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Ancestors

Son of John Anderson Ward and Eleanor (MacBeth) Ward

Brother of Eliza (Ward) Thomas, William A Ward, Mariah Jane Ward, Eleanor Ward, Mary Elizabeth Ward, Rachel Whitehill Ward and Edgar Melville Ward

Husband of Anna (Bauman) Ward — married [location unknown]

Husband of Julie Devens (Valentine) Ward — married [location unknown]

Husband of Rachel (Smith) Ward — married [location unknown]

Father of Edgar Ward

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Biography

Sculptor.

John Quincy Adams Ward was a sculptor with many well-known pieces of art. He was born in Urbana, Ohio.

John quincy adams ward biography templates John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, – May 1, ) was an American sculptor, whose most familiar work is his larger than life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City.

He moved to New York and began studying with famous sculptor Henry K. Brown. He assisted Mr. Brown on the famous equestrian monument of George Washington in Union Square. In , his sculpture "Indian Hunter" went up in Central Park in New York City. It was the first of many sculptures he made in New York City. He was the founder and president of the National Sculpture Society from to and the president of the National Academy of Design in He had a few other famous people in his family.

His grandfather Col. William Ward founded the city of Urbana, Ohio in His brother was Edgar Melville Ward who was a genre painter. Edgar has a famous painting called 'Coppersmith' that is at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.

John quincy adams ward biography This collection contains materials digitized from the John Quincy Adams Ward Papers, It includes photographs of other artists and some of Ward’s drawings, most of which are undated or from the latter half of the 19th Century.

John died in New York City. He is buried in Oakdale Cemetery in Urbana, Ohio. His wife had a replica of his first sculpture placed there to mark his grave.

(From Find-A-Grave)

Sources

The Reporter - Volume 43 - Page 75

"United States Census, ," database with images, FamilySearch (://MCY5-K3J : 12 April ), Jonathan Thomas, Brooklyn, ward 10, Kings, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication M (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

John quincy adams ward freedman John Quincy Adams Ward was a sculptor with many well-known pieces of art. He was born in Urbana, Ohio. He moved to New York and began studying with famous sculptor Henry K. Brown. He assisted Mr. Brown on the famous equestrian monument of George Washington in Union Square.

"United States Census, ," database with images, FamilySearch (://M8JBM : 12 April ), John Q A Ward, New York, United States; citing p. 13, family , NARA microfilm publication M (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm ,

"United States Census, ," database with images, FamilySearch (://M5Z8-F6Q : accessed 10 March ), Johan A Ward, Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED , sheet 14B, family , NARA microfilm publication T (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, ), roll ; FHL microfilm 1,,

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