Thomas G. Barnett (1838 – )

Barrett, Thomas G., of Augusta, where he is now living practically retired, was for many years one of the prominent business men of that city, while to his honor also stands a record of faithful service in the Confederate cause … Continue reading →

William Francis Blocker (1862 – )

Note:  This is the grandson of Henry Ware.  The owner of Belle Grove Plantation.  “HENRY WARE had a glamorous daughter named Frances, who became the wife of a premier Marshall physician, Dr. E.B. Blocker. …” BLOCKER, William Francis; Capitalist; born … Continue reading →

Sarah Ann Ellis Dorsey (1829 – 1879)

“DORSEY, Sarah Anne Ellis, author, was born in Natchez, Miss., Feb. 16, 1829; daughter of Thomas and  _____ (Ware) Ellis; stepdaughter of Gen. Charles G. Dahlgren, C.S. A.; and a niece of Catharine Ann (Ware) Warfield, author of “The Household … Continue reading →

Abraham Helmick (1842 – )

“Abraham Helmick, born 1842, in Pendleton County, son of Miles Helmick; married, 1861, to Catharine Mullennax. She died in 1877, and he married Prudence, daughter of William Ware, of Randolph County. Children: Abraham L., Georgiana, Albert, Martin Howard and Effie … Continue reading →

Newman Thomas Brition Nobles ( 1873 – )

“NEWMAN THOMAS BRITON NOBLES, Cleveland, Ohio, was born in Batavia, New York, January 22, 1873, son of Newman Jasper and Elizabeth (Ware) Nobles. He attended the Rochester high school and also spent two years in the University of Rochester. He … Continue reading →

J.D. Cleveland (1857 – )

“J. D. CLEVELAND, M. D. The family to which this eminent physician belongs has double charms for consideration, both as pioneers and patriots. Its first representatives figured conspicuously in the formative period of Iowa, while later descendants bore themselves bravely … Continue reading →

Orr Lawson Rohrbough (1862 – )

Orr Lawson, son of Commodore Perry and Martha (Hazelton) Rohrbough, was born at Buckhannon, Upshur county, Virginia (now West Virginia), April 15, 1862. He obtained his education at the public schools of Buckhannon and Clarksburg. At the age of fifteen … Continue reading →

William Edmunds (1842 – )

Copy to your browser. http://books.google.com/books?id=wFOwbmFn7ZcC&lpg=PA2&dq=history%20of%20barbour%20co%20west%20virginia&pg=PA33#v=onepage&q=ware&f=false Source:  Union and Confederate Soldiers and Sympathizers in Barbour County, West Virginia, by John W. Shaffer, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 2005, page 33 … Continue reading →

Abel Teter (1839 – 1897)

Copy to your browser. http://books.google.com/books?id=wFOwbmFn7ZcC&lpg=PA2&dq=history%20of%20barbour%20co%20west%20virginia&pg=PA109#v=onepage&q=ware&f=false Source:  Union and Confederate Soldiers and Sympathizers of Barbour County, West Virginia, by John W. Shaffer, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, Maryland, 2005, page 109 … Continue reading →