“Among other early settlers of this township were the Wares.  Obadiah Ware came to Montgomery County in 1823, locating on the west half of the northwest quarter of section 15.  A native of New Hampshire, he married in his native state in 1821, when twenty-six years of age. He and his bride made their way to St. Louis, and for two years he was engaged in farming in the vicinity of that city.  However he was not entirely satisfied with conditions, and so made a prospecting trip into Montgomery County, where he found land that suited him and which he could enter from the new government, so he and his wife again severed their home ties, and came to the new region, where both spent the remainder of their lives.  Mr. Ware was very active in the work of the Lutheran church of his neighborhood.  Benjamin Ware, a brother of Obadiah Ware, located on land adjoining his brother, and lived there until death claimed him.  Both the Wares left children.”

Reference Data:

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois, Vol. 2, by Newton Bateman, Paul Shleby and Alexander T. Strange 1918, page 849