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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Henry WARD, farmer, Sec. 7; P. O. Wilmington; owns 120 acres of land, valued at 
$50 per acre. School Director one term; was re-elected in 1878. Born in Norfolk 
Co., England, Nov. 29, 1832; immigrated to the United States in 1850, with his 
brother John, who located in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and married Jane THOMPSON; 
she died in 1859, leaving one child - Martha J.; he married his second wife, 
Margaret ROBINSON. John died in New York, in 1868; Mr. WARD stopped in St. 
Lawrence Co., N. Y., where he lived about six years; then moved to Peoria, IL, 
in 1856, where he lived four years. Married Diana PRATT in Peoria in 1860; they 
moved to Will Co., this township, where they have have lived ever since; she 
was born in Peoria Co. April 14, 1841. Mrs. WARD's parents came to Peoria, IL, 
from Mass. in 1838; like many pioneers of the West, they suffered much discomfort, 
privations, and even sustained heavy loss, his entire effects being lost during 
the voyage on the lakes; he and his wife and one child crossing the country by 
stage and canal, as they suited the location and circumstances; it took four 
months to make the trip from Massachusetts to Peoria, IL, which may now be 
accomplished in so many days. Have five children - Myron H., Arthur J., Julia 
E., Mary and Carrie F.; one dead, a girl, a twin with Mary.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.