HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes, Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III, pp. 1263. [Bourbon County] J. MILLER WARD--An essentially progressive and public-spirited citizen and one who has contributed in no small measure to the development and upbuilding of this section of the fine old Blue Grass state, J. Miller Ward is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits in Bourbon county, Kentucky, and he has gained distinctive precedence as a raiser of high-grade stock. He is a native Kentuckian, born in Harrison county on the 19th of December, 1866. His parents were Judge John Q. Ward and Mary Eliza Miller Ward, both now deceased, of whom more detailed information is contained on other pages of this work devoted to the live and achievements of Kentuckians. Mr. Ward was reared to adult age on the old home farm and after preliminary training in the common schools of his native county, he was matriculated in Central University, at Richmond, Kentucky, in which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1888, with the degrees of Bachelor of Science. Soon after completing his education he engaged with his grandfather in farming and the breeding of thoroughbred trotting horses, on Sunny Side farm, two miles west of Paris, Kentucky, on the Paris and Cynthiana pike. Mr. Ward is now the owner of this fine estate. Soon after his marriage, in 1893, he settled on the Sunland Stock Farm, near Paris, and later he removed to the city of Paris where he resided for three years, though he continued in business as a farmer and stock-raiser. In 1909 he inherited his present homestead, Sunny Side farm, on which he now resides. He has extensive land holdings in different sections of the state and he and his wife own over two thousand acres of fine, arable land. Mr. Ward is a stanch Democrat in his political proclivities and both he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian church, in whose faith they were reared. He is a member of the Sigma Nu college fraternity and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Both are popular and prominent in the best social activities of their community and their spacious home is widely renowned for its gracious Kentucky hospitality. On the 15th of November, 1893, Mr. Ward was united in marriage to Miss Belle Brent Clay, who was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, on the 30th of August, 1872, a daughter of James E. and Elizabeth (Alexander) Clay, of whom mention is made on other pages of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Ward became the parents of three children, namely, James Clay Ward, who was born on the 30th of August, 1894; J. Miller Ward Jr., born May 20, 1899; and Sam Clay Ward, born February 12, 1900. Ward Miller Clay Alexander = Richmond-Madison-KY Harrison-KY http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/bourbon/ward.jm.txt