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Samuel Lawrence Ward
B: February 21, 1850 in Oneida Lake, Madison, New York
D: January 2, 1944 in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, California
Parents
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Rev. Josiah Jerome Ward (1813-1897)
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Abby Ann Seymour (1813-1870)
Siblings
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Gertrude Electa Ward (1842-1928)
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Seymour Jerome Ward (1843-1940)
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Clara Leila Ward (1856-1946)
Spouse & Children
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Irene Crane Briggs (1853-1932), married August 1, 1876 at Crawfordsville, Indiana
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Samuel Lawrence Ward (1877-1878)
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Benjamin Briggs Ward (1880-1929)
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Seymour Paul Ward (1883-1951)
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Irene Louisa Ward (1887-1965)
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Lawrence Arthur Ward (1889-1973)
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Abby Ward (1891-1972)
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Gertrude Ward (1891-1962)
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Samuel Lawrence Ward followed his father into the ministry. He graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, before earning his doctorate in divinity at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Desiring to serve in the foreign mission field, he and his new wife Irene Briggs settled in Persia where all of their children were born. In 1897 he resigned from his mission work and returned to the United States. He was pastor to churches in Ohio and California; and in 1921, at the age of 71, he applied for and received a pension.
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