"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6DW-9RJ : 22 December 2016), John Henry Ward, 26 Aug 1879; citing Birth, Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 301,032. | parents: Sarah Metzler and William Ward. | (notes: given name originally recorded as William: corrected by application, 1944).
"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/Q238-RBD6 : 23 December 2016), John Henry Ward, 26 Aug 1879; citing Birth, Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 301,037. | (notes: application to correct given names, 1944).
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X864-D54 : 8 December 2014), John H. Ward and Dorothy E. Brown, 13 Mar 1911; citing Athens, Ohio, United States, reference p 427 cn 4855; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 311,598.
"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6CW-53G : 8 December 2014), John Ward in entry for John Dwight Ward, 22 Jul 1926; citing Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, reference fn 45115; FHL microfilm 1,984,360.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVM1-V93B : 21 January 2016), John Henry Ward in entry for Carl William Ward and Norma Esther Peters, ; citing Wayne, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,846,684.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2QCH-2XK : 8 December 2014), John Ward in entry for Holger Stemshorn and Helen Ward, 02 Jun 1942; citing Gallia, Ohio, United States, reference ; county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 1,409,406.
"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QC7-R72 : Sun Mar 10 21:39:15 UTC 2024), John Ward for Mr Norman Dale Ward and Hazel Imogene Gillum, 04 Nov 1944.
(private) Ward: data omitted: presumed living.
Census:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M89Z-GYZ : 12 August 2016), John H Ward in household of William Ward and Sarah A. Ward, Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 73, sheet 75C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1036; FHL microfilm 1,255,036.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMD3-TP2 : accessed 31 July 2017), John Ward in household of William Ward, Jefferson Township (excl. Oak Hill precinct & vill.), Jackson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 49, sheet 7A, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,289.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML83-82P : accessed 1 November 2020), John Ward in household of Sarah Ward, Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 12A, family 214, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1198; FHL microfilm 1,375,211.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDTN-SWF : accessed 31 July 2017), John H Ward, Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, United States; citing ED 74, sheet 12B, line 93, family 240, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1401; FHL microfilm 1,821,401.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4WY-RW6 : accessed 31 July 2017), John Ward, Jefferson, Jackson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 6B, line 71, family 130, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1828; FHL microfilm 2,341,562.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KWF7-YX9 : accessed 31 July 2017), John H Ward, Oak Hill Village, Jefferson Township, Jackson, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40-7, sheet 1B, line 62, family 15, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3089.