Background
Ward was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on November 20, 1837.
Ward was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, on November 20, 1837.
He also was the author of one book Nelson and Emma had two children: Joseph Edgar, born September 22, 1866. And Virginia, born 1869.
In the late 1890s, he bought the Grundie Hotel in Springfield, Missouri, which he operated until about 1904.
In the early 1900s, his family moved to Long Beach, California, where he lived for the rest of his life. Ward published the book, "The Master Key" to the Problems of Passion Week and the Resurrection According to the Scriptures in 1915.
He is interred at Sunnyside Cemetery in Long Beach, California. Ward led a charge from land without meaningful cover onto a railroad bridge that was secured on both sides by Confederate troops.
Although his commanding officer had been killed, he led a successful assault of the bridge despite the Union forces suffering heavy casualties.
