On stone with wife Celia C. Ward
NOTE: death year differs from newspaper obit and stone.
Geuda Springs Herald
Geuda Springs, Kansas
Friday, July 19, 1901
page 1
Obituary.
Died, at the home of his son in Wellington Sunday morning July 14, 1901, after a severe illness of four months, Orin J. Ward, aged 80 years, 11 months and 22 days.
Mr. Ward was born in Waltham, Addison county, Vermont, July 21, 1820, and married in 1841, Celia Hapgood. In 1870 he moved his family to Kansas and took a claim where the town of Geuda Springs is now located. His little log cabin was the first house in Geuda Springs and his family the first to locate there permanently.
The wonderful curative powers of the Mineral Springs were known then only by the Indians who would bring thier sick and bathe in the waters.
Deceased was the father of ten children, seven of whom are living, six sons and one daughter. His wife died in 1872 and was the first person buried in the Geuda Springs cemetery. He was a member of the Christian church.
The funeral services were conducted Monday at 10 a.m., in the Presbyterian church at this place, by Rev. Stull, of the Baptist church of Wellington, after which the remains were laid to rest beside his wife.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2020
NOTE: death year differs from newspaper obit and stone.
Geuda Springs Herald
Geuda Springs, Kansas
Friday, July 19, 1901
page 1
Obituary.
Died, at the home of his son in Wellington Sunday morning July 14, 1901, after a severe illness of four months, Orin J. Ward, aged 80 years, 11 months and 22 days.
Mr. Ward was born in Waltham, Addison county, Vermont, July 21, 1820, and married in 1841, Celia Hapgood. In 1870 he moved his family to Kansas and took a claim where the town of Geuda Springs is now located. His little log cabin was the first house in Geuda Springs and his family the first to locate there permanently.
The wonderful curative powers of the Mineral Springs were known then only by the Indians who would bring thier sick and bathe in the waters.
Deceased was the father of ten children, seven of whom are living, six sons and one daughter. His wife died in 1872 and was the first person buried in the Geuda Springs cemetery. He was a member of the Christian church.
The funeral services were conducted Monday at 10 a.m., in the Presbyterian church at this place, by Rev. Stull, of the Baptist church of Wellington, after which the remains were laid to rest beside his wife.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2020
On stone with wife Celia C. Ward
NOTE: death year differs from newspaper obit and stone.
Geuda Springs Herald
Geuda Springs, Kansas
Friday, July 19, 1901
page 1
Obituary.
Died, at the home of his son in Wellington Sunday morning July 14, 1901, after a severe illness of four months, Orin J. Ward, aged 80 years, 11 months and 22 days.
Mr. Ward was born in Waltham, Addison county, Vermont, July 21, 1820, and married in 1841, Celia Hapgood. In 1870 he moved his family to Kansas and took a claim where the town of Geuda Springs is now located. His little log cabin was the first house in Geuda Springs and his family the first to locate there permanently.
The wonderful curative powers of the Mineral Springs were known then only by the Indians who would bring thier sick and bathe in the waters.
Deceased was the father of ten children, seven of whom are living, six sons and one daughter. His wife died in 1872 and was the first person buried in the Geuda Springs cemetery. He was a member of the Christian church.
The funeral services were conducted Monday at 10 a.m., in the Presbyterian church at this place, by Rev. Stull, of the Baptist church of Wellington, after which the remains were laid to rest beside his wife.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2020
NOTE: death year differs from newspaper obit and stone.
Geuda Springs Herald
Geuda Springs, Kansas
Friday, July 19, 1901
page 1
Obituary.
Died, at the home of his son in Wellington Sunday morning July 14, 1901, after a severe illness of four months, Orin J. Ward, aged 80 years, 11 months and 22 days.
Mr. Ward was born in Waltham, Addison county, Vermont, July 21, 1820, and married in 1841, Celia Hapgood. In 1870 he moved his family to Kansas and took a claim where the town of Geuda Springs is now located. His little log cabin was the first house in Geuda Springs and his family the first to locate there permanently.
The wonderful curative powers of the Mineral Springs were known then only by the Indians who would bring thier sick and bathe in the waters.
Deceased was the father of ten children, seven of whom are living, six sons and one daughter. His wife died in 1872 and was the first person buried in the Geuda Springs cemetery. He was a member of the Christian church.
The funeral services were conducted Monday at 10 a.m., in the Presbyterian church at this place, by Rev. Stull, of the Baptist church of Wellington, after which the remains were laid to rest beside his wife.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2020
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
