Ohio Family Group Sheet for the George Ward Family
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<br>Submitted by: Sallie Lou Morris Nelson
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<br>Husband: Jacob RIFFLE
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<br>Marriage date: ca 1790/2
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<br>Wife: Margaret SWACSOC
<br>Birthdate: 15 Feb 1767
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<br>Death date: 1852
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<br>Other spouses: [1] George WARD 1780 [3] Rev. John WINTERMUTH ?
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<br>CHILDREN
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<br>Child No. 1: Jacob RIFFLE
<br>Birthdate: 27 Sep 1794 Ohio
<br>Spouses' names: Mary Polly VANSCOYK
<br>Marriage date: Ohio
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<br>Child No. 2: Solomon RIFFLE
<br>Birthdate: 1797 Ohio
<br>Spouses' names: Sarah VANSCOYK
<br>Marriage date: 12 Aug 1818 Ohio
<br>Death date: 28 Oct 1851 Darke County, Ohio
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<br>Child No. 3: Nancy RIFFLE
<br>Birthdate: aft 1797? Ohio
<br>Spouses' names: Thomas HATHAWAY
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<br>Documentation:
<br>* 1907 Historical, Sketches, and Records of the ELLEMAN AND WARD FAMILIES;
<br>* Land Record-Solomon RIFFLE Richland Twp., Darke Co., Ohio document#2817 Serial# OH290__.257;
<br>* 1830 & 1840 Dark Co., Richland Twp., Ohio for Jacob and Solomon;
<br>* Others have posted information on this family but I do not know if their information is accurate.
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<br>Notes:
<br>* After George's death, Margaret took their 3 children to visit with friends in border
Virginia county. Visiting friendly Indians turned unfriendly, killed our little Mary WARD
with a tomahawk, killed the father and son of the cabin, took the mother prisoneer.
Margaret pushed David WARD and George WARD out of a back window but not before Grandfather
David WARD was wounded in the elbow with a tomahawk. Margaret ran all night with the boys,
crossing a body of water several times to escape the chasing Indians. The mother who was
taken captive later escaped into the white community. Margaret WARD was of German
extraction, very large and strong. 1907 ELLEMAN & WARD.