Andrew J. Ward Mar 1, 1824 - Jul 10, 1893
A surgeon for the Iron Brigade during the Civil War
At Gettysburg he amputated Lucius Fairchild's left arm. Lucius is buried only a few feet away
At the Wilderness he saw 900 wounded in a couple of days
Ward returned to Madison after the war with the rank of lieutenant colonel
Ward's Madison Home - 121 W. Wilson St. - Built 1855-56 - Burned 1976 -
Donnell &
Kutzbock Architects
Built for William B. Jarvis from red brick made at a kiln, owned by W.A.P. Morris (FH 9/1), at the turn of Langdon Street.
The brick for
Governor Farwell's octagonal house also came from this kiln.
Only three of the fourteen rooms in the house were four-sided. The house later had a spiral staircase from the first to the fourth floor.
AJ Ward bought the house in 1866. His daughter, Ms. Charles Atwood (FH 27/6), owned it until sold to Knights of Pythias in 1925.
It was later remodeled and used as a headquarters for the Salvation Army.
