When the USS Lexington captured the Confederate-flagged W.B.Terry on 20 Aug 1861, it caused quite a stir on Paducah’s waterfront, where other steamboats were laid up due to the blockade at Cairo. An angry mob, led by the Terry’s crew, retaliated by … Continue reading
In London, in 1259, the newly elected Abbot of Westminster, Richard de Ware, was sent to Rome for confirmation of his post. There he discovered the decorative marble work of the Roman Cosmati family. This made such an impression upon … Continue reading
“YOUNG, William A., one of the leading men of Montgomery County, and well known throughout the state, is living in Butler Grove Township. He was born in Grisham Township, August 20, 1836; a son of William and Jane C. (Paisley) … Continue reading
Dear Wendell, “Samuel Ware enlisted under Capt Holt Richeson in Jan 1776.” This info is from my notes when I visited the National Archives in DC many years ago. I did not find any reference to the county where this … Continue reading
Note: John Ware had died long before I was born and when my mother was eleven, so many details of his life were not known to her and therefore were not passed on to me. Most of the information I … Continue reading
Samuel Smith a Revolutionary Soldier Samuel Smith, at age 16 years in 1779, entered the Revolutionary War as a Private in Westmoreland County, Virginia with Captain Daniel Morgan’s Virginia Company. His address at that time is stated as; ”living on … Continue reading
James Daniel , B- 12 May,1715, died 1779, Middlesex Co. Va., apparently unmarried. He was a merchant at Urbanna , & owned a Plantation on the Briary swamp, his will of 21 July, 1767; proved 28 June, 1779 with Robert … Continue reading
I have tried to trace this Peter, but with no luck. wic/o Bodmin borough council, County of Cornwall. re: Peter Weare of the Devonshire Regiment, Battle fought in or near Bodmin (ruined castle today). (sic). “Weare buried ten men that … Continue reading
Note: Since May is Memorial Month, I have asked several of our members to contribute information about one of their ancestors. This story was sent to me by Joe Ware. He suggested I could edit it as I saw fit, … Continue reading
“… She was born in Pike township and is the daughter of Enoch F. and Rebecca Jane (Lyons ) Ware… Enoch F. Ware was also born in Pike township, May 31, 1848, a son of John E. and Susan (Feezle) … Continue reading
