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Dr. James Webb was the father of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, wife and first lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes. She was his only daughter and passed from her life when she was but two years old. He was Kentucky … Continue reading
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“John Ware was born in Hingham, Massachusetts, December 19, 1795, the son of the Rev. Henry Ware, who was minister in that town for eighteen years, and later Hollis professor of theology in Harvard College from 1805 to 1840, serving … Continue reading
” Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Erie County; born in Springfield Township, Erie County, Pa., October 16, 1840; educated in the public schools and West Springfield Academy. In July, 1862, he enlisted as a private in the … Continue reading
“Engineer, editor; born in Philadelphia, June 18, 1851; son of Lewis S. and Elizabeth (Roberts) Ware; he was educated at the Pottstown High School; was graduated from Ecole Centrale, Paris, 1875. Early became interested in the production of beet sugar; … Continue reading
“EPHRAIM GROVES WARE was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts, on the 25th of August, 1791. He was a descendant of Robert Ware, who settled in that part of Dedham now called Wrentham; was one of the original proprietors of land in … Continue reading
“WARE, Charles, general superintendent Union Pacific Railroad, was born Jan. 31, 1863 at Jonesboro, Ill. Educated at Southern Illinois Normal University at Carbondale, Ill. Entered railway service 1882, since which he has been consecutively to 1890, telegraph operator, trick dispatcher … Continue reading
“Mr. James Britton Ware was born in Coweta, now Heard county, Georgia, June 16, 1830. He was a son of John Mimms Ware and Mrs. Lucy Sturdivant Ware. His father was a planter, and lived to be fifty years old. … Continue reading
“ENOCH WARE. This gentleman is numbered among the younger farmers of Colon Township, of which he is a native and is prosecuting agriculture in a very highly successful manner. He first purchased forty acres in 1883 and since that time … Continue reading
Note: Since the parents of the subject of this biography originally came from Pennsylvania, I suspect the nationality of origin might be German, rather than English. “ELIAS WARE, a well to do farmer of Colon Township, is comfortably located on … Continue reading
John Mosby Bacon Jr. was the great-great-great-grandson of James and Agnes Todd Ware. He was born in Franklin Co., KY to John Mosby and Sarah Jane (Haggin) Bacon. He had a brother and a sister. His father died at age … Continue reading