Mary Jane Ward [SEP] place of death
Mary Jane Ward
Mary Jane Ward (August 27, 1905 in Fairmount, Indiana - February 17, 1981, in Tucson, Arizona) was an American novelist whose semi-autobiographical book "The Snake Pit" was made into an Oscar-winning film.
Works.
Ward authored eight books during her lifetime, the most noted being "The Snake Pit", which received widespread critical acclaim after its publication in 1946. Ward's semi-autobiographical story about a woman's recovery from mental illness made more than
He married again in 1857 to Martha K. "Mattie" Hayes (b. about 1840). The 1860 census lists him as a prosperous merchant in Scott County, Kentucky. 
Descendants.
Following the war, his sons Thomas A. Poindexter (1867–1936) and Smith A. Poindexter (1868–1953) were born. Following his death on 14 April 1869, his daughter Mary E. Poindexter married on 12 September 1869 to Andrew J. Hayes (Sep 1846 - 22 Sep 1931), son of Samuel A. Hayes and Jane W. Cloyd.