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• Group: Famous Historical Figure
• Group: Veteran or Patriot of Revolutionary War
• FamilySearch ID: LBWP-MJJ
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 57220433

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From FindaGrave: (Memorial ID 135387997)

Samuel Ward, Jr. (1756– 1832) was an American Revolutionary War soldier and delegate to the secessionist Hartford Convention.

Ward was born in Westerly, Rhode Island on November 17, 1756 as the fifth child of Anne Ray and Samuel Ward, a founding trustee of Brown University, Continental Congress delegate and colonial governor of Rhode Island. Samuel graduated from Brown University with high honors, in 1771. Ward was commissioned a captain in the Kings and Kent County militia in 1775 and served under Colonel Varnum later in the year. Ward volunteered with 250 Rhode Islanders under Christopher Greene to support Benedict Arnold on his expedition to Quebec. Ward was eventually promoted to a major and lieutenant colonel in Rhode Island's First Regiment and served in the Battle of Red Bank and Battle of Rhode Island. In 1778 Ward married Phebe Greene, daughter of Governor William Greene. He retired from the military in 1781 and became a member of the Society of Cincinnati. After the war Ward became a merchant and traveled extensively to trade to Asia and Europe. Ward was elected to the Annapolis Convention (1786). In 1814 Ward was served as a delegate to the Hartford Convention.

Ward died on August 6, 1832 in New York City.

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Famous People

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Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LBWP-MJJ

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57220433

Samuel married Phebe Greene on 8 Mar 1778 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. Phebe was born on 20 Mar 1760 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island; died on 11 Oct 1828 in New York, New York County, New York; was buried after 11 Oct 1828 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• FamilySearch ID: LZBF-7N4

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DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

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https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZBF-7N4

Henry married Elizabeth "Eliza" Hall on 2 Sep 1818. Elizabeth (daughter of Dr. Jonathan Hall and Bathsheba Mumford) was born in Nov 1789 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut; died on 16 Mar 1872; was buried after 16 Mar 1872 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• FamilySearch ID: 93FL-BVG

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DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

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Samuel married Julia Rush Cutler on 9 Oct 1812 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Julia was born in 1796 in Massachusetts; died on 11 Nov 1824; was buried after 11 Nov 1824 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• FamilySearch ID: LCZ9-DMS
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 57220498
• Alt. Death: 22 Jul 1848, Manhattan, New York County, New York

Notes:

He was a brother to Abby Maria's sister Eliza's husband.

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DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

FamilySearch ID:
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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57220498

William married Abby Maria Hall on 17 Nov 1830 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut. Abby (daughter of Dr. Jonathan Hall and Bathsheba Mumford) was born on 6 Mar 1802 in Pomfret, Windham County, Connecticut; died on 6 Feb 1887; was buried on 10 Feb 1887 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Group: Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
• Group: Famous Historical Figure
• Group: Veteran of Civil War - Union
• FamilySearch ID: K4GW-XTD
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 516

Notes:

From FindaGrave:

Author, Social Reformer. She was active in many social causes, women's rights, slavery and rankled many with her religious views. However, at the urging of President Abraham Lincoln, she was asked to write a song that would counter Confederate hymns and anthems. Her poem "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was the result. After submitting it to the "Atlantic Monthly", for which she was paid five dollars, it culminated in being set to music, becoming the anthem of the North. Julia Howe entered into a violent marriage which inhibited her liberal views and causes.

Her husband controlled, resented and at times mismanaged her financial inheritance and held the notion, prevalent at the time, a woman's place was in the home. He forced her to remain in the marriage by threatening to keep her from their four children. However, she became self educated while learning several languages, and published an abolitionist paper.

Freed from the marriage upon her older husband's death, she set up shop on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, where she immersed herself in a busy social life while writing, lecturing and organizing women's clubs where ever she went. Her fight to create the first Mother's Day in America never succeeded but the seed was planted.

In 1908, she was the first woman elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her appearances always started with a rendering of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Upon her death at the age of ninety one, services were held at the Church of the Disciples and at the Boston Symphony Hall with crowds overflowing both structures. The United States Postal Service issued a Julia Ward Howe memorial stamp in 1988.

Bio by: Donald Greyfield

Group:
DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran

Group:
Famous People

Group:
Person who served in the Civil War in the Union Forces (Grand Army of the Republlic)

FamilySearch ID:
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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/516

Julia married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe before 1841. Samuel was born on 10 Nov 1801 in Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Jan 1876 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 9 Jan 1876 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: L1QK-DZR
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 113831240

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FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113831240

Florence married David Prescott Hall on 15 Nov 1871 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. David (son of David Priestley Hall and Caroline Minturn) was born on 15 Nov 1845 in New York, New York County, New York; died on 8 Jun 1907 in Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey; was buried after 8 Jun 1907 in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]