Typed by: Theresa Carhart


WARD, JOHN, II
Surnames: WARD, SANDERS, GAMMILL, RICHARDSON, OLTORF

John Ward, b September 20, 1845 in Walker County, d 1917 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Falls County--was the son of Sterling Stephen Ward and his first wife, Jane(Sanders)Ward. He was reared and educated in Marlin, Texas and afterward attended Baylor when the Civil War began. Returning home, John enlisted in the Confederate States Army in Captain Willis Lang's Company of Green's Brigade--the first company made up in Falls County. Because of his youth, he was honorably discharged when the company reached San Antonio to unite with Sibley's Army and he again returned home. Again he enlisted in the CSA--this time in Captain D. G. Adams's Company joined Cook's Regiment of Heavy Artillery, and John was reconfirmed a 2nd Lieutenant, and later became First Lieutenamt of Company K; but for a time was detached to serve as Acting Adjutant of the Regiment, under Major E. Von Harten. He participated in the battles on Galveston Island, and commanded a Battery in the recapture by the Confederacy of that place. Returning after the close of the Civil War, John Ward again re-entered Baylor University for one year, and then embarked in the stock business. For several years he drove cattle overland to Alexandria, to the mouth of the Red River and other points on that river, whence they were shipped to New Orleans.
On March 1, 1871 in Calvert, Robertson County, Texas, John Ward married Georgia Gammill, b 1845, d 1913 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin, Texas--a daughter of W.J. and Eizabeth(Richardson) Gammill- natives of Alabama who moved to Mississippi and thence in 1864 to Robertson County, Texas where W.J. Gammill died in 1877, and Elizabeth(Richardson)Gammill died in 1885.

John and Georgia(Gammill) Ward had four children--all born in Falls County, Texas.

Julia Ward, graduated from Lucy Cobb Institute in 1891 in Athens, Georgia--no futher information.

Burr Gammill Ward, b November 13, 1874, d Mar 7, 1930 and buried in Calvary Cemetery in Marlin--became an M.D. after receiving education at Marmaduke Military Academy in Sweet Springs, Missouri--married Aline Oltorf, , b November 24, 1876, d June 16, 1947 and buried by her husband.

John Jay Ward-- no information.

John Ward II was sheriff of Falls County, Texas in 1892; however, it is not known when he was elected to that position, nor how long he served in that capacity.

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"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 472, column 1
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