Frederick B. Ward ^{1 2}

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Moved: 1867, Western Twp., Henry County, IL. ¹

2. Book: History of Henry County, Illinois, 1877. ¹
Ward, Fred. B. Farmer, Sec. 18; P.O. Orion; born in Washington, D. C., March 20, 1843; came to this county 1867; Dem; Univ; owns 226 acres, val. $12,000; son of Commodore James H. Ward, U.S. Navy, who was killed at Mathias Point, Va. 1861, and grandson of Col. James Ward, Hartford, Conn; Mr. F. B. Ward now lives upon a 1/4 Sec. of land located with a land warrant given to his grandfather for services in the War of 1812; Mr. Ward graduated in the Class of 1864 in the College of the City of New York; name of wife was Julia B. Engle, daughter of Hudson B. Engle, of Orion; born Oct. 19, 1848; married June 17, 1869; have four children, Sarah W. born April 24, 1870; Fanny B. born Sept. 1871; Amy, born May 9, 1873; Ruth B. born Oct. 18, 1875.

3. Census in 1880 in Western Twp., Henry County, IL. ² Fred Ward, farmer, 37, was living with wife Julia B., 31; Sarah W., 10; Fannie B., 8; Amy F., 7; Ruth B., 4; and James H., born in Aug 1879. Fred was born in the District of Columbia, his father in Pennsylvania and mother in New York. Julia and the children were born in Illinois, and her father in New Jersey and mother in Massachusetts.

Frederick married Julia Burr Engle, daughter of Hudson B. Engle and Sarah B. Elwell, on 17 Jun 1869 in , Henry County, IL.¹ (Julia Burr Engle was born on 19 Oct 1848 in Orion, Henry, IL ^{1 2 3}.)