1900 census
Name: Martin Ward
Age: 43
Birth Date: Apr 1857
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1900: Ransom, Columbus, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Christilla Ward
Marriage Year: 1878 ****
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina
Occupation: farmer

Martin Ward 43
Christilla Ward 50
Rosa Ward 17
Mary E Ward 16
William J Ward 9
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1910 Census
Martin Ward
Age in 1910: 53
Birth Year: abt 1857
Birthplace: North Carolina
Home in 1910: Bolton, Columbus, North Carolina
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Christilla Ward
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: North Carolina

Martin Ward 53
Christilla Ward 60
William J Ward 18

North Carolina, Deaths
Name: William Jason Ward
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 10 Jan 1970
Event Place: Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina
Birth Year: 1895
Burial Date: 11 Jan 1970
Burial Place: Elizabethtown, N. C.
Cemetery: Bladen Memorial
Residence Place: Clarkton, Bladen, North Carolina
Address: R-1
Gender: Male
Age: 74
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Occupation: Night Watchman
Birth Date: 29 Mar 1895
Birthplace: North Carolina
Father's Name: William Martin Ward
Mother's Name: Christilla Mckeithan
Spouse's Name: Mary Ruth Jones
Additional Relatives: X
Reference ID: v 0A cn 193 , GS Film number: 1983397
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North Carolina, Deaths
Name: Rosa Annabell Baker
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 28 Jan 1957
Event Place: Bolton, Columbus, N.C.
Birth Year: 1884
Burial Date: 29 Jan 1957
Burial Place: Bolton, N.C.
Residence Place: Bolton, Columbus, N.C.
Gender: Female
Age: 72
Marital Status: Widowed
Race (Original): White
Birth Date: 16 Aug 1884
Birthplace: Columbus County, N.C.
Father's Name: William Martin Ward
Mother's Name: Christilla Mckeithan
Spouse's Name: James S. Baker
Reference ID: v 3A cn 3231 , GS Film number: 1927393

Thank you for your response. I have most of this information. I am looking for Martin Ward's parents. I found Bill Henry Ward to be his father and have a death certificate that his passed away in Greenville County, South Carolina at what was known at the time as the poor house (nursing home). DOB Apr 1820 DOD 26 Mar 1917. Buried at the County home on 27 Mar 1917. I believe his wife's name was Polly Hudson (uncertain).

There is this martin Ward born Columbus, North Carolina

United States Census, 1860
Name: Martin Ward
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: , Columbus **** , North Carolina, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856
Birthplace: North Carolina
Page: 106
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653

Jesse Ward F 45 North Carolina
Anna E Ward F 37 North Carolina
A M Ward M 13 North Carolina
A J Ward M 11 North Carolina
Daniel Ward M 10 North Carolina
W K Ward M 6 North Carolina
Martin Ward M 4 North Carolina **
Prudence Ward F 12 North Carolina
Mary Ward F 8 North Carolina
Martha Ward F 3 North Carolina

Household ID: 747 , GS Film Number: 803893 , Digital Folder Number: 004237498 , Image Number: 00452

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United States Census, 1870
Name: Martin Ward
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: North Carolina, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 13
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1856-1857
Birthplace: North Carolina
Page Number: 6

Jesse Ward M 53 North Carolina
Annie Ward F 46 North Carolina
Arter Ward M 24 North Carolina
Andrew Ward M 21 North Carolina
Daniel Ward M 17 North Carolina
Henda Ward M 15 North Carolina
Martin Ward M 13 North Carolina **
Nancy Ward F 18 North Carolina
Martha Ward F 12 North Carolina
Columbia Ward F 6 North Carolina

Household ID: 44 , Line Number: 28 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M593 , GS Film number: 000552630 , Digital Folder Number: 004277207 , Image Number: 00482

Thank you