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Dr. Luman a. Ward was born in the town of Scipio, 

 Cayuga Co., N. Y., July 18, 1809. He was eldest son of 

 James Ward, who was a farmer by occupation; resided 

 most of his life in Cayuga and Allegany Counties, and died 

 in the latter county, town of Almond, at about the age of 

 fifty. 



Dr. Ward had limited opportunities for an education 

 from books, and spent his minority with his father on the 

 farm. At the age of twenty-four, in the year 1833, he 

 married Hannah Maria, daughter of Peter Earll, of Lysan- 

 der, Onondaga Co., N. Y., a lady of culture and rare excel- 

 lence, and descended from one of the old families of this 

 State. 



At the age of twenty-five, Mr. Ward began the study of 

 medicine with Dr. Davis, of Dansville, Livingston Co., 

 N. Y., and after the regular course of study entered the 

 Eclectic Medical College at Cincinnati, Ohio, from which 

 he was graduated M.D., Feb. 27, 1839. 



Previous to settling in Hornellsville in 1840, Dr. Ward 

 had practiced medicine at Dansville with his tutor. Dr. 

 Davis, and for some nine years previous to entering college 

 had begun practice in Hornellsville, where he met strong 

 opposition by the profession of the old school. His new 

 theory of medicine soon won its way into favor with the 

 citizens of the village and vicinity, and by his undaunted 

 perseverance and resolution he demonstrated, many years 

 prior to his death, its efiiciency and merited place in the 



records of medical history. For twenty-eight years he was 

 a practicing physician in the village and this section of the 

 country, and was really the pioneer of that theory of med- 

 icine, which has come to be regarded of great value by 

 the community at large, and by many of the learned of the 

 present day. 



Dr. Ward was very much interested in questions of local 

 and national importance, and was associated with the leaders 

 of the Democratic party of the State. He identified him- 

 self with the Democratic party during the days of Andrew 

 Jackson, for whom he cast his first vote for President of the 

 United States, and ever remained an unswerving supporter 

 of that party's principles. He was for seven years post- 

 master at Hornellsville by appointment of President Pierce, 

 and although always assisting others, and a strong advocate 

 of what he conceived to be right, he never seemed solicitous 

 of any political emolument for himself. 



Characteristic of Dr. Ward were his attachment to friends 

 and support of conceded principles, his unqualified disap- 

 proval of dishonesty, his strong opposition to those who 

 differed with him in action or theory, his integrity in all 

 his business relations, and especially for his social and genial 

 qualities at home. He died Aug. 3, 1872, having spent a 

 life of most ^ctive labor and untiring efibrt. 



His children were three sons and two daughters, of whom 

 only one daughter, Sarah A. (Mrs. Ebenezer Ellis), of 

 Hornellsville, survives. 



