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Calendar of Wills in West Virginia, No. 49. Upshur County (Buckhannon)
Prepared by The West Virginia Historical Records Survey
Division of Community Services Programs, Work Projects Administration
Charleston, West Virginia
The West Virginia Historical Records Survey, August 1941
[121]

WARD, JOSEPH, Upshur County, W. Va., 18 May 1877; 18 June 1877. 

Wife REBECCA, bros. JOB and JACKSON WARD. 
Dr. P. F. Pinnell, ex. 

Testator desires to be "decently buried in graveyard 
near Solomon Leonard"; also desires pmt. of debts and funeral 
expenses from personalty; bequeaths to wife REBECCA WARD, all 
realty in town of Buckhannon, all household and kitchen furni- 
ture and remainder of personalty; upon death of sd. Rebecca, 
property to be equally divided between testator's bros. JOB 
and JACKSON WARD; to bro. JOB WARD, $200 in addition to prior 
bequest. 

Teste., Jacob Waugh, P. F. Pinnell, J. M. Pinnell. 
Bk. A, pp. 193, 194. 
Renunciation. 6 May 1878. 

REBECCA WARD, widow of JOSEPH WARD renounces provisions 
made for her in the will of her deceased husband. 

Bk. A, p. 197.
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ABBREVIATIONS 
Bk.               Book 
ex(s).     executor(s) 
p.                page 
pmt.           payment 
sd.               said 
teste.        testated 
W. Va.   West Virginia 
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Death Register, Upshur County WV 1877, Page 40, Line 32
Joseph Ward died May 24 at age 50yrs-14days
place of death: Upshur
parents: J. & B. Ward
place of birth: Lewis Co.
spouse: Rebecca E.
informant: R. E. Ward, wife

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