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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 515-516]

  GEORGE WARD, a farmer of Amherst Township, has been prominently
  identified with the history of Cherokee County since 1871.  He was
  born in Gore, Toronto, Canada, November 13, 1838, and is the son of
  GEORGE and ANN (WILSON) WARD, natives of England.  He is the third
  of a family of twelve children, and grew to manhood in his native
  land.  He was married September 10, 1861, to Miss SARAH BARR, a
  daughter of DAVID and SARAH BARR, and a native of Ireland.  After
  his marriage Mr. WARD remained in Canada until about the year 1868,
  when he removed to Jackson County, Iowa.  There he resided until
  he came to Cherokee County in 1871.  He purchased a raw tract of
  eighty acres in Amherst Township, which he has improved and to
  which he has made additions as his means would permit, until he
  now owns 240 acres in one body.  Through his efforts this has been
  brought under good cultivation and is considered as fertile land as
  lies within the borders of Cherokee County.  On first coming to the
  county Mr. WARD erected a small house which served as a residence
  until 1881, when he built a large, fine house of a modern plan, which
  makes a most comfortable and delightful home.  He has also built barns
  and granaries, and has beautified his surroundings by planting a grove.
  He has everything in the way of modern improvements in farming imple-
  ments, and carries on his business in a thorough, energetic style.
  That prosperity has attended his way is evident by taking a look at
  his possessions.  He had much with which to contend during his early
  residence in the county, in the way of blizzards, grasshoppers, etc.,
  but he faced all these discouragements bravely, and is now reaping
  his reward.  Mr. WARD casts his political suffrage with the Republican
  party, and takes an active interest in its success.  He and his wife
  are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.  They have had four
  children born to them: ANNA, wife of BENJAMIN RADCLIFFE; MAGGIE J.,
  wife of ANDREW RAE; MARY E. and DAVID W., at home.

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