David Austin Ward

From Florence in Erie County, OH, he was a student at Oberlin when he enlisted on 25 April 1861 in the 7th Infantry (3 months), Company C. He reenlisted in the same Company for 3 years on 19 June 1861.

He was with his Company in action at Antietam on 17 September 1862.

He was detailed as a teamster for much of 1863 and was slightly wounded by a piece of shell at Winchester, VA. He mustered out at the end of his term of service in July 1864 in Cleveland.

He enlisted again, a substitute, as a Private in the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry on 5 April 1865 and mustered out soon after, on 29 June 1865 in Washington, DC.

In 1870 he was a farmer at Camargo in Douglas County, IL and by 1880 he worked in the post office and a harness shop there. In 1900 he was living in Evanston and in 1910 in Tuscola.

Service information from Wilson,1 source also of his picture, the Roster,2 and Bates.3 Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1910. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

He married Sophia Bond Watson (1840-1910) in March 1867 and they had 3 children. He may also have married Isabel Middlesworth (1840-1882), date not known.

09/30/1839; Birmingham, OH

12/15/1911; Tuscola, IL; burial in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Camargo, IL