↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJL-2GD : 9 November 2014), John M Ward in household of Rufus Ward, Nineveh, Johnson, Indiana, United States; citing family 892, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX63-LDB : 17 October 2014), John M Ward in household of Austin Seward, Indiana, United States; citing p. 16, family 106, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,843.
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Marie Mills, Friday, July 11, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
See also:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMB7-8F1 : accessed 15 July 2017), John M Ward in household of Jay H Smith, Pyramid and Salt Marsh Precincts, Washoe, Nevada, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 1A, family 5, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,943.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6PY-XL3 : accessed 15 July 2017), John M Ward, Salt Marsh, Washoe, Nevada, United States; citing ED 43, sheet 5B, line 98, family 40, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1005; FHL microfilm 1,821,005.