His death certificate records David Ward, age 72 years 8 months 6 days, born 5 June 1842, birth place blank, died 10 Feb 1914 in Morgan Co., Ky, married, farmer, father Thomas Ward, mother’s maiden name Nancy Rose, both born in Kentucky, cause of death tuberculosis of the lungs and bowels, informant W. T. Ward, Refin, Ky, burial in Ward cemetery.

He was recorded as age 9 in the 1850 census, and age 19 in 1860, so he was probably really born in 1841.