bullet Bert WARD was born in 1895 in FL.

bulletBertha Evans WARD died in Dec 1958. Parents: Wiley McNeal WARD and Sara Elizabeth EVANS.

bullet Bertha L WARD Parents: Moses Lewis WARD and Margaret MCINNIS.

bulletBetty Jane WARD was born on 15 Aug 1945. Parents: William Charles WARD and Lelia MURRAY.

bullet Betty Jean WARD Parents: Edward (Eddie) Carmel WARD and Vera? (Wife of Edward (Eddie) Carmel WARD) .

bullet Betty Roann Ward was born on 13 Dec 1941 in Atmore, Escambia County, Alabama. Parents: James Woodrow (J. W.) Ward and Josephine Albert.

She was married to Albert Frederick CELANI on 28 May 1966 in Fort Bliss, El Paso County, Texas. Children were: Albert (Butch) Frederick , Jr. CELANI, Michelle CELANI.

bullet Billy Glenn WARD was born on 4 Sep 1924 in Walnut Hill, Escambia Co., FL. Parents: Horace WARD and Minnie Lou MORGAN.

He was married to Lois KING on 1 Feb 1946 in Atmore, Escambia Co., AL. Children were: Roy Glenn WARD, Russ Darrell WARD.

bullet Billy Ray WARD Parents: Thomas Jackson (Jack) Ward and Clara Luticia Brunson.

bullet Billy T. WARD Parents: Ora M. WARD and Earnisteen (Ernie) Tucker.

bullet Bobbie June WARD Parents: Verlie R. WARD and Jessie CORLEY.

bulletBobby Glenn WARD was born on 16 Apr 1939. Parents: Alvin Aster WARD and Mary Pauline BEASLEY.

bullet Bollie WARD was born in 1906 in FL.

bullet Bonnie WARD Parents: Thomas Jackson (Jack) Ward and Clara Luticia Brunson.

bulletBrady Lee WARD was born on 20 Sep 1920 in Niceville, Okaloosa Co., FL. Parents: Celestine A. (Teen) WARD and Lora Agnes HICKS.

He was married to Margaret Rilla TALBOT on 2 May 1941 in Crestview, Walton Co., FL. Children were: Harold Bruce WARD, Margaret Elaine WARD.

bullet Brett Rutledge WARD was born on 11 Nov 1959. Parents: Royce Harold WARD and Flora Marilyn STRICKLAND .

bullet Brian WARD Parents: Richard T. WARD.

Children were: David Daniel WARD.

bulletBrian Keith WARD was born on 10 Oct 1963 in Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL. He died on 10 Oct 1963 in Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL. Buried at Bayview Cem..

Buried at Bayview Cem.. Parents: William Francis (Bill) WARD and Mary Elizabeth WATSON.

bullet Brittany Paige WARD was born on 21 Jun 1985 in Houston, TX. Parents: Ronald Elvin WARD and Deborah LITTLE.

bullet Bruce WARD

bulletBryan Ward was born on 25 May 1990. Parents: Steven Linwood Ward and Valerie Adrian.

bullet Buddy WARD Parents: Walter A. WARD.

bullet Burisa WARD was born in 1866 in AL. Parents: Tarleton Solomon , Jr. WARD and Rebecca SMART.

bullet Burt William WARD was born on 5 Feb 1954 in Pensacola, FL. Parents: Walter Hervis WARD and Willie Mae (Lucy) CRAIG .

He was married to Catherine Elizabeth FRICKE on 8 Apr 1978 in Chicago, IL. Children were: Benjamin Hinson WARD, Daniel Graham WARD, Anne Cable WARD.

bullet Burvee Belvin WARD was born on 31 Jan 1924 in Bagdad, Santa Rosa Co., FL. Parents: Francis Bartley WARD and Eva Crilley CATO.

He was married to Cynthia Vera (Teenie) NELSON on 1 Nov 1946 in Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL. Children were: Cynthia Delores WARD, Belvin Ray WARD, Edward Charles WARD.

bullet C. J. Donald WARD was born on 13 Mar 1907 in Escambia Co., FL. Parents: Celestine Josiah (Babe) , Jr. WARD and Millissa A. (Dees) PEEBLES.

bulletCammie C. WARD was born on 10 Jan 1902. She died on 17 May 1947. Parents: Charles Franklin (Charlie) WARD and Mary C. HAMMAC .

bullet Carine WARD was born on 31 May 1740 in Guilford New Haven, Connecticut.

Children were: John Evarts STONE, Asher STONE, William STONE.

bulletCarmeleita WARD. Parents: Otis Merritt WARD and Nellie (Wife of Otis Merritt WARD).

bulletCarol Ann WARD was born on 14 Sep 1943 in Atmore, Escambia Co., FL. Parents: Ernest Harrison WARD and Frances Evlynne SOLOMON .

She was married to James Loyd DRIVER on 14 Sep 1961 in Walnut Hill, Escambia Co., FL. Children were: Lisa Ann DRIVER, Jeanette Eulynne DRIVER, Lana Elizabeth DRIVER, Lucinda Lea DRIVER, Horace Lloyd DRIVER.

bullet Carolyn Q. WARD

Children were: Ronald Joe BASS.

bulletCarrie WARD was born in 1903 in FL.

bullet Carrie Mae Ward was born on 28 May 1915. Parents: Ernest Clayton Ward and Lizzie Ellen Baker.

Children were: Gary Edward WHITE, Eugene Raleigh WHITE.

She was married to Olan Edgar O'NEAL on 10 Aug 1953.

bullet Carter Brown WARD was born on 6 Mar 1879 in Silcox Branch, Freeport, Walton Co., FL. He died on 13 Dec 1975 in Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL. "Carter Ward, son of Thomas Franklin & Wealthy Adeline Silcox WARD, was born 6 Mar 1879 at Silcox Branch near Freeport, Walton Co., FL. He first attended school at Camp Creek near Freeport where his father and uncle, Sylvan SILCOX, hired a teacher by the name of Moss ROUGHTON to teach the children who lived hearby. Mr. ROUGHTON was pais $20 per month plus room & board for his services. In 1893, when Carter was about 14, the family moved to Antioch which is located between Bruce and Freeport. A few years later they moved east to the head of Black Creek.
Carter was a tall handsome man, about 6'4", and had black hair and cornflower blue eyes. He was fun loving and always had an entertaining story to tell. As far as known, he was loved by all and had no enemies. About 1898 Carter & his brother Jasper attended Draughn's Business College in Montgomery, AL. It was there that he had his first taste of iced tea & saw coal used as fuel for the first time. In 1903 Carter married Cora Lee MILLER at Westville, FL.
Their first home was at "Carter's Branch" located near the farm of Cora's mother, Eliza Willis MILLER. The site is on highway #81 south, on the right, 2.5 miles from Seven Runs Creek. It is quite possible that Carter's Branch was named for Carter WARD after he made his home there. Shortly after their marriage, Carter drove a wagon and two mules to Freeport where he purchased a bed, dressing table, and a square oak table from J. J. McKaskell's Mercantile store. The price or the table, now in possession of Dolores, was $2.98. It is not known when the family moved to Antioch, but it there that their second child, Lula Jewell, drowned at the age of 17 months. She wandered out of the yard and fell into the nearby pond after someone had accidently left the gate open; they then returned to Carter's Branch.
About 1912 the family moved to DeFuniak Springs and lived there until 1915. Between 1925 & 1927 the family lived in Panama City and was there during the great hurricane of 1926. Carter, who was working on a steamboat at the time, was on his way home and remembered this storm well. Another steamboat, the Tarpon, was lost off the coast of Ft. Walton Beach. According to Carter's reminiscences, times were pretty hard after "the panic" of 1929. During his years in the timber business, he began saving silver dollars in a bucket. When the job ended the family moved to White City, Gulf Co., FL. Carter rented a house and buried his silver dollars in the back yard. They lived on this money for quite a long time. The depression was in full swing in 1935 when the Ward's house burned. They lost almost everything, but somehow they managed to buy some land a few miles away and build a shotgun house. they bought chickens, hogs and cows, and planted a large garden. They built a barn, smokehouse and privy, and placed a big black pot in the back yard that was used to boil the clothes after they were washed.
I spent many happy days with my grandparents at this house when I was a child., and they lived in this house for the next 30 years. During the Depression and World War II eras they would often take in transients (hobos), feed them a hearty meal, and let them sleep on a cot on the back porch.
Cora was always up by daylight cooking breakfast on a large wood-burning stove. I remember particularly the biscuits she made, the butter I sometimes helped churn, and the homemade jams, jellies, and syrup. After she had eaten she would scrub the kitchen until it was spotless and then begin cooking the dinner which was usually fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, fried fish or pork chops, several vegetables that were picked from the garden or in the winter taken from jars that had been preserved, corn bread, ice tea, peach or blackberry cobbler or sometimes bread pudding.
At times Cora would have help from an old colored woman named "Cindy." I remember one time getting into trouble for locking Cindy in the smokehouse. Another time I traded the Ward's radio to a transient for a guitar. I remember thinking how proud they would be because in my opinion the guitar was so much more valuable than the radio. Needless to say, they did not agree with me.
During the 1930s & 1940s Carter hunted and fished and lived off the small farm. At times he trapped otters and alligators and sold their hides. For 27 years he was a member of the Gulf Co. school board. In 1961 Cora died and Carter soon sold the home and moved back to Walton Co. where he lived until the early 1970s. He was active and spry until about six months before his death 13 Dec 1975. He never lost his quick wit and sharp mind. He is buried next to his wife at the Dead River Cemetery near Bruce."
Parents: Thomas Franklin WARD and Wealthy Adeline SILCOX .

He was married to Cora Lee MILLER on 31 Dec 1903 in Westville, Holmes Co., FL. Children were: Lewis Lemuel WARD, Lula Jewel WARD, Anita Marie WARD, Hazel Jeanette WARD, Della Ellsworth WARD.

bullet Cary Carlson WARD was born on 23 Mar 1925. Parents: James Oscar Elijah WARD and Carrie Otis MAJORS .

Children were: Cary Carlson , Jr. WARD, Daniel Marcus WARD.

bulletCary Carlson , Jr. WARD. Parents: Cary Carlson WARD and Mildred DAVIS.

bulletCasey Ryan WARD was born on 22 Jun 1987. Parents: Chris Rich WARD and Marsha Lynn HANNA.

bullet Catharine WARD was born in 1774.

bulletCatherine WARD was born in 1857 in Walton Co., FL. Parents: William (Bill) Marion WARD and Catherine (Katie) CAMPBELL.

Children were: Daniel BOLTON, Henry BOLTON, Margaret Elizabeth BOLTON.

bulletCatherine Beatrice WARD was born on 26 May 1899. Parents: Celestine Josiah (Babe) , Jr. WARD and Millissa A. (Dees) PEEBLES.

bullet Caty Ward was born on 1 Sep 1756. She died between 1799 and 1851.

She was married to Joseph Gillis between 1784 and 1817. Children were: Daniel Gillis, Joel W Gillis, Thomas Gillis, Elliott Gillis, Hannah E Gillis.

bullet Cecil WARD was born in May 1900. Parents: Charles Franklin (Charlie) WARD and Mary C. HAMMAC.

bullet Celestine (Teen) WARD Parents: Emanuel (Man) WARD and Emma Adkisson.

bullet Celestine A. (Teen) WARD was born on 19 Aug 1870 in Freeport, Walton Co., FL. He died on 5 Sep 1956 in Portland, FL. Buried in Crestview, Walton Co., FL
Parents: William Peter M. WARD and Clairsey BOLTON.

He was married to Lora Agnes HICKS on 17 Dec 1896 in Portland, FL. Children were: Lora Vester WARD, Walter Hinson WARD, Hattie Genit WARD, Clarissa Gertrude WARD, Sill (Teen) WARD, Juanita (Jenny) WARD, Maxine Estelle (Maxie) WARD , John Peter (J. P.) WARD, Brady Lee WARD.

bullet Celestine Josiah (Babe) , Jr. WARD was born on 5 Feb 1856 in Walton Co., FL. He died on 20 Oct 1937 in Escambia Co., FL. Buried at Davisville, Escambia Co., FL Parents: Celestine Josiah Thomas William Augustus WARD and Catherine BAKER.

He was married to Millissa A. (Dees) PEEBLES on 23 Dec 1880 in Escambia Co., AL. Married by Rev. John W. Stephenson. Children were: Dora Catherene WARD, Ivery Christopher WARD , Lula Idella WARD, Corrie Celestine WARD, Archie Lonnie WARD , Fern Mayo WARD, Catherine Beatrice WARD, Sarah Beatrice WARD, Raymond Orbra WARD, C. J. Donald WARD, Verlie R. WARD.

bullet Celestine Josiah Thomas William Augustus WARD was born on 27 Mar 1829 in Walton Co., FL. He died on 27 Jun 1891 in Bratt, Escambia Co., FL. Full name= Celestine Joe Sower Thomas William Augustus Ward. Known as "Teen". According to family lore, his brothers John & Andrew were among a group of men hung by Confederate soldiers who were in Walton Co. stealing cattle that were said to run loose in the woods. Among those men were his brother in laws, Coffel & Austin Nichols. Teen shipped home to avenge their death and is said to killed all the men involved. He then is said to have deserted to the Union Army for which there is supposed to be proof. His reputation for a mean streak would be hard to live up to. He is said to have murdered 13 men in his lifetime and was often only a step ahead of the sheriff. One story says he killed one of his daughters suitors & threw the body in a well. Another of how he cut the heart out of one man & put it on a stake. He has also been credited with burning many of the courthouses after the war. Ironically, his grave marker is adorned with a lamb.

Celestine was common among the Alabama - Coushatti (or Coushatta) Indians in East Texas where he grew up. I have not seen this name outside the WARD family research and I found this very interesting. I had previously looked up this name in a book and found that it is French in origin, from the Latin word coelum, and feminine in nature; meaning heavenly. If you drop the last "e" it becomes a masculine form. In my book I noted how ironic it was that with his reputation for violence his gravestone was adorned with lambs. How's that for additional irony? I was not familiar with the tribes so I did a little research on their history. They were of Muscoghean stock and found among remnants of the Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw by 1792 at the junction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers. They were friendly to the French at Ft. St. Louis near the present site of Mobile in 1763. This location provided the French a waterway into the heart of Alabama - Coushatti country. The Alabama and Coushatti tribes were closely related with the latter having a reputation of being less peaceful and fonder of fire water. By 1777 the main body Alabama Indians had migrated to the Opelousas River in what is now Louisiana. By 1790 the Coushatti had followed their kinsmen. From there they moved into the piney woods of East Texas (Big Thicket) in 1809 after trouble with the white settlers. In 1840 at the suggestion of Sam Houston, a friend of the Alabama - Coushatti, three chiefs signed a petition along with 42 white settlers citing the wrongs done in the disposal of their land. One of those chiefs was named Cilistine. (Source: "Sam Houston's Indians") According to some sources, Teen WARD's full name was Celestine Josiah (Joe Sower) Thomas William Augustus WARD. Joe Sower may have been a country pronunciation for Josiah, but one source reports that Sower is a Creek Indian name. William Augustus Bowles was an infamous Indian trader with the Creek Nation. Another interesting tidbit, that could well be pure coincidence, is that the only other place I have seen the exact spelling of "Cilistine" was in Otis Ward's paper "Looking Back on the Wards for the Last 100 Years." He made no mention of any Indian connections which, by the way, I find significant. Does anyone know when Otis wrote his paper?
Parents: Elijah W. WARD and Sarah (Sally) Anne COCHRAN.

He was married to Catherine BAKER about 1849. Children were: Nancy Jane WARD, Elijah (Lige) WARD, Celestine Josiah (Babe) , Jr. WARD, Henry Harrison (Wardy) WARD.

He was married to Florence (Flora) GILLIS in 1860 in Walton Co., FL. Children were: Neill WARD.

He was married to Nancy Elizabeth (Bettie) MAJORS in 1866 in Walton Co., FL. Children were: Georgia Ann WARD, Emanuel (Man) WARD, Louisa WARD, Martha M. WARD, William Augustus (Gus) WARD, Andrew Jobe WARD , Aulcie Anderson WARD, Edward W. (Ed) WARD, Lottie Lee WARD.

bullet Chapel Lanier WARD was born on 30 Nov 1918 in Walnut Hill, Escambia Co., FL. Parents: Smiley WARD and Lena Pearl MIMS.

He was married to Henriette POIRE on 16 Oct 1943 in Detroit, MI. Children were: Theresa Diane WARD, Yvette Marie WARD.

bullet Charles Ward was born between 1832 and 1860. He died between 1865 and 1939. Parents: Eber Brock WARD and Mary McQueen.

He was married to Amie (Wife of Charles Ward) between 1865 and 1901. Children were: Annie G. Ward, Freda Ward.

bullet Charles WARD was born in 1878. Parents: William Jackson (Jack) WARD and Brazella BROWN.

bullet Charles (Charley) WARD was born in 1877 in Walton Co., FL. Parents: George T. WARD and Matildiea (Mattie) KING.

bulletCharles A. Ward was born in 1871 in Walton County, Florida. Parents: Benjamin Franklin Ward Sr. and Martha Edna GILLEY .

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