Dorothy Virginia (unknown) WARD

Page last updated 4 February 2026.
Picture
Kacie's Photography, 2015
 
Birth:  11 January 1908
Death:  25 July 1908 in Fort Washington, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial:  Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot C-6
Headstone Text:  DOROTHY VIRGINIA / FOSTER DAUGHTER OF / ETHEL AND PRESLEY / WARD / BORN JAN. 11, 1908 / DIED JULY 25, 1908

Adopted Parents:  Presley Harrison WARD and Ethel Beatrice WARD (m. ARCHER)
Parents' Children: 
  • Gorman WARD (b. unknown)
  • Dorothy Virginia WARD (b. unknown)
 
The headstone says that Dorothy was a foster child, but her last name is listed as “Ward”. We are not sure if she was adopted by Presley and Ethel, and if so, what her birth surname was.
 
Gorman was also fostered and/or adopted.
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Dorothy is buried in Plot C-6. Also buried in this cemetery are:  her father -- Presley; her grandparents -- Samuel and Harriet.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#33211619), FamilySearch website (#GW9X-P25), and family records.
 
Documents Include:  Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter survey; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Stones and Bones; Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
b. = birth name
​m. = maiden name
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