Show I I North Ogden People Celebrate Eighty Fourth Birth Anniversary 1 of James Ward Pioneer Settler I Dy By B D F BIj DL NORTH ORTH OGDEN Juno 14 14 Today at ae the Hie born home on Main street treet the eighty fot rth birthday Y of Patriarch Jams James Ward ord was Has belu beautifully observed by his numerous descendants and other and friends ends An pro pro- program pro program gram was war carried out out consisting conal of ot vocal and Instrumental musIc speeches by the guest of oC honor and others An el elaborate dinner as as pI presided 0 At the noon hour at ot stitch tho the Collo following were seated Mr Ir and aria Mis James Ward Waid ald Mr and Mis James H 11 Word Hard a air and Mrs airs s sL L Waid a Mr and airs Thomas Thomms Norris Mr air and Mrs B F Blaylock ma lock Mr and ond airs Charles Chorles Store Storey Stores Mr and vie Mis D B Dr BI- BI r 1 Blailock Blaylock Mr air and Mrs lIre JuliusH n If Campbell 81 I bell Mi h 11 and Mrs IsaacS Isa e S Campbell C Mr lIr and Mrs Le- Le Leland Le land Le-land lend land Rhees Mr and ond Mis Ills Emil EmilA EmilA A Ch Mr and nd Mrs airs W Wil William 11 ii liam llant II H Warren arren Mr air and Mrs Irs Wallace allace Gl Green Gleen een M It and 1 Mrs airs Chas Zerba Mesdames Lizzie Space Spaceman man Annie Deamer Georgina Montgomery Maude Storey Jane Jano JanoW W Shaw Sha Bro Brost Brown Bron n Minnie I Dyson Dyon Gladys GIld Slater Barker Hat la Ie Pidcock Etta Storey Store Cyrus C Ward Waid 01 d Martin Campbell and Ia ray rai Campbell and ond grandchildren and grind great great grandchildren children making mailing up a total of ot 74 14 that were ere seated at dinner at the Carious arloua settings SL L James Ward ard W ard son of W and Sarah Spans Ick Ward Yard as asborn born June 1 13 1840 IHO at Wiltshire Ingland and was de- de deprived de deprived of or tiny any educational l advantages advantages advantages In lit hi his early life because of the meagre opportunities afforded I In that early day He lie had to commence life lite for tor himself under a great handicap not being able to his hie 0 own n name namo yet at the theae ago ae of 18 IS he was matte made foreman of a brewery of 2000 barrels dally capacity He became a a 1 eon concert crt to Mormonism In his nath native eland land and was baptize 1 August Augus 6 1866 1856 by Elder William DavIs Da vis was as marbled mar mar- married married ried bled March 16 1861 to Harriet Ward daughter of John Brown and Sarah Mundi Mundy and ond on the third third h of ot the tho ne next t month embarked for the New World on the steamship Underwriter in a company of Saints S under the direction of ot Andrus Homer Duncan and Charles W V Penrose lIe He an arrived Ived at ot Now New York May Y 22 and lorence llorence I Nebraska June 2 1861 and proceeded pi across s the tho plains CROSSING SS PI-Al-SS He worked his way to Utah the construction company erecting the tho first transcontinental tal telegraph line to the tho Rocky mountains while his young loung oung bride came across the plaint plains with the regular company and arrived cd In Salt Lake October 4 There he hemet hemet hemet met his hia Ife wife and they proceeded on to Weber county located first on Washington avenue south or of orI I ive ve Points on the property now known n as Oa the George Georgo homo home afterwards moving to North orth Ogden Og- Og Ogden Og Ogden den where ho he has hns resided for over 60 0 years as a strong pillar In the community socially civically and ecclesiastically II Ho as wasa a member of the to town torn n school board boal d road supervisor member of the Hie Sunday school board was counsellor In the ward bishopric to Thomas Wallace 13 ears care was bishop for tor 16 years ears of ot the North Ogden said aid and has been a pat pat- patriarCh pat patriarch for 21 years II He flu has given given given en In that time near nearly a hundred and fifty fitly blessings H Hu He was mar mar- married mar lied ried to his hia present wife wire FrancesA trances A Cooley April 16 1903 By his first wife sire ICe he be has 11 it son sons a and daughters 67 grandchildren 69 grandchildren great grandchildren total descendants numbered among the most highly honored ot of o the tho com com- community community I where here they reside AA I t t t 4 z rs i k a 7 JAMES nS WARD |