Leonard
Shobe
Ward
Born in Harrison, Virginia, United States
Son of William Ward
and Sarah Shobe
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Margaret Catherine (McWhorter) Ward
— married
19 Oct 1837 in Harrison Co, Virginia
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah Ann Ward, John Dexter Ward, Henry M. Ward, Mary Ward, William Judson Ward, Amanda Celina (Ward) Flesher, Fleda Catherine Ward, Susan B. Ward, Columbia Belle (Ward) McDonald, Martin Ward and Wilson Everett Ward
Died
at age 84
in Lewis, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Sep 2013
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Biography
Leonard was born October 3, 1815 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia, United States. He was the son of William Ward and Sarah Shobe. He passed away March 29, 1900, as stated in the obituary as Thursday last week,[1]in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. He is buried in Ward Cemetery, Lewis County, West Virginia. [2]
Marriage
Leonard S Ward & Margaret McWhorter married on 19 Oct 1837 in Harrison County, (West) Virginia[3][4][5]
Sources
- ↑ March 1900 calendar https://print-a-calendar.com/printable-calendars/1900/one-page-year-shaded-weekends
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 November 2020), memorial page for Leonard Shobe Ward (3 Oct 1815–27 Mar 1900), Find A Grave: Memorial #26970411, citing Ward Cemetery, Lewis County, West Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Katina Peters (contributor 46996486) .
- ↑ West Virginia Vital Records http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=41497&Type=Marriage
- ↑ WVVR Marriage Bond http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=257628&Type=Marriage
- ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FR6C-7JS : 11 February 2018), Leonard S. Ward and Margaret Mcwhorter, 19 Oct 1837; citing Harrison, West Virginia, v 3 p 107, county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 847,273.
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Thank you to Eowyn Langholf for creating WikiTree profile Ward-7869 through the import of Inez 2.ged on Sep 12, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Eowyn and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leonard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leonard:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Leonard by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Leonard:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
MJ Hadsell 
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~1.56%
Leanne (Liggett) Milholland :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member leannemilholland
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, yourDNAportal LEA0a70ce97, FTDNA kit #mk8119
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Teresa Downey
Edith Sharon (Hardman) West (1937-2024)
Edith Sharon (Hardman) West (1937-2024)
Teresa Downey
Ward-31661 and Ward-7869 appear to represent the same person because: Same find a grave on both profiles. This is same person. Any additional editing is done during or after merge. Only one profile per person in wikitree.
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Edith Sharon (Hardman) West (1937-2024)
Ward-7869 and Ward-31661 do not represent the same person because: greatest # to least # in merges. Editing required for merge
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Edith Sharon (Hardman) West (1937-2024)
Ward-31661 and Ward-7869 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. See sources. Editing before merge suggested.
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