Artemas Ward 1848
Artemas Ward was born May 20, 1848 in New York City, In 1863 he served with the New York State soldiers’ depot. Later he moved to Philadelphia entering the Cuban export and import business. In 1872 he married Rebecca Robinson and they had one son, Artemas Ward Jr. Ward founded and published “The Philadelphia Grocer”. He gained the reputation as a brilliant advertiser promoting “Sapolio” soap while working for Enoch Morgan Sons’ Company. In 1899 he obtained the lease for the advertising rights on the New York Elevated Railroad and later the Subway lines. Merchandise rights led Ward into acquisitions of chocolate and chewing gum factories to meet the needs of station stands and the vending machines he now manufactured. He invested in The King Motor Car Company, raised dairy cows on 3,000 acres of land in Orange County, N.Y., acquired several thousand acres of land in Westchester County, N.Y. and New Jersey, and had a thousand acrea apple orchard in Virginia. Summers were spent at his home on Shelter Island, N.Y. Ward wrote "Encyclopedia of Food" that continues to be a standard reference work today. He published "The Life of Artemas Ward, First Commander-in-Chief of the American Revolution", 1921 and "The William Ward Genealogy", 1925 both written by Charles Martyn. Artemas Ward died in New York City on March 14, 1925.
Artemas began his military career when he was commissioned as a major on January 28, 1755. He did not see active service for two and a half years after his appointment, but instead carried out his duties in the Worcester militia and continued to serve in several political offices. Artemas had no prior military experience, so his commission as a major was likely due to his family's position and his education at Harvard.
Thomas Ward paid Moses Cloughlin to build a New England style barn, but it was probably not on the Ward farm; instead, it may have been on the Henshaw farm, an adjacent tenant farm he owned.
Henry Galbraith Ward sold the farm to his brother Artemas Ward (the grocer and advertiser) for $2043.