though, but he died a few days later from his wounds. Marshal Ward was the one Governor Charles Mabey sent to identify Posey's remains when it was found in Comb Wash. Ward buried the chief's body and tried to hide the grave but local settlers exhumed Posey's body at least twice in order to take pictures with it. Death Marshal Ward died at the age of forty-two on April 15, 1928. While driving an automobile to West Jordan from Bingham, Ward crashed his car at a turn in the road near 4000 West and Old Bingham Highway. Ward's vehicle left the road, struck a utility pole and turned over. Ward died instantly from injuries to his head and chest. Funeral services were held at Immanuel Baptist Church of which denomination he had been a member since he was 14. All four of his children were raised in this church, to which the family was devoted. He left a wife and four children and is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery. A bronze name-plaque was later created in his memory, sponsored by Ellis and Katie Ivory. References Sources "A Scattered People, An American family Moves West", by Gerald W. Mc Farland, University of Mass 1991. ( A Cousin of J.R. Ward) Personal letters of J.R. Ward in the possession of J Ray Paulson, his great grand daughter. Ward Family Bible inscriptions. Salt Lake City Newspaper obituary 1928 Official Death Certificate State Of Utah, Salt Lake County, Precinct of South Jordan, State Board of Health File # 630. Undertaker: S.T. Ricketts Death Certificate registered by Joseph m Holt Registrar, filed April 18, 1928 Personal Letters and Memoirs of Bertha Ward. (unpublished). (In possession of J Ray Paulson) United States Marshals People from Republic County, Kansas 1885 births 1928 deaths People from Utah American frontier