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AND MBS. IRA WARD.*Calm Decline of a Well-SpentLife.Stirring Toothful Days of a Soldier ofthe War of 1812.Aged Couple Soon to Celebrate TheirDiamond Anniversary.mm.VSome two miles out from New Haven vil* la*e, Vl, on a slight elevation from the tarn* pike, stands a large two-story white house, surrounded by magnificent elm*, which has been for 80 years the home of this aged oounle.who have grown old so naturally and easily that there has been no abrupt letting go of life, only a gradual relinquishment of 1U cares../VMM*■■--MR IRA WARD.—-•iVicthepei a ntUfltioitinmil t air,Ms1thetioievenocex*mdayA!boadm on«Kiefflc18 ifunAiIn 17*9 .Tesae Ward of New Haven. Conn moved to Waltham, Vt, to the place now known as the Newman Hunt farm.In a little log house in a forest abounding' in deer, bears and wolves, the erstwhile home of a more formidable foe, the American Indian, whose barbaric arrows, spear*, domestic and warlike implements ore even now found, was bom Aoril 9. 1798, Ira Ward.At Ferrisburg, Vt, Oct 11, 1798, was born Hannah P. Crumpton, who was married to Ira Ward Nov. 18,181T.The first year of their married life was spent with Jesse Ward, aft*r which the young couple, with abounding health and brave spirit* for capital, went to New Haven to make a home for themselves.There they have always lived, buying their present farm in 1889. then an unbroken forest, now as easily cultivated acres as can be found in town. Inqoa.10.1tOQgm*11.1A'willAnddlvlT!*t*v.bfiamAfOllitautAWftAhmAMIdiT!Awit:parAAndAAAAthe*AlasttbaiA®f 1
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Boston Daily Globe
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Jul 01, 1891
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