1854–1929

Introduction

Born: Oc­to­ber 23, 1854, near Johns­town, Penn­syl­van­ia.

Died: Sep­tem­ber 2, 1929, Col­um­bus, Ohio.

Buried: Ri­ver­view Ce­me­te­ry, Port Clin­ton, Ohio.

Biography

Rollin was the son of Oba­di­ah Lo­ren­zo Ward and Ca­ro­line Vickroy. He mar­ried twice, to Ma­ry Ann Moy­er (Ap­ril 7, 1875, Cone­maugh, Penn­syl­van­ia) and Au­gus­ta L. Se­mon (June 28, 1911, Port Clin­ton, Ohio).

Copyright re­cords show Ward, a min­is­ter, liv­ing in Can­ton, Ohio, in 1898.

As of 1902, he was head of the Find­lay Col­lege Con­ser­va­to­ry of Music, Find­lay, Ohio. He re­signed that post around 1904, at which time he was said to be in the San­dus­ky, Ohio, Con­fer­ence of the Unit­ed Breth­ren in Christ.

In 1925, he was re­port­ed to be pas­tor of the Me­tho­dist Pro­test­ant Church of Card­ing­ton, Ohio, and di­rec­tor of the Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic in West La­fay­ette, Ohio.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. As I Ought to Do
  2. Forth to the Fields in the Name of the Mas­ter
  3. Keep Straight On
  4. Led by the Spir­it in Ways
  5. My Soul Had Wan­dered Far Away
  6. Nearer to Thee, My Sav­ior
  7. No Long­er De­lay Your Re­turn­ing
  8. O Hap­py the Child­ren Who Trust
  9. O ’Tis Vic­to­ry
  10. Son, Go Work To­day in My Vine­yard
  11. Think of His Good­ness to You
  12. ’Tis Bless­ed to Live in the Light
  13. When Dark­est Clouds O’er­hang the Way
  14. When Skies Are Clear and Friends Are Dear
  15. When Waves of Af­flict­ion Sweep ov­er the Soul
  16. Where the Break­ers Dash High
  17. Would You Gain Rich Re­ward?
  18. Ye Shall Be Ho­ly, for I Am Ho­ly

Music

  1. All for Je­sus
  2. Galilee
  3. I Will Arise and Go
  4. Meeting Ov­er There, The
  5. On Car­mel
  6. Sail On
  7. Satisfied with Je­sus
  8. Vesuvius
  9. Whole Wide World for Je­sus, The

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ward (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),