Boswell, H. James.  American Blue Book Western Washington, Seattle, Lowman and 
Hanford Co., 1922.  p. 146.

J. LENOX WARD, of Yakima, is one of the practical, self made attorneys of 
Washington.  Mr. Ward was born in Iowa in 1874.  As a youth he attended public 
schools.  His legal training was obtained in the Metropolitan College of Law, 
from which he graduated in 1902, with the degree of LL. B.  He came to Yakima 
in 1904, and the same year was admitted to the bar.  For seven months, during 
the year 1907, Mr. Ward was clerk of Yakima county.  From 1908 to 1911 he was 
prosecuting attorney of Yakima county, and served in that office with great 
credit to himself.  Some of the cases handled by Mr. Ward require not only a 
great amount of careful and painstaking work, but also much skill in the 
successful handling of them.  In trial he is persistent and alert.  He 
protects the interests of his clients in a way that clearly indicates the 
splendid manner in which he prepares for trial.  He enters the trial of a 
matter with a determination to gain his verdict, throwing every ounce of 
energy into the case.  In cross examination he is relentless, particularly so 
if he believes that evidence is being withheld.  Mr. Ward was married to Miss 
Mabel Penny, in 1900 and the couple have two children, both boys.  He is a 
member of the Elks, Masons, Chamber of Commerce and the county and state bar 
associations.

Submitted by: Judy Bivens

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