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 →

Elmer Riggs Smith

“ELMER RIGGS  SMITH, B.A., M.A. (’97).  Spent two years in graduate study at Vanderbuilt, holding a fellowship in mathematics the second year.  The summer of 1898 he was instructor in the Vanderbuilt Summer School, and in the meantime contracted to … Continue reading →

Josiah Ware – Biography of Frances Toy Glassell – 1st wife of Josiah William Ware by: Judy C. Ware

Josiah Ware     Biography of  Frances Toy Glassell Ware – 1st Wife of Josiah William Ware © Judy C. Ware 2009  Edmond, Oklahoma For more information on this line of the family, you can go to www.waregenealogy.com In researching … Continue reading →

Theodore Ware (1851 – )

“WARE, THEODORE,  Carpenter, Covington, Kentucky was born in Newport, Kentucky, November 27, 1851.  His parents, Isaac W. Ware and Emily (McCarty) Ware, are both native Kentuckians; his father having been born in Campbell County in January, 1815, and his mother … Continue reading →

Biography of Dr. Charles Alexander Ware, son of Josiah Ware of Clarke Co., Va by Judy C. Ware

Dr. Charles Alexander Ware of Clarke Co. Va ©: Judith C. Ware    October 2007 Charles Alexander Ware was the youngest child of Josiah William Ware and his first wife, Frances Toy Glassell.  He was born on April 26, 1841 (ref.#1) … Continue reading →

Josiah Ware – Hauntingly Graphic Civil War Letter transcribed by Judy C. Ware

          Transcription of a Hauntingly Graphic Civil War Letter                   written by: Mrs. Edmonia Jaquelin Ware                             © Judy C. Ware  2002     Original letter owned by James & Judy C. Ware  For more information on … Continue reading →