Talk:Q2450043

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Autodescription — Samuel A. Ward (Q2450043)

description: American organist and composer
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dubious genealogy[edit]

Note: Several unreliable websites state or imply that Samuel Augustus Ward is the son of Samuel Ward (Q7411203) and sister of Margaret Astor Chanler (Q75380197): for instance Find a Grave, and Geni.com. This is not currently supported by reliable sources: his biography in America the Beautiful: The Stirring True Story Behind our Nations's Favorite Song states his father was a shoemaker (not a wealthy world-traveling lobbyist!), and no mention of any father is made in Ward's entries in Biographical Dictionary of American Music and Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. I've found no mention of a son of Samuel Ward (Q7411203) in reliable sources that resembles Samuel Augustus. -Animalparty (talk) 00:12, 5 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]