Artemas Ward
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Artemas Ward was an American Revolutionary War general and early Continental Army leader who played a key role in organizing colonial forces against the British.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Artemas Ward canonical | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
general
ⓘ
human ⓘ judge ⓘ military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| conflict | American Revolutionary War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Great Britain
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1727-11-26 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1800-10-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
ⓘ
surface form:
Harvard College
|
| electedIn | First United States Congress ⓘ |
| familyName | Ward ⓘ |
| givenName | Artemas ⓘ |
| hasPartIn | Siege of Boston ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
Artemas Ward House Museum, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
ⓘ
statue of Artemas Ward in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty | Pro-Administration Party ⓘ |
| militaryBranch |
Continental Army
ⓘ
Massachusetts Bay Colony militia ⓘ
surface form:
Massachusetts militia
|
| militaryRank |
brigadier general
ⓘ
major general ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
commanded New England troops surrounding Boston after Lexington and Concord
ⓘ
oversaw fortification of positions around Boston in 1775 ⓘ |
| notableRelative | Artemas Ward (great-grandson, writer and advertising executive) ⓘ |
| notableWork | organization of colonial forces around Boston in 1775 ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 8 ⓘ |
| occupation |
farmer
ⓘ
military officer ⓘ politician ⓘ surveyor ⓘ teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Shrewsbury, Province of Massachusetts Bay
|
| placeOfBurial |
Mountain View Cemetery (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)
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surface form:
Mountain View Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
|
| placeOfDeath |
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
|
| positionHeld |
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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chief commander of the Siege of Boston ⓘ commander in chief of the Massachusetts provincial army ⓘ judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Worcester County ⓘ justice of the peace ⓘ member of the Continental Congress ⓘ member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ senior officer of the Continental Army ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
George Washington
ⓘ
surface form:
George Washington as commander of the Continental Army
|
| residence |
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
|
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Sarah Trowbridge Ward ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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