Miss Mary H. Ware died at her home. 7 Waterhouse street. Monday, at the age of 76 years, Miss Ware was born In New York but came to this city at an early age and has lived here ever since. For many years she and an elder sister kept a school for girls, living in the old house of their maternal grandfather, Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse. the man who introduced vaccination into this country and for whom the street was named. She was the daughter of the Rev. William Ware, an American novelist, miscellaneous writer and Unitarian clergyman who died In Cambridge in 1802. He was the author of “Letters from Palmyra,” afterward published as “Zenobla,” “Julian,” “The Works and Genius of Washington Allston” and “The Life of Nathaniel Bacon.” besides editing “The American Unitarian Biography;” and was a brother of Charles C. Eliot Ware for whom was given by Mrs. Ware and Miss Mary Lee Ware, the Blasohka collection of glass flowers at the Agassiz museum. His father was Dr. Henry Ware, professor In the Harvard Divinity school and acting president of the university. Miss Ware leaves two nieces, Mrs. William R. Thayer of 8 Berkeley street. and Mrs. Robert Sampson. The funeral services Thursday were conducted by the •Rev. Edward H. Hall. D. D.

Source: Cambridge Chronicle, 24 October 1903, page 7