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Sources
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XFHW-3BG : 6 December 2014), Elias Ward in entry for Robert B. Arms and Anna A. Ward, 16 Jan 1894, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 540,157.
"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6QD-8H3 : 19 November 2014), Elias Ward, Crown Point, Essex, New York, United States; count clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 866,320.
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Robert Arms, Wednesday, August 27, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.