In which the Indianapolis Freeman enlightens us regarding Joseph H. Ward‘s journey from Wilson to Naptown:
Indianapolis Freeman, 22 July 1899.
A few notes:
- Joseph Ward’s mother was Mittie Ward Vaughn. His father Napoleon Hagans was a prosperous free-born farmer in Wayne County near Fremont.
- The school in LaGrange at which Ward worked was surely Davis Military Academy: “By 1880 a second school for boys … Davis Military Academy, was founded by Colonel Adam C. Davis. “School Town” became La Grange’s nickname as the military school would eventually have an enrollment of 300 students from every state and even some foreign countries. The school also had a band, the only cadet orchestra in the country during that time. The school prospered, but an outbreak of meningitis closed it in 1889.”
- Dr. George Hasty was a founder of the Physio-Medical College of Indianapolis, which Joseph Ward later attended.
Physio-Medical College of Indiana, undated. IUPUI Image Collection.
- Ward graduated from High School No. 1, later known as Shortridge High School, an integrated institution.
- Knights of Pythias