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Ward, John Quincy

J. Q. WARD, lawyer, P. O. Cynthiana; was born Aug. 29, 1838 at Oxford, Scott County, Ky.; he is a son of Cary A. Ward, who was born July 5, 1808, in Harrison County; he was a printer by trade, and was for a while editor of a paper at Oxford, Ohio, and subsequently engaged in farming and merchandising; he died April 8, 1861; Joseph Ward, a native Of Fauquier County, Va., was the grandfather of our subject; he married Margaret Cotter and came to Kentucky when a young man; J. Q. Ward spent his early days upon the farm, and after attaining the proper age, entered Georgetown College, from which he graduated in 1858; the class of was composed of men, most of whom have attained prominence, among whom may be mentioned L. Gov. James E. Cantrill, Richard Reed, of Mt. Sterling, and others; Mr. Ward studied law under the guidance of M. Polk, of Georgetown, and was admitted to practice in September, 1866; he served in the office of School Commissioner, for many years, and for four years as County Attorney; he was elected to the Legislature in 1873-4; he was married Nov. 30, 1868, to Miss Mary E. Miller, daughter of James Miller, of Harrison County; the couple have three children, viz: Miller, Anna Cary, J. Q.; he is a member of the Presbyterian CHurch, a Master Mason, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. Ward is regarded as one of the best lawyers in this section of the State; he is a man of commanding presence, a forcible speaker and is undoubtedly one of the coming men of Kentucky.

History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 687.
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