Major John WardAge: 108 years1708–1816
- Name
- Major John Ward
- Name prefix
- Major
- Given names
- John
- Surname
- Ward
 Birth | October 19, 1708 |
 Marriage | Ann Harrelson Chiles — View this family about 1743 (Age 34 years) |
 Historical Event | The French & Indian War between 1754 and 1763 (Age 45 years)Note: The French and Indian War is the American name for the North American theater of the Seven Years War, fought primarily between the colonies of British America and New France - http://goo.gl/SiIuNc |
 Death of a wife | Ann Harrelson Chiles January 1, 1765 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1775 and 1776 (Age 66 years)Note: In 1775, there was an epidemic of unknown cause in North America (especially New England,) followed in 1775-1776 by what is described as one of the worst worldwide influenza epidemics - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_epidemics |
| Historical Event | The American Revolution from 1775 to 1783 (Age 66 years)Note: The Thirteen American Colonies broke from the British Empire and formed the independent nation, the United States of America - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic between 1793 and 1798 (Age 84 years)Note: More than 4,000 Philadelphia residents died from yellow fever - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793 |
| Historical Event | The Louisiana Purchase 1803 (Age 94 years)Note: Napoleon Bonaparte agrees to sell 828,000 square miles of land to the United States for $15 million - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Purchase |
| Historical Event | War of 1812 between 1812 and 1815 (Age 103 years)Note: War of 1812 between the Americans and the British. The Creek (or Red Stick) War in Alabama had different origins, but it coincided with the war of 1812, and the U.S. treated it as a part of the larger war, with Jackson and his forces also in charge of defeating the Creeks - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812 |
 Death | November 11, 1816 (Age 108 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Adams-Ward Cemetery |
| Family with Ann Harrelson Chiles |
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Major John Ward Birth: October 19, 1708 — Amherst, Virginia, United States Death: November 11, 1816 — Campbell, Virginia, United States |
| wife |
Ann Harrelson Chiles Birth: about 1729 — Amelia, Halifax, Virginia, United States Death: January 1, 1765 — Bedford, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: about 1743 — Virginia, United States |
| James McGehee Jr + Ann Harrelson Chiles |
| wife’s husband |
James McGehee Jr Birth: about 1725 27 23 — St Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States Death: about 1796 — Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States |
| wife |
Ann Harrelson Chiles Birth: about 1729 — Amelia, Halifax, Virginia, United States Death: January 1, 1765 — Bedford, Virginia, United States |
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Marriage: about 1755 — New Kent, Virginia, United States |
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15 months step-son |
William McGehee Birth: March 31, 1756 31 27 — St Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, United States Death: May 1836 — Jackson, Clarke, Alabama, United States |