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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. William Clarence "Billy" Wiard: Birth: 2 JUL 1871 in Kilgore, Carroll Co., OH. Death: 8 JUN 1937 in Detroit, Wayne Co., MI

  2. Burton Eugene (Newspaperman) Wiard: Birth: 1 FEB 1873 in Kilgore, Carroll Co., OH. Death: 10 DEC 1940 in Carrollton, Carroll Co., OH

  3. Homer Francis Wiard: Birth: 7 JUL 1877 in Kilgore, Carroll Co., OH. Death: 17 OCT 1933 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA

  4. Emma Virginia Wiard: Birth: DEC 1879 in Dellroy, Carroll Co., OH. Death: 4 MAY 1950 in Los Angeles Co., CA

  5. John Clayton * Wiard: Birth: 7 MAY 1889 in Carrollton, Carroll Co., OH. Death: 6 AUG 1945 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., OH (coronary thrombosis)


Sources
1. Title:   Wiard Elderton Family Tree
Author:   Laurence Overmire
Publication:   RootsWeb World Connect Project, © 2004-2019
Text:   Wiard Elderton Family Tree, by Laurence Overmire, RootsWeb World Connect Project, © 2004-2019

Notes
a. Note:   N8 aka Drusella, Drusilla
  Her name is spelled "Drusilla" in the 1850 census and on her death certifictae and "Drucilla" in the 1880 census.
  OBITUARY OF DRUSILLA (HARDING) WIARD, CARROLL CHRONICLE, CARROLLTON, OH, FEB. 27, 1931
 Mrs. Drusilla (Harding) Wiard, widow of the late Lewis Wiard, died at 2 o'clock on Wednesday morning following a long illness. Funeral will be held this (Friday) afternoon at 2 p.m. from the Methodist Church, services being conducted by the pastor Rev. Jones.
 The deceased was born at Kilgore on April 4, 1847. She was married to Lewis Wiard at Carrollton on August 27, 1867. Her husband, a veteran of the Civil War, proceeded her in death, June 29, 1918.
 Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Emma V. Thompson, of the home; four sons, William C. Wiard and Burton E. Wiard of Detroit; Homer F. Wiard of Pittsburgh and John C. Wiard of Cleveland; a half-brother. Frank B. Hosterman of Carrollton; a half-sister, Mrs. Ellen Simmons of near Kilgore; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
  WARNING: The 1870 census shows her b. in Virginia, almost certainly an error.
  1870 census:
 Michael Wiard abt 1797 VA, farmer
 Mary abt 1833 VA
 Lewis abt 1835 VA
 Drucilla abt 1847 VA
  DEATH CERTIFICATE
 Name : Drusilla Wiard
 Titles :
 Death date : 25 Feb 1931
 Death place : Carrollton, Carroll, Ohio
 Birth date : 04 Apr 1847
 Estimated birth year :
 Birth place : Kilgore, Ohio
 Age at death : 83 years 10 months 21 days
 Gender : Male
 Marital status : Widowed
 Race or color : Caucasian
 Street address : 292 Second St. N. w.
 Occupation :
 Residence : Carrollton, Carroll, Ohio
 Burial date : 27 Feb 1931
 Burial place : Carrollton, Ohio
 Cemetery name :
 Spouse name : Lewis Wiard
 Father name : John Harding
 Father titles :
 Father birth place : Lowden Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
 Mother name : Rebecca Hibbs
 Mother titles :
 Mother birth place : Lowden Twp., Carroll Co., Ohio
 GSU film number : 1992422
 Digital GS number : 4000600
 Image number : 1253
 Certificate number : fn 7287
 Collection : Ohio Deaths 1908-1953
  Sources:
 1) K. William Bailey Database, 2 Aug 2003
 http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET &db=kwbailey&id=I14339
 2) LDS Ancestral File of MARY MILLICENT RIDLEY, Microfilm: 1394336 Submission: AF83-080940
 3) Ancestry.com Message Boards, posting by Chris Ramsey, 15 Feb 2004
 http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?gsfn=lewis&gsln=wiard& gskw=&f4=&f5=&prox=1&prox=1&db=messageboards&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss =&gst=&submit.x=29&submit.y=8
 4) Obituary of Drusilla (Harding) Wiard, CARROLL CHRONICLE, CARROLLTON, OH, FEB. 27, 1931, courtesy of Chris Ramsey
 5) 1850 census, London, Carroll, Ohio Page: 84 Roll: M432_664
 6) 1870 census, Northern Division, Loudoun, Virginia; Roll: M593_1659; Page: 104; Image: 209.
 7) 1900 census, Center, Carroll, Ohio; Roll: T623 1244; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 37.
 8) E-mail from Chris Ramsey, [email protected]@aol.com, 5 Sep 2007, work was compiled by Rick Culler, with permission.
 9) Death Certificate of Drusilla Wiard #7287 Ohio Deaths 1908-1953, FamilySearchLabs (Informant: William Wiard)
 http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html?datestamp=1199117195343


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