“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


JOHN WARD,  farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 34;  P.O. Oak Hill; born in 
Cornwall, Eng., Feb. 18, 1823; came to America in September, 1845, 
locating in the town of Aztalan, where he lived two years; he resided and 
worked at his trade in Fort Atkinson ten years, and settled on the farm he 
now owns of 140 acres in 1857.  He married Miss Jane Uglow, of 
Sullivan, in 1847; they have two children - Mary C. and Clarence E.  Mr. 
Ward is now a Republican and was a strong advocate of the Free Soil 
principles; is in accord with the Bible Christian Church and gives it his 
hearty support.  He saw many of the hardships of those early days and 
came near being devoured by a pack of wolves near Aztalan; he is one of 
the successful farmers and has a well-improved farm, with sorghum mill, 
blacksmith-shop, etc.


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