Note:  The spelling of his wife is incorrect.  Her last name was Grinnan.

”J. S. Ware.

Jaquelin S. Ware, one of the leading citizens of Clarke County, Va., passed away at his home, near Berryville, on the 3d of December, at the age of seventy-three years. He was born at Springfield, the old colonial estate of the Wares. His father was Col. J. W. Ware, a prominent citizen of the county before the war.

Young Ware attended school at the old Berryville Academy until July, 1863, when he entered the Confederate service at the age of seventeen, enlisting in Company D, 6th Virginia Cavalry. Shortly after he was detailed as courier at the headquarters of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and served there until General Stuart was killed. He then returned to his company and served as a private to the end, participating in various engagements during the last year of the war.

Not disheartened by the fate of the Confederacy, he returned home and resumed his studies at Berryville Academy, then engaged in agriculture as his life work. The fighting spirit of the Southern soldier was in his business pursuits to the end. He was married in 1900 to Miss Helen Glasswell Crinnan, of Richmond, who survives him, with three brothers and a sister.

General Stuart held his young courier in the highest estimation, as is shown by the following letter to his mother: headquarters 2d Cavalry Corps, A. N. V., February 20, 1864.

‘My Dear Madam: You need have no apprehension about your son Jaquelin, who is still with Major Fitzhugh, and has won golden opinions with all who knew him. If it should ever be in my power to assist him, be assured it will be cheerfully done. I have the honor to be,

Very respectfully yours, J. E. B. Stuart.’ ”

Reference Data:

Confederate Veteran, Vol. 28, by Confederated Southern Memorial Association, 1920, page 30