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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ward, Andrew Henshaw 1784-1864 (search)
Ward, Andrew Henshaw 1784-1864 Historian; born in Shrewsbury, Mass., May 26, 1784; graduated at Harvard College in 1808; admitted to the bar in 1811 and practised in Shrewsbury; was engaged in the custom-house in Boston in 1829-53, with the exception of two years; and was a justice of peace for over fifty years. His publications include History of the town of Shrewsbury; Ward family: descendants of William Ward; and Genea, logical history of the rice family. He died in Newtonville, Mass., Feb. 18, 1864.