CAPT. GRANVILLE B. WARD was born in Monroe County, Ind., May 7, 1834, and is the son of Austin and Elizabeth (Buskirk) Ward, natives respectively of Virginia and Indiana. Austin Ward was a farmer, and came to this county in the spring of 1850, entering 200 acres in Round Grove Township. on which he resided until 1873, when he retired to Brookston. He was for several years Trustee of Round Grove, and afterward Justice of the Peace at Brookston, and long has been a member of the Christian Church. Granville B. Ward received a fair common school education, and worked' on the home farm until twenty-one. In the fall of 1860, he entered the State University, but in the spring of 1861 enlisted as a non-commissioned officer in Company K, Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infantry. After passing through the intermediate promotions, he received his commission as Captain in the winter of 1862. He was with his regiment in all its marches and engagements until Chancellorsville, where he lost his left leg, and soon afterward resigned; he was also wounded at Antietam and Fredericksburg. In the fall of 1864, he was elected Treasurer of White County, and re-elected in 1866. In the spring of 1869, he came to this township, and bought the farm of 125 acres where he now lives. 1-1 c was married in May, 1864, to Miss Catharine C. Rawlins, a native of Monroe County, Ind.; and to this union there have been born seven children, five of whom are yet living. Capt. Ward is a member of the I.O.O.F., and also of the G. A. R.

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