The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 434

J. LENOX WARD.

J. Lenox Ward, a member of the Yakima bar, at which he has practiced since 1904,
was born at Shellrock, Iowa, September 15, 1874, a son of Z. R. and Matilda
(Myers) Ward. The father secured a homestead in South Dakota in pioneer times
and removed his family to that state in 1882. He then began the development of
his land, which he converted into a rich and productive farm. He and his wife
resided at Parker, South Dakota, until called to their final rest.

J. Lenox Ward acquired a high school education at Parker, South Dakota, and
afterward attended college, becoming a student in the Upper Iowa University.
Later he was graduated from a law school. The same year he sought the
opportunities of the growing northwest, making his way to Yakima, where he
opened a law office and has since engaged in practice. His developing powers
through the intervening years have gained for him a most liberal clientage, as
he has ever recognized the necessity for thorough preparation of cases.

On the 21st of June, 1900, Mr. Ward was married to Miss Mabel Penney, of
Stacyville, lowa, and to them have been born two children: Roland C., sixteen
years of age; and Robert F., a lad of eleven years.

Mr. Ward is a well known Mason, belonging to Yakima Lodge 1o. 24, F. & A. M.,
and to Yakima Chapter, No. 21, R. A. M. He is also identified with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and politically he is a republican. He
served for seven months as county clerk by appointment and for four years, from
1908 until 1912, he occupied the position of prosecuting attorney, making an
excellent record by the faithfulness and ability with which he defended the
interests of the county in that connection. He has long enjoyed a large and
distinctively representative clientage and is concentrating his efforts and
attention upon general practice, also specializing largely in criminal law. He
is a member of the County Bar Association.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.