Samuel Ward was an American politician, poet, and author. He was known as the "King of the Lobby" in the years following the Civil War. He is credited with the creation of social lobbying in Washington, D.C.
He was born in New York City, the first child and eldest son of Samuel Ward III and his wife, Julia Rush (Cutler) Ward. His father was a highly respected banker with the firm of Prime, Ward, and King and belonged to an old New England family which included several colonial governors of Rhode Island. His sister, Julia (Ward) Howe, is best known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Samuel Ward was married in New York in 1838 to Emily Astor, the eldest daughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. and his wife, Margaret Rebecca (Armstrong) Astor. Following her death, he was married in 1843 to Medora Grymes, of New Orleans. His Astor in-laws did not approve of this marriage.
Ward died in Pegli, Italy and is buried there. Kathryn Allamong Jacob in her book, King of the Lobby, the Life and Times of Sam Ward ( Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), page 155, states the following in referring to his burial in Pegli, "Sam lay beneath the ilex trees on an Italian hillside."
The Saturday Evening Post (1950), Volume 223, includes an article devoted to Sam Ward and on page 24 describes his tombstone in Pegli, Italy.
Maude Howe Eliott in her book, My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford, published in 1934, includes a letter on pages 181-182 in which Sam Ward's nephew, Francis Marion Crawford, describes Ward's last days and his burial in Pegli. He wrote in the letter, dated July 31, 1884, "We buried him in the beautiful little churchyard at Pegli, between the Villa Doria and the Villa Pallavicini, as lovely a spot as I ever saw."
His tombstone was erected at the expense of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery; William Henry Hurlbert; and Francis Marion Crawford.
He is not buried at Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City as reported on Wikipedia and he is not buried in New Jersey. He is buried at the Pegli Communal Cemetery in Italy.
A cenotaph is found here.
He was born in New York City, the first child and eldest son of Samuel Ward III and his wife, Julia Rush (Cutler) Ward. His father was a highly respected banker with the firm of Prime, Ward, and King and belonged to an old New England family which included several colonial governors of Rhode Island. His sister, Julia (Ward) Howe, is best known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Samuel Ward was married in New York in 1838 to Emily Astor, the eldest daughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. and his wife, Margaret Rebecca (Armstrong) Astor. Following her death, he was married in 1843 to Medora Grymes, of New Orleans. His Astor in-laws did not approve of this marriage.
Ward died in Pegli, Italy and is buried there. Kathryn Allamong Jacob in her book, King of the Lobby, the Life and Times of Sam Ward ( Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), page 155, states the following in referring to his burial in Pegli, "Sam lay beneath the ilex trees on an Italian hillside."
The Saturday Evening Post (1950), Volume 223, includes an article devoted to Sam Ward and on page 24 describes his tombstone in Pegli, Italy.
Maude Howe Eliott in her book, My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford, published in 1934, includes a letter on pages 181-182 in which Sam Ward's nephew, Francis Marion Crawford, describes Ward's last days and his burial in Pegli. He wrote in the letter, dated July 31, 1884, "We buried him in the beautiful little churchyard at Pegli, between the Villa Doria and the Villa Pallavicini, as lovely a spot as I ever saw."
His tombstone was erected at the expense of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery; William Henry Hurlbert; and Francis Marion Crawford.
He is not buried at Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City as reported on Wikipedia and he is not buried in New Jersey. He is buried at the Pegli Communal Cemetery in Italy.
A cenotaph is found here.
Samuel Ward was an American politician, poet, and author. He was known as the "King of the Lobby" in the years following the Civil War. He is credited with the creation of social lobbying in Washington, D.C.
He was born in New York City, the first child and eldest son of Samuel Ward III and his wife, Julia Rush (Cutler) Ward. His father was a highly respected banker with the firm of Prime, Ward, and King and belonged to an old New England family which included several colonial governors of Rhode Island. His sister, Julia (Ward) Howe, is best known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Samuel Ward was married in New York in 1838 to Emily Astor, the eldest daughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. and his wife, Margaret Rebecca (Armstrong) Astor. Following her death, he was married in 1843 to Medora Grymes, of New Orleans. His Astor in-laws did not approve of this marriage.
Ward died in Pegli, Italy and is buried there. Kathryn Allamong Jacob in her book, King of the Lobby, the Life and Times of Sam Ward ( Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), page 155, states the following in referring to his burial in Pegli, "Sam lay beneath the ilex trees on an Italian hillside."
The Saturday Evening Post (1950), Volume 223, includes an article devoted to Sam Ward and on page 24 describes his tombstone in Pegli, Italy.
Maude Howe Eliott in her book, My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford, published in 1934, includes a letter on pages 181-182 in which Sam Ward's nephew, Francis Marion Crawford, describes Ward's last days and his burial in Pegli. He wrote in the letter, dated July 31, 1884, "We buried him in the beautiful little churchyard at Pegli, between the Villa Doria and the Villa Pallavicini, as lovely a spot as I ever saw."
His tombstone was erected at the expense of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery; William Henry Hurlbert; and Francis Marion Crawford.
He is not buried at Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City as reported on Wikipedia and he is not buried in New Jersey. He is buried at the Pegli Communal Cemetery in Italy.
A cenotaph is found here.
He was born in New York City, the first child and eldest son of Samuel Ward III and his wife, Julia Rush (Cutler) Ward. His father was a highly respected banker with the firm of Prime, Ward, and King and belonged to an old New England family which included several colonial governors of Rhode Island. His sister, Julia (Ward) Howe, is best known for writing "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."
Samuel Ward was married in New York in 1838 to Emily Astor, the eldest daughter of William Backhouse Astor, Sr. and his wife, Margaret Rebecca (Armstrong) Astor. Following her death, he was married in 1843 to Medora Grymes, of New Orleans. His Astor in-laws did not approve of this marriage.
Ward died in Pegli, Italy and is buried there. Kathryn Allamong Jacob in her book, King of the Lobby, the Life and Times of Sam Ward ( Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010), page 155, states the following in referring to his burial in Pegli, "Sam lay beneath the ilex trees on an Italian hillside."
The Saturday Evening Post (1950), Volume 223, includes an article devoted to Sam Ward and on page 24 describes his tombstone in Pegli, Italy.
Maude Howe Eliott in her book, My Cousin, F. Marion Crawford, published in 1934, includes a letter on pages 181-182 in which Sam Ward's nephew, Francis Marion Crawford, describes Ward's last days and his burial in Pegli. He wrote in the letter, dated July 31, 1884, "We buried him in the beautiful little churchyard at Pegli, between the Villa Doria and the Villa Pallavicini, as lovely a spot as I ever saw."
His tombstone was erected at the expense of Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery; William Henry Hurlbert; and Francis Marion Crawford.
He is not buried at Trinity Church Cemetery in New York City as reported on Wikipedia and he is not buried in New Jersey. He is buried at the Pegli Communal Cemetery in Italy.
A cenotaph is found here.
Inscription
In Loving Remembrance of
Samuel Ward
Born New York, U.S.A., Jan. 27, 1814
Died at Pegli, May 19, 1884
And God gave him largeness of heart even as the
sands on the seashore.
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