Family papers, 1820,1965.

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Family papers, 1820,1965.

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Family papers, 1820, 1860-1965, and undated, are mostly composed of the papers of Charles O. and Gerrit S. Ward. The papers of Charles O. Ward include: military certificates, 1898-1899; correspondence, 1898-1960; and deeds and legal papers related to land in and around Alma (Mich.), 1887-1961 (scattered). The papers of Gerrit S. Ward include: military and pension certificates, 1862-1928; correspondence re: family matters, the Civil War, banking, mines in Tenn., and timberlands in Ark., 1860-1916; deeds and related materials for land in Alma and Montcalm County (Mich.), 1883-1911; Gerrit's estate records, 1916-1917, copy 1940; an annual report of the First State Bank of Alma, 1916; legal papers re: land, mines, and miscellaneous, 1886-1910; and papers of both men re: Roanoke Rapids Papers Mfg. Co., 1907-1912. Genealogical materials for the Ward and Ely families; papers of Joseph Ely Ward, 1916-1917, 1940; a military appointment certificate of Sardis Ward, 1820, and family photographs (6 folders) are also included. Two oversized scrapbooks of newspaper clippings complete the collection. V. 1, 1885,1961 and V. 2, 1885,1941. V. 1 documents the Spanish-American War, 1898, Charles O. Ward, and telegrams sent between relatives when he was hospitalized with typhoid. V. 2 documents the Ely and Ward families; the Charles O. Ward family; and includes two memorial booklets for William Sisson Turck (1839-1912); and miscellaneous.

2.5 cubic ft. (in 4 boxes) : ill.

Clarke Historical Library

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