He and his wife, Betsy G. Sawtell were married in 1835 and had seven children:
Lorenzo Witham of Janesville.
Martin Van Buren Witham
Victoria G.Witham
John R Witham died age 19
William H Witham of Footville.
Harriet Witham
Mary A. Witham
Ward was one of three captians in the Aroostook War which determined the border between the US and Canada in the state of Maine.
Though his stone reads a birth year of 1803, his obituary gives the month day and year as I have noted above. His birth cert also lists this date.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F438-TK3 : 4 December 2014), Ward Witham, 23 May 1802; citing CIVIL, MINOT, ANDROSCOGGIN, MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,550.
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Brief Life History of Ward
When Ward Witham was born on 23 May 1802, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Witham, was 33 and his mother, Abigail Dinsmore, was 32. He married Hannah Hanson on 6 January 1822, in New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States. He lived in Center, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 22 January 1888, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.
Lorenzo Witham of Janesville.
Martin Van Buren Witham
Victoria G.Witham
John R Witham died age 19
William H Witham of Footville.
Harriet Witham
Mary A. Witham
Ward was one of three captians in the Aroostook War which determined the border between the US and Canada in the state of Maine.
Though his stone reads a birth year of 1803, his obituary gives the month day and year as I have noted above. His birth cert also lists this date.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F438-TK3 : 4 December 2014), Ward Witham, 23 May 1802; citing CIVIL, MINOT, ANDROSCOGGIN, MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,550.
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Brief Life History of Ward
When Ward Witham was born on 23 May 1802, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Witham, was 33 and his mother, Abigail Dinsmore, was 32. He married Hannah Hanson on 6 January 1822, in New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States. He lived in Center, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 22 January 1888, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.
He and his wife, Betsy G. Sawtell were married in 1835 and had seven children:
Lorenzo Witham of Janesville.
Martin Van Buren Witham
Victoria G.Witham
John R Witham died age 19
William H Witham of Footville.
Harriet Witham
Mary A. Witham
Ward was one of three captians in the Aroostook War which determined the border between the US and Canada in the state of Maine.
Though his stone reads a birth year of 1803, his obituary gives the month day and year as I have noted above. His birth cert also lists this date.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F438-TK3 : 4 December 2014), Ward Witham, 23 May 1802; citing CIVIL, MINOT, ANDROSCOGGIN, MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,550.
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Brief Life History of Ward
When Ward Witham was born on 23 May 1802, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Witham, was 33 and his mother, Abigail Dinsmore, was 32. He married Hannah Hanson on 6 January 1822, in New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States. He lived in Center, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 22 January 1888, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.
Lorenzo Witham of Janesville.
Martin Van Buren Witham
Victoria G.Witham
John R Witham died age 19
William H Witham of Footville.
Harriet Witham
Mary A. Witham
Ward was one of three captians in the Aroostook War which determined the border between the US and Canada in the state of Maine.
Though his stone reads a birth year of 1803, his obituary gives the month day and year as I have noted above. His birth cert also lists this date.
"Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F438-TK3 : 4 December 2014), Ward Witham, 23 May 1802; citing CIVIL, MINOT, ANDROSCOGGIN, MAINE; FHL microfilm 11,550.
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Brief Life History of Ward
When Ward Witham was born on 23 May 1802, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Witham, was 33 and his mother, Abigail Dinsmore, was 32. He married Hannah Hanson on 6 January 1822, in New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States. He lived in Center, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. He died on 22 January 1888, in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.
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