a prosperous farmer and lumberman of Wards Station, was born April 26, 1844, in Milan, Ohio; a son of Elam and Christianna (Byard) Ward. The father was born in Connecticut, in December, 1806, and moved to Ohio in 1809 with his parents. His father was Col. Jared Ward, a native of England and a gallant officer of the war of 1812. Mrs. Christianna B. Ward was a native of New York State, of Scotch descent. Our subject was raised on a farm near the place of his birth, and received a good academic education. At the age of eighteen he enlisted in the Federal Army, Company C, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Ohio Infantry, Ohio National Guards. He was honorably discharged December 15, 1864, and has now the discharge paper, issued at Washington, D.C., bearing Abraham Lincoln’s signature. Our subject then joined the One Hundred and Seventy-seventh Ohio Infantry Company and served until the close of the war. He returned home, where for two years he engaged in farming, On account of feeble health he immigrated to White County, where he introduced and operated, for a short while the first saw-mill in the county. Since that time he has been almost exclusively in the farming and lumber business. He is an energetic able business man and good citizen; by industry and careful management he is now in very comfortable circumstances. He is a member of the K.of H., I.O.O.F., and is a Republican. April 7, 1870, he married Sallie, daughter of Wm. and Betsy Anderson. She was the mother of two children: Norman A. and Bessie. Her death occurred February 24, 1879. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. November 9, 1880, our subject wedded Ella M., daughter of James and Margaret Davis, native of Connecticut, where Mrs. Ward was born February 19, 1855. This union has resulted in the birth of three children: Sallie M., Annie Pearl and Maggie C. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are earnest members of the Missionary Baptist Church.

Source:   Goodspeed Pub. Co. History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present; Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of the Counties of White, Warren, Coffee, DeKalb, and Cannon, Besides a Valuable Fund of Notes, Original Observations, Reminiscences, Etc., Etc. Nashville: Goodspeed Pub. Co, 1887.