Richard WARD

Page last updated 5 February 2026.
Picture
Kacie's Photography, 2019
 
Birth:  2 December 1905
Death:  9 August 1906 in Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland
Burial:  Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Friendly, Prince George’s County, Maryland, Plot C-1
Headstone Text:  RICHARD / SON OF / GERTRUDE AND / ELDRIDGE WARD / BORN 1905 / DIED 1906

Parents:  Eldridge Brook WARD and Gertrude WARD (m. SPENCER)
Parents’ Children: 
  • Spencer Samuel WARD
  • Richard WARD
  • Ralph Ellsworth WARD
[His father also had 3 children during his second marriage: Lillian Estelle, Elsie Elizabeth, Joseph Ellsworth.]

Close Family also in the Same Cemetery:  Richard is buried in Plot C-1. Also buried in this cemetery are: his mother -- Gertrude; his sister -- Lillian; his grandparents -- Samuel and Harriett.
 
Family Information Compiled From:  FindAGrave website (#33211695), FamilySearch website (#G3XX-NHW), and family records.
 
Documents Include:  Daughters of the American Revolution Toaping Castle Chapter, cemetery survey; Prince George’s County Genealogical Society -- Stones and Bones.
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Abbreviation Key:  
m. = maiden name