A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans, the Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A History of Tennessee and Tennesseans, the Leaders and Representative Men in Commerce, Industry and Modern Activities, Vol. 5Lawrence A. Ward. A well-to~do and leading business man of Obion, as a man who has in more than one line given worthy public service, and as a member of organizations that tend toward the better ment of humanity, L. A. Ward is one whose life is of interest to his torian and_ reader. Of his forty odd years in the lumber industry more than a score have been spent in the city of Obion.Greenwood, Indiana, was the place of L. A. Ward's birth and J an uary 21, 1853, was his natal day. His parents were James and Martha Ward, the father a native of Xenia, Ohio, and the mother one of Indi ana's daughters. They removed from the Hoosier state to Tennessee, where the boyhood of L. A. Ward was spent and where he has lived his subsequent life of usefulness. He early became interested in saw mills and lumber, entering this line of business when only sixteen years of age-ih 1869.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.