The daughter of the exceedingly wealthy Robert J. Ward, was a celebrated belle, traveler, and patron, whose brother, Matthew Flournoy Ward, killed school master William Butler for reprimanding their younger brother William Ward. The trial in 1854 brought together the best legal minds and character witnesses ever assembled and produced an unpopular, not guilty verdict. Sallie married T. Bigelow Lawrence of Boston, but “never learned the secret of obedience” and freely used “paints and other cosmetics.” She subsequently married Dr. Robert Hunt of Lexington, Venerando Politza Armstrong, a port packer, and Major George F. Downs.
The daughter of the exceedingly wealthy Robert J. Ward, was a celebrated belle, traveler, and patron, whose brother, Matthew Flournoy Ward, killed school master William Butler for reprimanding their younger brother William Ward. The trial in 1854 brought together the best legal minds and character witnesses ever assembled and produced an unpopular, not guilty verdict. Sallie married T. Bigelow Lawrence of Boston, but “never learned the secret of obedience” and freely used “paints and other cosmetics.” She subsequently married Dr. Robert Hunt of Lexington, Venerando Politza Armstrong, a port packer, and Major George F. Downs.
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