Ezra Jones Ware, born in May, 1862 in Butlerville, Ohio, was the second child of Emmor and Elizabeth Ware. When Ezra was young the family settled in Grand Rapids, MI. He attended Grand Rapids High School, and in 1888 graduated … Continue reading
Emmor Ware was a son of Asa Ware, Jr. (1801-1866) and Eliza Ann Crew (1805-1833). Emmor was born on his father (and grandfather’s) farm in Goshen, near Salem, in Columbiana County, Ohio. By 1856 he had moved to Butlerville (or … Continue reading
Asa Ware, Sr was a great-grandson of the immigrant Joseph Ware (1650-1711) who arrived in southwestern NJ with John Fenwick and other Quakers on the “Griffith” in 1675. Asa’s father John Ware Jr (1720-1773) was the son of John Ware … Continue reading
Ezra Jones was was born in May, 1862 in Butlerville, Indiana, one of three children of Emmor and Elizabeth Ware. The family moved to Kalamazoo, MI in 1868-69, and in 1873 to Grand Rapids, where Emmor Ware was in the … Continue reading
JOSEPH BRUFF WARE was born in Butlerville, Indiana, May 8, 1860. In 1869 came to Michigan, locating on a farm in Kalamazoo county, and in 1873 removed to Grand Rapids, where he was educated at the city schools of Kalamazoo … Continue reading
Photo supplied by Bill Darrow, Belle’s great-grandson. Clara Belle Ware (1867-1947), from Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the daughter of Emmor (1831-1886) and Elisabeth Ware (1837-1883), first cousins and Quakers who married in Ohio. Clara and her two big brothers, … Continue reading
