![]() ![]() ![]() Her first known ancestor, John Ward, of Gloucester, England, sometime cavalry officer in Cromwell's army, came to this country after the Restoration and settled at Newport in Rhode Island. The name of Ward occurs first on the roll of Battle Abbey: Seven hundred and ten distinguished persons accompanied William of Normandy to England, among them Ward, one of the noble captains. These words are so characteristic of her, that in beginning the story of her life it seems proper to dwell at some length on the ancestors whose memory she cherished with such reverence. I wish to say that all my life I have been buoyed up and lifted on by the remembrance of the virtues of mine! So-and-So, she said, is bowed down by the sins of his ancestors. He drew stern pictures of the vice, the barbarism, the heathenism of the good old times, and ended by saying with emphasis that he felt himself " bowed down beneath the burden of the sins of his ancestors." One of the speakers dwelt largely upon the sins of the fathers. Our mother was once present at a meeting where there was talk of ancestry and heredity. MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THE GLORY OF THE COMING OF THE LORD Published by Good Press, 4064066236625 Table of ContentsĢ41 BEACON STREET: THE NEW ORLEANS EXPOSITION ![]() Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards, Florence Howe Hall, Maud Howe Elliott Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 ![]()
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