WI BIO - Dodge Co - ALWARD, William, Mrs.
History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 
1880, p 687

Mrs. William ALWARD, Section 6 [Westford Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin], 
P. O. Randolph, is a native of Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, born 
16 January 1800. When eight years old she with parents removed to Cortland 
County, New York, where in 1820 she married Mr. Ely HUBBARD, who died in a 
little more than six months after marriage. In 1827 she [then Mrs. Ely 
HUBBARD] married Mr. William ALWARD, with whom she lived in New York until 
his death, in 1844. In 1846 with a family of five children she had the 
resolution to try the wilds of Wisconsin, and to make her home among the 
pioneers of Dodge County. She is doubtless the only pioneer widow who came 
to this county to make it her home under such circumstances. She bought a 
farm of 134 acres in Section 6, Westford, to which her daughter has since 
added forty acres.

She [Mrs. ALWARD] has four children: (1) William W., now of Los Angeles 
[Los Angeles County], California; (2) Nathaniel P., of Lewis County, 
Minnesota; (3) Louisa, Mrs. George KNOWLES, of Milwaukee [Milwaukee County, 
Wisconsin]; and (4) Elizabeth. Mr. [William] ALWARD had two daughters by 
first marriage: (1) Harriet, deceased; and (2) Mary, now Mrs. BANCROFT, of 
Romeo, McComb County, Michigan. The family are connected with the Baptist 
Church. 

Submitted by: Cathy Kubly