William Francis Blocker (1862 – )

Note:  This is the grandson of Henry Ware.  The owner of Belle Grove Plantation.  “HENRY WARE had a glamorous daughter named Frances, who became the wife of a premier Marshall physician, Dr. E.B. Blocker. …” BLOCKER, William Francis; Capitalist; born … Continue reading →

Thomas A. Ware (1876 – )

Who is T.A. Ware?  John Stein, one of our members, found this image on a photo website for old pictures and sent this to me.  The only information given with the image was 1906 University of North Dakota Yearbook, member … Continue reading →

Sarah Ann Ellis Dorsey (1829 – 1879)

“DORSEY, Sarah Anne Ellis, author, was born in Natchez, Miss., Feb. 16, 1829; daughter of Thomas and  _____ (Ware) Ellis; stepdaughter of Gen. Charles G. Dahlgren, C.S. A.; and a niece of Catharine Ann (Ware) Warfield, author of “The Household … Continue reading →

Abraham Helmick (1842 – )

“Abraham Helmick, born 1842, in Pendleton County, son of Miles Helmick; married, 1861, to Catharine Mullennax. She died in 1877, and he married Prudence, daughter of William Ware, of Randolph County. Children: Abraham L., Georgiana, Albert, Martin Howard and Effie … Continue reading →

Clara Belle Ware (1867 – 1947)

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 →