Transcription of 1811 Letter from Charles Ware in KY to his brother, James Ware III, in Virginia by: Judy C. Ware

1811 Letter from Charles Ware in Kentucky to His Brother, James Ware III © Judy Ware  2009 ON OUTSIDE OF FOLDED LETTER Missent & forwarded From Winchester June 30, 1810   I believe this was originally transcribed in error and the … Continue reading →

Hendrick Ware Barnum (1879 – )

“BARMUM, Hendrick Ware, lawyer; b. Danbury, Conn., Apr. 12, 1879; s. Hendrick and Charlotte M. (Ware) Barnum; paternal ancestor, Thomas Barnum, who settled in Danbury, Conn., 1685; maternal ancestor, Robert Ware, who settled in Dedham, Mass., 1692; A.B., St. Lawrence … Continue reading →

Elmer Riggs Smith

“ELMER RIGGS  SMITH, B.A., M.A. (’97).  Spent two years in graduate study at Vanderbuilt, holding a fellowship in mathematics the second year.  The summer of 1898 he was instructor in the Vanderbuilt Summer School, and in the meantime contracted to … Continue reading →

Josiah Ware – Hauntingly Graphic Civil War Letter transcribed by Judy C. Ware

          Transcription of a Hauntingly Graphic Civil War Letter                   written by: Mrs. Edmonia Jaquelin Ware                             © Judy C. Ware  2002     Original letter owned by James & Judy C. Ware  For more information on … Continue reading →

Charles M. Westcott (1822 – )

“CHARLES M. WESTCOTT was born in Scituate, Rhode Island, Aug. 7th, 1822.  In 1852 he removed to Dunkirk, Chautauqua Co., N.Y., where he remained three months.   He then came to Pekin, in Taswell Co., Ill., and spent several weeks … Continue reading →

Thomas E. Harris (1812 – )

“THOMAS E. HARRIS was born in Charleston, Mass., Feb. 28th 1812, where he lived until twenty-one years of age.  His early life was spent in mercantile pursuits.  When twenty-one years of age he removed to the City of New York … Continue reading →

Cary Thornton (1800 – )

“CARY THORNTON, retired, Joliet…, was born in Bucks Co., Penn., Oct. #, 1800;  his ancestors were Quakers, and came to Pennsylvania with Wm. Penn in 1681; the subject of this sketch lived with his parents until he was 23 years … Continue reading →