GEORGE W. WARD
[March 23, 1838 – September 24, 1913]
There are various reasons why George W. Ward should be mentioned in a history of Seattle. He was not only a pioneer resident here but was an active and leading business man for many years and, moreover, exerted a strongly felt influence on the moral development of the community, being for four decades a deacon in the Baptist church. New York claimed him as a native son, for he was born in Cattaraugus County, March 23, 1838. He came of English and Irish ancestry, the family being founded in America during the colonial epoch in the history of the country, his grandfather having served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was born in Massachusetts, as was his son, C. H. Ward, and after the removal of the family to Cattaraugus County, New York, the latter was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hofstadter. In 1854 the family became residents of Illinois and as members of the Baptist church Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward took an active interest in the moral development of the community. His life was devoted to mechanical pursuits and he passed away in Chicago in his seventy-seventh year, while his wife died at the age of forty-five years. Their family numbered two sons and two daughters, of whom William H. became a resident of Snohomish, Washington. Mary E. is the wife of C. E. Brown,
of Seattle.
The third member of the family to become a resident of this state was George W. Ward, who after attending the public schools of Illinois took up the insurance business, which lie there followed for a number of years. He was married in early manhood to Miss Louise Van Doren, a daughter of C. M. Van Doren, a representative of an old American family. They became the parents of two children, who were born in Illinois, Arthur C. and Susie E., while a daughter, Malile V., was born following the removal of the family to Seattle. The son wedded Helen McRae and they became the parents of two children, H. Loring and Lenore. The elder daughter married Henry D. Temple and has a son, Cecil O. The younger daughter became the wife of W. M. Olney, of Seattle, and they have five children, Doris M., Lucile, Lawrence V., Arthur L. and Virginia L.
Mr. Ward continued a resident of Illinois until 1871, when he brought his family to Washington and for two and a half years resided upon a farm sixteen miles south of Seattle. Wishing to give his children the benefit of the educational advantages offered by city schools, he removed to Seattle and turned his attention to contracting and building, also engaging in the manufacture of sash and doors. After five years devoted to industrial pursuits he turned his attention to the real estate, insurance and loan business as a partner of William H. Llewellyn. His business affairs were carefully and systematically managed and in the control of his interests he displayed marked ability and enterprise. In his vocabulary there was no such word as fail and his persistency of purpose and intelligent direction of his investments brought to him gratifying success.
Mr. Ward never allowed the pursuits of business, however, to warp his kindly nature nor so monopolize his interest that he had no time for activity along lines relating to municipal progress or to moral development. He stood for high ideals in citizenship and with firm belief in the value of republican principles supported that party and its candidates. For a number of years he filled the office of justice of the peace and his decisions were strictly fair and impartial. He was perhaps best known and best loved, however, through his church relations. He continued throughout the greater part of his life a most active and earnest Christian worker, serving for forty years as a deacon in the Baptist church. Both, he and his wife were active in the Baptist Japanese mission for twenty years.
He guided his life by the teachings of Christianity and yet made no parade of his religion, neither was there about him a shadow of mock modesty. He was a man true in all things, respected and honored because his life merited the honor that was universally accorded him.
He passed away in Seattle September 24, 1913.
Source: History of Seattle from the earliest Settlement to the present Time
Volume #3 Clarence Bagley
[March 23, 1838 – September 24, 1913]
There are various reasons why George W. Ward should be mentioned in a history of Seattle. He was not only a pioneer resident here but was an active and leading business man for many years and, moreover, exerted a strongly felt influence on the moral development of the community, being for four decades a deacon in the Baptist church. New York claimed him as a native son, for he was born in Cattaraugus County, March 23, 1838. He came of English and Irish ancestry, the family being founded in America during the colonial epoch in the history of the country, his grandfather having served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was born in Massachusetts, as was his son, C. H. Ward, and after the removal of the family to Cattaraugus County, New York, the latter was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hofstadter. In 1854 the family became residents of Illinois and as members of the Baptist church Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward took an active interest in the moral development of the community. His life was devoted to mechanical pursuits and he passed away in Chicago in his seventy-seventh year, while his wife died at the age of forty-five years. Their family numbered two sons and two daughters, of whom William H. became a resident of Snohomish, Washington. Mary E. is the wife of C. E. Brown,
of Seattle.
The third member of the family to become a resident of this state was George W. Ward, who after attending the public schools of Illinois took up the insurance business, which lie there followed for a number of years. He was married in early manhood to Miss Louise Van Doren, a daughter of C. M. Van Doren, a representative of an old American family. They became the parents of two children, who were born in Illinois, Arthur C. and Susie E., while a daughter, Malile V., was born following the removal of the family to Seattle. The son wedded Helen McRae and they became the parents of two children, H. Loring and Lenore. The elder daughter married Henry D. Temple and has a son, Cecil O. The younger daughter became the wife of W. M. Olney, of Seattle, and they have five children, Doris M., Lucile, Lawrence V., Arthur L. and Virginia L.
Mr. Ward continued a resident of Illinois until 1871, when he brought his family to Washington and for two and a half years resided upon a farm sixteen miles south of Seattle. Wishing to give his children the benefit of the educational advantages offered by city schools, he removed to Seattle and turned his attention to contracting and building, also engaging in the manufacture of sash and doors. After five years devoted to industrial pursuits he turned his attention to the real estate, insurance and loan business as a partner of William H. Llewellyn. His business affairs were carefully and systematically managed and in the control of his interests he displayed marked ability and enterprise. In his vocabulary there was no such word as fail and his persistency of purpose and intelligent direction of his investments brought to him gratifying success.
Mr. Ward never allowed the pursuits of business, however, to warp his kindly nature nor so monopolize his interest that he had no time for activity along lines relating to municipal progress or to moral development. He stood for high ideals in citizenship and with firm belief in the value of republican principles supported that party and its candidates. For a number of years he filled the office of justice of the peace and his decisions were strictly fair and impartial. He was perhaps best known and best loved, however, through his church relations. He continued throughout the greater part of his life a most active and earnest Christian worker, serving for forty years as a deacon in the Baptist church. Both, he and his wife were active in the Baptist Japanese mission for twenty years.
He guided his life by the teachings of Christianity and yet made no parade of his religion, neither was there about him a shadow of mock modesty. He was a man true in all things, respected and honored because his life merited the honor that was universally accorded him.
He passed away in Seattle September 24, 1913.
Source: History of Seattle from the earliest Settlement to the present Time
Volume #3 Clarence Bagley
GEORGE W. WARD
[March 23, 1838 – September 24, 1913]
There are various reasons why George W. Ward should be mentioned in a history of Seattle. He was not only a pioneer resident here but was an active and leading business man for many years and, moreover, exerted a strongly felt influence on the moral development of the community, being for four decades a deacon in the Baptist church. New York claimed him as a native son, for he was born in Cattaraugus County, March 23, 1838. He came of English and Irish ancestry, the family being founded in America during the colonial epoch in the history of the country, his grandfather having served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was born in Massachusetts, as was his son, C. H. Ward, and after the removal of the family to Cattaraugus County, New York, the latter was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hofstadter. In 1854 the family became residents of Illinois and as members of the Baptist church Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward took an active interest in the moral development of the community. His life was devoted to mechanical pursuits and he passed away in Chicago in his seventy-seventh year, while his wife died at the age of forty-five years. Their family numbered two sons and two daughters, of whom William H. became a resident of Snohomish, Washington. Mary E. is the wife of C. E. Brown,
of Seattle.
The third member of the family to become a resident of this state was George W. Ward, who after attending the public schools of Illinois took up the insurance business, which lie there followed for a number of years. He was married in early manhood to Miss Louise Van Doren, a daughter of C. M. Van Doren, a representative of an old American family. They became the parents of two children, who were born in Illinois, Arthur C. and Susie E., while a daughter, Malile V., was born following the removal of the family to Seattle. The son wedded Helen McRae and they became the parents of two children, H. Loring and Lenore. The elder daughter married Henry D. Temple and has a son, Cecil O. The younger daughter became the wife of W. M. Olney, of Seattle, and they have five children, Doris M., Lucile, Lawrence V., Arthur L. and Virginia L.
Mr. Ward continued a resident of Illinois until 1871, when he brought his family to Washington and for two and a half years resided upon a farm sixteen miles south of Seattle. Wishing to give his children the benefit of the educational advantages offered by city schools, he removed to Seattle and turned his attention to contracting and building, also engaging in the manufacture of sash and doors. After five years devoted to industrial pursuits he turned his attention to the real estate, insurance and loan business as a partner of William H. Llewellyn. His business affairs were carefully and systematically managed and in the control of his interests he displayed marked ability and enterprise. In his vocabulary there was no such word as fail and his persistency of purpose and intelligent direction of his investments brought to him gratifying success.
Mr. Ward never allowed the pursuits of business, however, to warp his kindly nature nor so monopolize his interest that he had no time for activity along lines relating to municipal progress or to moral development. He stood for high ideals in citizenship and with firm belief in the value of republican principles supported that party and its candidates. For a number of years he filled the office of justice of the peace and his decisions were strictly fair and impartial. He was perhaps best known and best loved, however, through his church relations. He continued throughout the greater part of his life a most active and earnest Christian worker, serving for forty years as a deacon in the Baptist church. Both, he and his wife were active in the Baptist Japanese mission for twenty years.
He guided his life by the teachings of Christianity and yet made no parade of his religion, neither was there about him a shadow of mock modesty. He was a man true in all things, respected and honored because his life merited the honor that was universally accorded him.
He passed away in Seattle September 24, 1913.
Source: History of Seattle from the earliest Settlement to the present Time
Volume #3 Clarence Bagley
[March 23, 1838 – September 24, 1913]
There are various reasons why George W. Ward should be mentioned in a history of Seattle. He was not only a pioneer resident here but was an active and leading business man for many years and, moreover, exerted a strongly felt influence on the moral development of the community, being for four decades a deacon in the Baptist church. New York claimed him as a native son, for he was born in Cattaraugus County, March 23, 1838. He came of English and Irish ancestry, the family being founded in America during the colonial epoch in the history of the country, his grandfather having served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was born in Massachusetts, as was his son, C. H. Ward, and after the removal of the family to Cattaraugus County, New York, the latter was united in marriage to Miss Mary Hofstadter. In 1854 the family became residents of Illinois and as members of the Baptist church Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ward took an active interest in the moral development of the community. His life was devoted to mechanical pursuits and he passed away in Chicago in his seventy-seventh year, while his wife died at the age of forty-five years. Their family numbered two sons and two daughters, of whom William H. became a resident of Snohomish, Washington. Mary E. is the wife of C. E. Brown,
of Seattle.
The third member of the family to become a resident of this state was George W. Ward, who after attending the public schools of Illinois took up the insurance business, which lie there followed for a number of years. He was married in early manhood to Miss Louise Van Doren, a daughter of C. M. Van Doren, a representative of an old American family. They became the parents of two children, who were born in Illinois, Arthur C. and Susie E., while a daughter, Malile V., was born following the removal of the family to Seattle. The son wedded Helen McRae and they became the parents of two children, H. Loring and Lenore. The elder daughter married Henry D. Temple and has a son, Cecil O. The younger daughter became the wife of W. M. Olney, of Seattle, and they have five children, Doris M., Lucile, Lawrence V., Arthur L. and Virginia L.
Mr. Ward continued a resident of Illinois until 1871, when he brought his family to Washington and for two and a half years resided upon a farm sixteen miles south of Seattle. Wishing to give his children the benefit of the educational advantages offered by city schools, he removed to Seattle and turned his attention to contracting and building, also engaging in the manufacture of sash and doors. After five years devoted to industrial pursuits he turned his attention to the real estate, insurance and loan business as a partner of William H. Llewellyn. His business affairs were carefully and systematically managed and in the control of his interests he displayed marked ability and enterprise. In his vocabulary there was no such word as fail and his persistency of purpose and intelligent direction of his investments brought to him gratifying success.
Mr. Ward never allowed the pursuits of business, however, to warp his kindly nature nor so monopolize his interest that he had no time for activity along lines relating to municipal progress or to moral development. He stood for high ideals in citizenship and with firm belief in the value of republican principles supported that party and its candidates. For a number of years he filled the office of justice of the peace and his decisions were strictly fair and impartial. He was perhaps best known and best loved, however, through his church relations. He continued throughout the greater part of his life a most active and earnest Christian worker, serving for forty years as a deacon in the Baptist church. Both, he and his wife were active in the Baptist Japanese mission for twenty years.
He guided his life by the teachings of Christianity and yet made no parade of his religion, neither was there about him a shadow of mock modesty. He was a man true in all things, respected and honored because his life merited the honor that was universally accorded him.
He passed away in Seattle September 24, 1913.
Source: History of Seattle from the earliest Settlement to the present Time
Volume #3 Clarence Bagley
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