Rev.
William
Ward
Born in United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Cordelia S (Heffron) Ward
— married
Apr 1850 [location unknown]
Husband of
Susan (Benjamin) Ward
— married
1860 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Emma Eliza (Ward) Bucknell
Died
at age 51
in Sivasagar, Assam, India
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2014
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Biography
Baptist missionary to Assam, India from 1849 to death.[1] Namesake of the Rev. William Ward Junior College in North Lakhimpur, Assam. Linguist of the Assamese language and editor of Orunodoi.
Name
- Name: William /Ward, De La Garde/
- Name Prefix: Rev.
- Given Name: William
- Surname: Ward, De La Garde
Taking Ward as the last name from Ward, De La Garde.
Birth
- Birth:
- Date: 28 AUG 1821
- Place: Ellington CT
Death
- Death:
- Date: 11 AUG 1873
- Place: Assam, India
Sources
- Find A Grave: Memorial #50402705
- http://listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/assam-assamnet.org/2008-August/019931.html
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Nathan Kennedy
Ward-22213 and Ward-9789 do not represent the same person because: two different Baptist missionaries to India
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