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GEORGE WARD
Originally published in 1900 |
GEORGE WARD, of Harrington Park, was born in New York City on
the 15th of August, 1820. He was the son of Daniel Ward and Eleanor Outhouse
and a grandson of William Ward and James Outhouse. His ancestors
came to this country from Holland. Mr. Ward was educated in Public School No. 11, in New York City, and at the age of fifteen he engaged in the trade of butcher, which he continued for several years. Afterward he entered a law office in New York, where he remained two and a half years. He then engaged in the grocery business, which he continued for some forty odd years. In 1866 he moved to his farm in the neighborhood of Closter, now known as Harrington Park, where he died October 28, 1901), in his eighty-first year. He was a member of the Methodist Church, an active and influential citizen, and respected by all who knew him. He married Margaret Graf and had six children, of whom four are living, namely: George W., David A.. Frank P., and Isabella E.
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