Tapley McClennan Ward (1834 - 1865)

Born 13 Jan 1834 in Shouns, Carter, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Keron Carolyn Happuch (Brown) Ward — married 12 Jan 1853 in Johnson County, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 26 Jan 1865 at age 31 in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Tapley Ward Died in Military Service during the United States Civil War.

Tapley Ward was born in Appalachia, in Tennessee.

Tapley Ward was a Tennessean.

Tapley McClennan Ward born 13 Jan 1834 in Shouns, Carter County, Tennessee. His parents are John Ward and Nancy Wilson.

He married Keron Carolyn Happuch Brown, 12 Jan 1853, in Johnson County, Tennessee.

Tapley M. Ward served in the Civil War, with the Union Army. He enlisted on 22 Sep 1863, in Company F, 13th Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. ^[1]

Tapley died while in the Union Army, on 26 Jan 1865, in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. He is buried in the Knoxville National Cemetery. ^[2]

His widow, shown as Keron on 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows, drew pension in 1890 showing as widow of Tapley M Ward.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHHS-PJW : 24 March 2016), Tapley M. Ward, 1865.
2. ↑ Find A Grave memorial for Tapley McClennan Ward. Tapley McClennan "Toply" Ward (1834 - 1865). His gravestone has his name as "Toply M Ward", I had searched for him on Find A Grave, never finding him. I went through his records that I could find. I found him on one of his childrens birth records as Toply Ward. On military records his name as Tapley M. Ward, and hand written several places as "Topley", and then on one of the gravestone papers, it was written "Toply", which was very poor writing by someone, it was off this paper that his gravestone was made. With this spelling I found him on Find A Grave, I had his spouse linked to him and had US Veteran's Affairs, make note of the his names.
3. ↑ "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S3-66B : 14 November 2014), Tapley M Ward, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,254.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD2-8DX : 9 November 2014), Tapley Ward in household of John Ward, Johnson county, Johnson, Tennessee, United States; citing family 71, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1860 Census

• "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHHS-PJW : 24 March 2016), Tapley M. Ward, 1865.

• "United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S3-66B : 14 November 2014), Tapley M Ward, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,254.

• 1920 Census, under his daughter

• Bailey, Mary A., Standard Certificate of Death Santa Cruz County Recorder. This is Tapley's daugher, Mary Happuch "Appie" Ward Bailey. Tapley is listed on her death certificate as her father.