David Andrew Ward married Elizabeth Ann Wright on Jul 30, 1835 in Jefferson County, KY. She was the daughter of Reuben Wright ( b 1792 Fauqier Co., VA, d 1855 Jefferson Co., KY ) and Mary Ward (unrelated) ( b c 1795 VA, d 1855 Jefferson Co. KY ). They had 6 children: Reuben Mandivel, Mary Rebecca, James H., Sarah C., Emma J., and William W., the youngest born in 1853. David and Elizabeth settled in McLean County sometime between 1850 and 1860, where David was a farmer, and was involved in the wool trade. On March 10, 1861, at Louisville, he enlisted in company A of the 6th Kentucky Cavalry (Union), and he mustered out 4 years later on Jan 10 1865; he enlisted as a sergeant.
David was the son of the Rev James Ward and his wife Catherine "Kitty" Donnally Ward. Rev. Ward, in keeping with the principles of the early Methodist faith, was a committed abolitionist (when the Methodist Church split over the issue of slavery in 1844, and the Kentucky conference decided to join with the new pro-slavery Southern Methodist Church, Rev James Ward resigned from the Kentucky Conference and rejoined his original home, the anti-slavery Baltimore Conference - although he continued to live in Kentucky). David's brother Joseph also became a Methodist minister. Despite this, and his later enlistment in a Union regiment, in the 1850 census David is shown owning 9 slaves.
After the war David returned to McClean County, where he resumed farming, and spent his remaining years.
David was the son of the Rev James Ward and his wife Catherine "Kitty" Donnally Ward. Rev. Ward, in keeping with the principles of the early Methodist faith, was a committed abolitionist (when the Methodist Church split over the issue of slavery in 1844, and the Kentucky conference decided to join with the new pro-slavery Southern Methodist Church, Rev James Ward resigned from the Kentucky Conference and rejoined his original home, the anti-slavery Baltimore Conference - although he continued to live in Kentucky). David's brother Joseph also became a Methodist minister. Despite this, and his later enlistment in a Union regiment, in the 1850 census David is shown owning 9 slaves.
After the war David returned to McClean County, where he resumed farming, and spent his remaining years.
David Andrew Ward married Elizabeth Ann Wright on Jul 30, 1835 in Jefferson County, KY. She was the daughter of Reuben Wright ( b 1792 Fauqier Co., VA, d 1855 Jefferson Co., KY ) and Mary Ward (unrelated) ( b c 1795 VA, d 1855 Jefferson Co. KY ). They had 6 children: Reuben Mandivel, Mary Rebecca, James H., Sarah C., Emma J., and William W., the youngest born in 1853. David and Elizabeth settled in McLean County sometime between 1850 and 1860, where David was a farmer, and was involved in the wool trade. On March 10, 1861, at Louisville, he enlisted in company A of the 6th Kentucky Cavalry (Union), and he mustered out 4 years later on Jan 10 1865; he enlisted as a sergeant.
David was the son of the Rev James Ward and his wife Catherine "Kitty" Donnally Ward. Rev. Ward, in keeping with the principles of the early Methodist faith, was a committed abolitionist (when the Methodist Church split over the issue of slavery in 1844, and the Kentucky conference decided to join with the new pro-slavery Southern Methodist Church, Rev James Ward resigned from the Kentucky Conference and rejoined his original home, the anti-slavery Baltimore Conference - although he continued to live in Kentucky). David's brother Joseph also became a Methodist minister. Despite this, and his later enlistment in a Union regiment, in the 1850 census David is shown owning 9 slaves.
After the war David returned to McClean County, where he resumed farming, and spent his remaining years.
David was the son of the Rev James Ward and his wife Catherine "Kitty" Donnally Ward. Rev. Ward, in keeping with the principles of the early Methodist faith, was a committed abolitionist (when the Methodist Church split over the issue of slavery in 1844, and the Kentucky conference decided to join with the new pro-slavery Southern Methodist Church, Rev James Ward resigned from the Kentucky Conference and rejoined his original home, the anti-slavery Baltimore Conference - although he continued to live in Kentucky). David's brother Joseph also became a Methodist minister. Despite this, and his later enlistment in a Union regiment, in the 1850 census David is shown owning 9 slaves.
After the war David returned to McClean County, where he resumed farming, and spent his remaining years.
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