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004    WARD FAMILY

Location - off Cotton Valley Rd a little north of Echo Rd, and about 1.2 miles south of Hwy 130, in a field about 300 yards off the west side of the road.

Coordinates: 34d 30m 05.3s N; 79d 16m 48.1s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: Drive east out of Rowland on NC 130. Cross I-95. Immediately bear right on Cotton Valley Road. In approximately 1.2 miles, cemetery will be on the right out in a field, about 300 yards off the road. Drive along unpaved farm road to cemetery.

Survey by John Burns in August 2017. Updates and all photos by John Burns in December 2017.

1. Beck, Victor Bryan   (b. 14 Dec 1942 - d. 1 Jun 1976)
Sgt. US Army.
2. Burns, James Madison "Uncle Matt"   (b. Abt 1851 - d. 4 Apr 1927)
75 yrs old. Son of Solomon Burns and Emmaline Tadlock Burns.
3. Curtis, Florence Ward   (b. 21 Nov 1867 - d. 29 Jan 1914)
Wife of Rufus Alexander Curtis.
4. Curtis, Rufus Alexander   (b. 16 Oct 1864 - d. 6 Jul 1899)
Aged 34 yrs, 8 mos, 20 days. Husband of Florence Ward Curtis.
5. McGirt, Emma Ward   (b. 23 Apr 1889 - d. 27 Feb 1943)
Daughter of William J. McGirt and Susan J. Ward McGirt.
6. McGirt, Infant   (b. 17 May 1920 - d. 17 May 1920)
Grave marker has "Baby Ward". However, it is a child of McGirt.
7. McGirt, Susan Julia Ward "Susie"   (b. 23 Jan 1859 - d. 2 Feb 1895)
Wife of William J. McGirt.
8. McGirt, William James   (b. 1 Aug 1849 - d. 1 Feb 1928)
Husband of Susan Julia Ward McGirt.
9. Ward, Bessie Braswell   (b. 24 Nov 1895 - d. 22 May 1956)
Wife of 1) Daniel Maloy McPhaul and 2) John Wesley Ward. Daughter of John Stanley Braswell and Nancy Victoria Lee Braswell.
10. Ward, Daisy Blanche   (b. 23 Feb 1893 - d. 19 May 1975)
Daughter of John Wesley Ward and Ella Cornelia Burns Ward.
11. Ward, Elizabeth Catherine Gaddy   (b. 30 Mar 1835 - d. 23 Nov 1906)
Wife of Enoch Benjamin Ward.
12. Ward, Ella Cornelia Burns   (b. 23 Mar 1861 - d. 16 Aug 1933)
1st Wife of John Wesley Ward, Sr. Daughter of Solomon Burns and Emmaline Tadlock Burns.
13. Ward, Enoch Benjamin   (b. 17 May 1839 - d. 3 May 1904)
Husband of Elizabeth Catherine Gaddy Ward. Close up.
14. Ward, Homer Benjamin, Sr.   (b. 14 May 1873 - d. 22 Oct 1911)
Husband of Lena Blanche Edens Ward.
15. Ward, John Wesley, Sr.   (b. 4 Sep 1862 - d. 29 Mar 1947)
Husband of 1) Ella Cornelia Burns Ward and 2) Bessie Braswell McPhaul Ward.
16. Ward, Lena Blanche Edens   (b. 3 Feb 1875 - d. 12 Jun 1924)
Wife of Homer Benjamin Ward.
17. Ward, Margaret McRackan   (b. 19 Mar 1886 - d. 14 Apr 1912)
Wife of Ernest B. Ward
18. Ward, Parthenia Thompson "Polly"   (b. 23 Jan 1934 - d. 14 Mar 1986)
Wife of James Gaddy Ward, Jr. Daughter of William Wade Thompson and Florence Cottingham Thompson.