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Ellsworth WARD

Page last updated 4 February 2026.

Kacie's Photography, 2019

 
Birth:  9 December 1881
Death:  1906 (see * below)
Burial:  23 December 1906 at Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot C-7
Headstone Text:  No headstone there. Church recently placed a slab there to replace it.

* There is a discrepancy in the date of death in paperwork located so far.

Parents:  Samuel Eldridge WARD and Harriet Rebecca WARD (m. BERRY)
Parents' Children: 

• Presley Harrison WARD
• Ella Ann SMITH (m. WARD)
• Eldridge Brook WARD
• Ellsworth WARD
• Susie A. DEMPSEY (m. WARD)
• Mary Elizabeth KEETON (m. WARD)
• Grover Cleveland WARD
• Jane C. WARD

[Samuel and Harriet possibly later adopted their son’s foster/adopted child, Gorman.]
 
Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Ellsworth is buried in Plot C-1. Also buried in this cemetery are: his parents -- Samuel and Harriett; his brother and sister-in-law -- Presley, Gertrude.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#211599224), FamilySearch website (#GQYK-6N3), and family records.
 
Documents Include: Providence Methodist Church Record of Cemetery Trustee.
 
Abbreviation Key:  
​m. = maiden name
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