Ward, born Mar. 19, 1829 in Boston, worked as a clerk and left home (April 1849) on the "Unicorn" from N.J. to Cal. At Valparaiso he took the "Magdella" arriving in San Francisco (Dec. 9, 1849), then Sacramento and to Nevada Creek to mine. Failing, he returned to S.F. to join an expedition to the Rogue and Umpqua Rivers (Oreg.). In Boston he clerked at E.T. Lonny & Co.(1851-2), then went with Ward & Co. in Chile becoming an agent of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co., Valparaiso (1859). Back in S.F.(1862) with a wife and daughter, his uncle put him in charge of the San Lorenzo Ranch (Alameda Co.). In 1863 and 1865 he laid out 2 additions to Hayward. He helped organize "The Hayward Guards", was a director of Brighton Market, and belonged to the Pioneer Assn. He helped create the Alameda Co. Agricultural Soc, (Hayward,1867) and the H.A. Coal Mining Co.(1873). In 1875, the Wards moved to S. Francisco de Lemache, Chile, with Ward returning a few times to Cal.
From the description of Autobiography and Reminiscence of Charles Trowbridge Ward Jr., Chile - S.A., 1901. (The Society of California Pioneers). WorldCat record id: 56134577
