James Lewallan Bishop (1864 – )

“BISHOP, JAMES LEWALLAN, lawyer, was born October 4, 1864, in Howard County Mo.; son of James Lewallan , and Evelyn Anvil (Crows) Bishop, the former a native of Winchester, Ky., lived at Glascow, Howard County, Mo., and enlisted in the … Continue reading →

James Render Dowdell (1847 – )

“DOWDELL, JAMES RENDER, lawyer and chief justice Alabama supreme court, was born April 2, 1847, in Chambers County; son of James Ferguson and Sarah H. (Render) Dowdell, the former a Methodist minister, a member of congress, member of the Secession … Continue reading →

William Johnson Boykin (1861 – )

“BOYKIN, WILLIAM JOHNSON, lawyer, was born November 8, 1861, at Oswicheee, Russell County; son of James William and Athalie Annett (Johnson) Boykin, the former a native of Columbus, Ga., who came to Alabama, lived in Oswichee, Glenville and other places … 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 →

Horace Everett Ware (1845 – )

“WARE, Horace Everett, editor, pub.; born. Milton., Aug. 27, 1845; a. Dr. Jonathan and Mary Ann (Tileston) Ware; direct descendant of Robert Ware, Dedham, Mass. , 1642; A.B., Harvard, 1867.  Admitted to the bar, 1869; practiced in Boston for several … Continue reading →

Richard Darwin Ware (1869 – )

“WARE, Richard Darwin, lawyer: b. Marblehead, Mass. May 26, 1869; s. Darwin Erastus and Adelaide Frances (Dickey) Ware; prep. edn. Boston Latin Sch.; A.B. Harvard, 1890; LL.B., Harvard Law Sch., 1893.  Admitted to Suffolk bar,  1892; practiced in Boston 1893-13.  … Continue reading →

Frederick A Ware (1865 – )

“WARE, Frederick A.:  Lawyer; s. Richard F. and Amelia F. (Klauberg) Ware; grad. G.P.S. No. 26, 1881 (pres. Graduate Ass’n); Coll. City of N.Y.; Columbia Law Sch., LL.B., 1887; m. N.Y. City, 1897, Evelyn Cervantes; children: Frederick K.C. b. 1900, … Continue reading →

Richard Smith Hall (1855 – )

“HALL, RICHARD SMITH, lawyer, Omaha, Neb., son of Agustus and Jane B. (Smith) Hall, was born in Batavia, N.Y., in Nov., 1855.  His father, appointed chief justice of Nebraska by President Buchanan in 1858, at once moved to the territory … Continue reading →

Cyrus Ware ( 1769 – 1849)

“… Cyrus Ware of Johnathan Ware of Wrentham, Mass, was born May 8, 1769.   Though left fatherless at the age of three years, he continued with his family, attending the common schools of the place, till somewhere near the age … Continue reading →