Marshall Losey Ward

 Marshall served honorably for 9 months as a corporal for the Union Army in the American Civil War in Company H of the 31st New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. The unit did not see any significant action except at Chancellorsville, where they fought bravely.

After the war, Marshall returned to New Jersey and married Mary Elizabeth (nee Sharp) and together they raised 6 children in Hackettstown. He was described as "very kindly, very honest, and an extremely sociable man". 

Marshall held various jobs including farmer and marble cutter for the TY Ward Company (which he co-founded). He was a successful salesman for the company until, unfortunately, one day an accidental cut to his leg by an axe swung by his son Earnest, led to an infection requiring an amputation. Since he could no longer ride a horse, he eventually became a switchboard operator. for the Pennsylvania Telephone Co.