Isaac Dayton Ward, a leading farmer of Campton Township, is a native of Genesee County, N.Y., where he was born May 15, 1818, a son of James and Laura (Dayton) Ward, who were early settlers in the State of New York, Mr. Ward worked about his father's farm, and attended the district school in the winter term. In October, 1835, he came west with his parents, and they were six weeks making the trip. They first settled on the forks of Du Page River, in Du Page County, Ill., and there they lived in a log cabin, considered a palace in those early days; in the following March, with his father, he moved five miles west of Fox River, where is now the town of Campton. At this time there was not town organization, nor had the land been surveyed; but, settling on Section 14, with his father, Mr. Ward pre-empted his portion. After their settlement the survey was made, and, when the land came into market, Mr. Isaac D. Ward bought his present homestead at the land sale held in Chicago. His parents removed, in the year 1859, to Buchanan County, Iowa, and there lived until their death, the father dying about the year 1872, at the age of seventy-five years, and the mother in 1876, also aged seventy-five years. Isaac D. did not go to Iowa with his parents, but bought a farm of 106 acres on Section 12, to which he has added 254 acres, making a total of 360.
About four years before he bought this place, Mr. Ward married Miss Almena Bogue, the marriage taking place August 9, 1840. This lady was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 5, 1821, and is the daughter of Daniel and Permelia Bogue. To Mr. and Mrs. Ward were born, in the township of Campton, nine children, whose names are as follows: Permelia, who died at the age of twenty-three, and was buried in Campton cemetery; Malvina, Rachel, Hannibal, James B., Vesta, Hylus, Kitty and Mary. Mrs. Ward died January 29, 1874, and October 12, 1876, Mr. Ward married Mrs. Laura (Fellows) Wheeler, widow of Abraham Wheeler, bu whom she had two children – Maryetta and Milton Elton. She is a native of Ohio, born in the town of Parma, Cuyahoga County, March 22, 1832, to Steven and Sabra (Stephens) Fellows, natives of New York State, the father of Alexander, Genesee County, and the mother of Sheldon, Wyoming County, and who came west in 1830, settling in Campton Township, where they pursued the vocation of farming, and there passed the remainder of the their lives, Mr. Fellows dying in 1877, aged eighty years, ahnd his widow a few years thereafter, at the age of seventy-seven years. By the union of Mr. Ward and Mrs. Wheeler one child, Frankie, was born in the town of St. Charles. Mr. Ward is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
Source Commemorative biographical and historical record of Kane Co., IL Beers, Leggett & Co. 1888. page 466.
(courtesy of Everlastings)
About four years before he bought this place, Mr. Ward married Miss Almena Bogue, the marriage taking place August 9, 1840. This lady was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 5, 1821, and is the daughter of Daniel and Permelia Bogue. To Mr. and Mrs. Ward were born, in the township of Campton, nine children, whose names are as follows: Permelia, who died at the age of twenty-three, and was buried in Campton cemetery; Malvina, Rachel, Hannibal, James B., Vesta, Hylus, Kitty and Mary. Mrs. Ward died January 29, 1874, and October 12, 1876, Mr. Ward married Mrs. Laura (Fellows) Wheeler, widow of Abraham Wheeler, bu whom she had two children – Maryetta and Milton Elton. She is a native of Ohio, born in the town of Parma, Cuyahoga County, March 22, 1832, to Steven and Sabra (Stephens) Fellows, natives of New York State, the father of Alexander, Genesee County, and the mother of Sheldon, Wyoming County, and who came west in 1830, settling in Campton Township, where they pursued the vocation of farming, and there passed the remainder of the their lives, Mr. Fellows dying in 1877, aged eighty years, ahnd his widow a few years thereafter, at the age of seventy-seven years. By the union of Mr. Ward and Mrs. Wheeler one child, Frankie, was born in the town of St. Charles. Mr. Ward is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
Source Commemorative biographical and historical record of Kane Co., IL Beers, Leggett & Co. 1888. page 466.
(courtesy of Everlastings)
Isaac Dayton Ward, a leading farmer of Campton Township, is a native of Genesee County, N.Y., where he was born May 15, 1818, a son of James and Laura (Dayton) Ward, who were early settlers in the State of New York, Mr. Ward worked about his father's farm, and attended the district school in the winter term. In October, 1835, he came west with his parents, and they were six weeks making the trip. They first settled on the forks of Du Page River, in Du Page County, Ill., and there they lived in a log cabin, considered a palace in those early days; in the following March, with his father, he moved five miles west of Fox River, where is now the town of Campton. At this time there was not town organization, nor had the land been surveyed; but, settling on Section 14, with his father, Mr. Ward pre-empted his portion. After their settlement the survey was made, and, when the land came into market, Mr. Isaac D. Ward bought his present homestead at the land sale held in Chicago. His parents removed, in the year 1859, to Buchanan County, Iowa, and there lived until their death, the father dying about the year 1872, at the age of seventy-five years, and the mother in 1876, also aged seventy-five years. Isaac D. did not go to Iowa with his parents, but bought a farm of 106 acres on Section 12, to which he has added 254 acres, making a total of 360.
About four years before he bought this place, Mr. Ward married Miss Almena Bogue, the marriage taking place August 9, 1840. This lady was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 5, 1821, and is the daughter of Daniel and Permelia Bogue. To Mr. and Mrs. Ward were born, in the township of Campton, nine children, whose names are as follows: Permelia, who died at the age of twenty-three, and was buried in Campton cemetery; Malvina, Rachel, Hannibal, James B., Vesta, Hylus, Kitty and Mary. Mrs. Ward died January 29, 1874, and October 12, 1876, Mr. Ward married Mrs. Laura (Fellows) Wheeler, widow of Abraham Wheeler, bu whom she had two children – Maryetta and Milton Elton. She is a native of Ohio, born in the town of Parma, Cuyahoga County, March 22, 1832, to Steven and Sabra (Stephens) Fellows, natives of New York State, the father of Alexander, Genesee County, and the mother of Sheldon, Wyoming County, and who came west in 1830, settling in Campton Township, where they pursued the vocation of farming, and there passed the remainder of the their lives, Mr. Fellows dying in 1877, aged eighty years, ahnd his widow a few years thereafter, at the age of seventy-seven years. By the union of Mr. Ward and Mrs. Wheeler one child, Frankie, was born in the town of St. Charles. Mr. Ward is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
Source Commemorative biographical and historical record of Kane Co., IL Beers, Leggett & Co. 1888. page 466.
(courtesy of Everlastings)
About four years before he bought this place, Mr. Ward married Miss Almena Bogue, the marriage taking place August 9, 1840. This lady was born in Ashtabula County, Ohio, April 5, 1821, and is the daughter of Daniel and Permelia Bogue. To Mr. and Mrs. Ward were born, in the township of Campton, nine children, whose names are as follows: Permelia, who died at the age of twenty-three, and was buried in Campton cemetery; Malvina, Rachel, Hannibal, James B., Vesta, Hylus, Kitty and Mary. Mrs. Ward died January 29, 1874, and October 12, 1876, Mr. Ward married Mrs. Laura (Fellows) Wheeler, widow of Abraham Wheeler, bu whom she had two children – Maryetta and Milton Elton. She is a native of Ohio, born in the town of Parma, Cuyahoga County, March 22, 1832, to Steven and Sabra (Stephens) Fellows, natives of New York State, the father of Alexander, Genesee County, and the mother of Sheldon, Wyoming County, and who came west in 1830, settling in Campton Township, where they pursued the vocation of farming, and there passed the remainder of the their lives, Mr. Fellows dying in 1877, aged eighty years, ahnd his widow a few years thereafter, at the age of seventy-seven years. By the union of Mr. Ward and Mrs. Wheeler one child, Frankie, was born in the town of St. Charles. Mr. Ward is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist church.
Source Commemorative biographical and historical record of Kane Co., IL Beers, Leggett & Co. 1888. page 466.
(courtesy of Everlastings)
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