_William Jefferson WARD Sr._+
                                                | (1828 - 1904)              
                       _William Jefferson WARD _|
                      | (1877 - 1950) m 1893    |
                      |                         |_Sarah HICKS _______________+
                      |                           (1844 - 1902)              
 _Edgar WARD _________|
| (1907 - 1997) m 1933|
|                     |                          _Sanford PRESTON ___________
|                     |                         | (1856 - 1941)              
|                     |_Lucinda PRESTON ________|
|                       (1877 - 1960) m 1893    |
|                                               |_Mary E. VANHOOSE __________+
|                                                 (1855 - 1944)              
|
|--Sara WARD 
|  (1933 - ....)
|                                                _John Wesley BURKE _________
|                                               | (1860 - ....) m 1883       
|                      _Charles Wesley BURKE ___|
|                     | (1893 - 1961) m 1912    |
|                     |                         |_Betsy Ann WILEY ___________+
|                     |                           (1867 - 1941) m 1883       
|_Shirley Mae BURKE __|
  (1915 - 2001) m 1933|
                      |                          _John Fuller PRESTON _______+
                      |                         | (1850 - 1935)              
                      |_Grace PRESTON __________|
                        (1894 - 1992) m 1912    |
                                                |_Sarah DIALS _______________
                                                  (1871 - ....)