Raiford Douglas Ward ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: G3QH-FXJ.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: cashier, Swift & Co. On 5 Jun 1917 in Houston, Harris, TX. ⁴

2. Residence: Rusk Hotel, Houston, TX on 5 Jun 1917 in Houston, Harris, TX. ⁴

3. Census in 1920 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ⁵ The 1920 census recorded renting at 1515 Pacific Street: Rayford D. Ward, railroad office clerk, 34, living with wife Ruby, seamstress in factory, 25. Rayford, his parents, and Ruby were born in Texas. Ruby's father was born in Indiana and mother in Georgia.
On the same census page is Ruby's father renting at 1508 Pacific Street: Jeff R. Beher, blacksmith for supply co., 51, living with wife Willie, 44; son Frederick, glass washer for engraving, 16; brother John F. Beher, locomotive engineer for railroad, 45; and brother Samuel I. Beher, watchman for railroad, 51. Jeff, John, Samuel and their parents were born in Indiana, as was Frederick. Willie and her parents were born in Georgia.

4. Residence: 1927 Forth Worth City Directory: Ward Raiford D. (Ruby) clk Frisco Lines h3140 S. Jennings av in 1927 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX. ⁶

Raiford married Ruby A. Beher, daughter of Jefferson D. Beher and Willie Elizabeth Jett, on 9 Sep 1919 in , Johnson, TX.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Ruby A. Beher was born on 7 Nov 1896 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX,^{7 8} died on 4 Sep 1971 in Santee, San Diego, California, USA ^{7 8} and was buried in San Diego: Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, CA ⁷.)