“WARE, Elmer Edwin, Acme White Lead & Color Works. Detroit, and Sherwin Williams Co., Cleveland; res. 147 Westminster Av.. Detroit, Mich. Chem. Engr; b. Shortsville, N. Y., April 30, 1880; s. James A. and Frances E. (Wheaton) Ware; B.S. in … Continue reading
“WARE RICHARD F.—Mailing Tube Manufacturer, 108 Park row. New York City; residence 138 West 36th street. Born in New York City, May 16 1833. Educated in New York City. (Widower.) Ex-vice president Consolidated Fireworks Co. and ex-foreman of Grand Jury. … Continue reading
“FULTON, GEORGE WARE (1810-1893). George Ware Fulton, founder of the Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company, the son of George and Ann (Ware) Fulton, was born in Philadelphia on June 8, 1810. He became a school teacher, watchmaker, and maker of mathematical instruments … Continue reading
“FULTON, GEORGE WARE, JR. (1853-1895). George Ware Fulton, Jr., rancher and attorney, son of Harriet (Smith) and George Ware Fulton (qv), was born in York, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 1853. He was named George William by his parents, but he … Continue reading
“NEWMAN, ALBERT HENRY (1852-1933), Albert Henry Newman, Baptist Church Historian and one of the founders of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary , one of five children of John Blackstone and Harriet (Whitaker) Newman, was born in the Edgefield District of … Continue reading
“SIMKINS, WILLIAM STEWART (1842-1929). William Stewart Simkins, lawyer and teacher, was born in Edgefield, South Carolina, on August 25, 1842, the son of Eldred James and Pattie Simkins. He entered the Citadel, the South Carolina military academy, in 1856 and … Continue reading
“On the fifth of May, 1675, a company from England, principally members of the Society of Friends, landed from the ship ‘Griffith,’ which had brought them from England to find a home in West Jersey. The leading spirit of the … Continue reading
“WILLIAMS, LEONARD G. (1802-1854). Leonard Goyen (Colonel Len) Williams [pseud. Leonard S. Williams, Leonard H. Williams, Leonard Goyens, Leonard O. Goen], soldier and Indian agent, the son of Maria Priscilla and Thomas Williams (qv), was born in 1802 in Tennessee. … Continue reading
“MAYES, WILLIAM HARDING (1861-1939). William Harding Mayes, attorney, newspaper editor, and teacher, son of Robert Chappell and Fredonia Charlotte (Stephens) Mayes, was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, on May 20, 1861. He attended Paducah District Methodist College Milburn, Kentucky, Norton’s English … Continue reading
“WARE, HENRY (1813-1898). Henry Ware, planter, industrialist, Democratic politician, and prohibitionist, was born in Green County, Georgia on July 29, 1813. He married Martha Ann Everitt on November 23, 1837, and the couple settled in Chambers County, Alabama, where the … Continue reading
