Posted by Diane Bender, August 1, 2002 "History of Methodist Reform and Methodist Protestant Church 1820 to 1898." Page 493 Rev. Ulysses Ward, early Reformer, of Maryland, an unstationed minister, a liberal contributor, a wise counselor and firm adherent of the church and father of Rev. Dr. J. T. Ward: obituaries April 11, 1868 and May 16, 1868. He died as he had lived, a consistent Christian; services at his residence in Washington, D. C., by Rev. W. C. Lipscomb, a lifelong friend, Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman, now Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the writer. [microfilm from April to August 1868 was checked but no obituaries appeared - if you locate these obituaries, please send them to me at POB 178, Washington Grove MD 20880 or exeline@erols.com] source: http://www.wesleysem.edu/ Wesley Theological Seminary 4500 Massachusetts Ave. NW 20016 Howertine Duncan