Sallie Ward

Sally Ward was born on September 29, 1827, in Scott County, Kentucky. Her father, Col. Robert Johnson Ward, was a planter and lawyer who served as the Speaker of the Assembly of Kentucky. Her paternal uncle, Junius Richard Ward, resided at Ward Hall in Georgetown, Kentucky, as well as the Junius R. Ward House in Erwin, Mississippi. On her maternal side, she was of Huguenot descent. Her maternal grandfather, Major Matthew Flournoy, served in the American Revolutionary War. Ward grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, with her seven siblings. She was educated in a French finishing school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, graduating in 1844. ==Adult life==

Ward was a Southern belle and socialite. Ward married her first husband, Timothy Bigelow Lawrence, the son of Abbott Lawrence, on December 5, 1849. It is now at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky. ==Death==

Ward died of a ruptured stomach ulcer on July 8, 1896, at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky. She was buried at the Cave Hill Cemetery. Her son, John Wesley Hunt, worked as the night editor of the New York World. ==See also==