Ware
Family Genealogy Home Page
Complete Lineage of the Ware Name to
the Present Generation
Agnes
TODD WARE vs. Agnes NALL or PACE WARE
The Ware Family Bible
The Biography of James Ware I
Chapter 1 -
The Early Beginnings in Virginia
Chapter 2 -
James Ware and Agnes Todd
Chapter 3 -
Son - John B. Ware
Chapter 4 -
Son - Nicholas Ware
Chapter 5 -
Son - James Ware II
Chapter 6 -
Son - Richard & Daughter - Clary
Chapter 7 -
Son - William
Chapter 8 -
Son - Edmund
Chapter 9 -
Changing Times for James & Agnes
Chapter 10
- Hazards Ahead
Chapter 11
- Planting New Roots
References
Children of James Ware I and Their Families
Capt. John B. Ware
Col. Nicholas Ware
Dr. James Ware II
Richard Ware
Clara Ware
William Ware
Edmund Ware
The Biography of James
Ware II
Children of James Ware II and Their Families
Thompson Ware
James
Ware III
Mary
Todd Ware (Polly)
Lucy Ware
Charles
Ware
Caty
Ware
George
Ware
The Biography of James Ware III (coming soon)
Transcription
of Letter from Caty Todd Ware to Elizabeth Alexander Ware 1799
Transcription of 1810 Letter
From Charles Ware in Kentucky to His Brother, James Ware III
Transcription of 1811
Letter From James Ware II in Kentucky to His Son, James Ware III
Transcription of 1812 Letter
from James Ware II to James Ware III
Transcription of 1819
Letter from Catherine Conn to Sally Ware (Josiah's sister)
Transcription of 1825
Letter from Thompson Ware to Sally Ware
Transcription
of Lucy Webb letter to Sally Ware Stribling - circa 1828
Transcription of
1831 Letter from Charles Ware to Sally Ware Stribling
Josiah William Ware - Brief
Overview
Transcription of 1831 Letter to Sally Ware (Josiah's sister)
from Charles Ware (coming soon)
Transcription of 1833 Letter to Josiah Ware from T. S. Davison
(coming soon)
A Map of Ware-Related Houses in
Virginia
Grace Episcopal Church and It's Connection with the Ware Family
(coming soon)
Springfield Farm
History of Springfield Farm & the Ware Family (coming soon)
Springfield - Before and After
the Fire
Josiah's Diary
Biography of
Frances Toy Glassell Ware, first wife of Josiah William Ware
Biography of Edmonia Jaquelin Smith, second wife of Josiah
William Ware (coming soon)
History Of Smithfield Plantation (coming soon)
Josiah's Early Years in Politics (coming soon)
Transcription and Adaptation of Cornelia Ware Anker's Letter of
1945, Providing First-hand Memories of Ware Family Life in the 1800's (coming soon)
Josiah Ware's Connection With Top Political & Military
Figures of His Time
President John Tyler
a. Background information
b. Letter from the White House, December 21, 1842
c. Letter from the White House, December 28, 1844
d. Introductory letter
from President Tyler, December 7, 1844
e. President Tyler visits Springfield
President Zachary Taylor
a. Background information
b. Letter from President Taylor dated 1850
Senator & Secretary of State Henry Clay
a. Background information
b. Letter from Henry Clay dated 1836
Senator & Secretary of State Daniel Webster
a. Background information
b. Letter from Daniel Webster to Josiah Ware dated 1840
c. Letter from Daniel Webster to Josiah Ware dated 1848
Senator & Attorney General John J. Crittendon
a. Background information
b. Letter from J. J. Crittenden to Josiah Ware dated July
8, 1838
Senator & Secretary of State, John C. Calhoun
a. Background Information
b. Letter from Senator John Calhoun to Josiah Ware in 1836
Confederate General Robert E. Lee
a. Information on the Connection Between the Lee
& Ware Families
b. Letter from Robert E. Lee to Josiah Ware dated 1861
c. Letter from Robert E. Lee to Josiah Ware dated 1862
Union Officer Lt. Jesse
Wyckoff
Senator William C. Rives
a. Background Information
b. Letter from Senator W.C. Rives to Josiah Ware, Nov 1838
Senator Benjamin Watkins Leigh
a. Background Information
b. Letter from B.W. Leigh, Oct 9, 1836
c. Letter from B.W. Leigh, April 1, 1839
Senator William R. King
a. Background information
b. Letter from Senator William R King, April 1, 1842
c. Companion Letter (i.e. April 1, 1842) from Mrs.
Byron
d. Letter from Senator William R. King, 1838
Secretary of the Navy William C. Preston
a. Background Information
b. Letter from Senator Preston to Josiah, dated 1839
Governor of Virginia & Senator James Pleasants
Jr.
a. Background information
b. 1824 Commissioning paper for Josiah Ware
Congressman John Bell
a. Background information
b. 1824 Commissioning Oath
Governor of Virginia Henry Wise
a. Background information
b. Letter from Henry Wise Feb. 18, 1860
c. Commissioning Papers for Josiah for the Rank of
Colonel
(plus affidavit for oaths taken before Chief
Justice Francis McCormick)
Union Cavalry Col. A.T. McReynolds &
Lt. James H. Stevenson
a. Safeguard letter, May 30, 1863, with quotes from
Stevenson's book about Josiah
b. Safeguard pass, May 31, 1863
c. Safeguard pass, April 6, 1863
d. Long letter, April 6, 1863 that accompanied the above
safeguard
BACKGROUND ON COMPENSATION NOTES
Union Maj. General Nathaniel Banks
a. Background information on Gen. N.P. Banks
b. Letter from Major General Nathaniel Banks June 25,
1862
c. Claims letter to Justice of the Peace Henry Edwards
Captain Samuel M. Zulick
a. Compensation letter (not dated)
Notarized Letter
from Josiah Ware 1865 Concerning Compensation
Confederate General John D. Imboden
a. Background information on General Imboden
b. Letter (1859) from John D. Imboden
Confederate General
William H. Richardson
Union Captain J.C.
Battersby
Confederate Captain E.G.
Alburtis
Union Lt.
Col. Thomas C. McDowell
Notary Public C.J.
Brown, 1874
Democratic Politician Henry Ware
a. Background information on Henry Ware
b. Letter from Henry Ware to Mrs. Hayes
Democrat George N. Miller
a. Background Information on George N. Miller
b. Letter from Miller to Josiah Ware in 1880
Plantation Owner James
T. E. Fripp
Reverend Henderson
Suter
President Rutherford B. Hayes (coming soon)
Coorespondence Between President & Mrs. Hayes and the Ware
Family (Lucy Ware Webb Hayes) - Cousin of Josiah Ware (coming soon)
Josiah Ware's Military Records and Service (coming soon)
Virginia Battlefield Information
Letter from Edmonia Ware to her
stepdaughter
Josiah's 1863 Letter to His Son (coming soon)
Josiah's 1863 Letter to His Son
Slavery at Springfield
Josiah Arrest and Imprisonment During the Civil War (coming
soon)
Biography of Judge (Col.) James Alexander Ware, oldest son of
Josiah William Ware and Frances Toy Glassell Ware (coming soon)
Biography of Lucy Balmain Ware Lewis, youngest Daughter of
Josiah William Ware and Frances Toy Glassell Ware (coming soon)
Biography of Dr. Charles Alexander
Ware, youngest son of Josiah William Ware and Frances Toy Glassell Ware
The Ware Connection to George & Martha Washington
(coming down from James Alexander Ware and Lucy Balmain Ware)
Pictorial Lineage Chart
Brief History of Lucy Balmain Ware and Edward Parke Custis Lewis
(coming soon)
Washington Sugar Bowl Donated
to Mount Vernon
Canton Dishes (coming soon)
Lucy Ware Lewis McCormick (coming soon)
Last Will &
Testament of Lucy Ware McCormick
Josiah Ware's Writings Concerning Washington
a. Letter to Pres. Hayes 8/14/1879
(Continental money, boots, Fairfax screens,
Washington letter, autographs)
b. Letter to Pres. Hayes 11/20/1879
(Continental money, boots, screen)
c. Letter to Lucy Hayes 2/8/1880 (Continental
money)
d. Letter to Lucy Hayes 1/12/1882 (Martha
Washington's dress)
Note
Concerning George Washington's Death
Biography of Jaquelin Smith Ware, oldest son of Josiah and
Edmonia Ware (coming soon)
Biography of Rev. Josiah William Ware II, son of Josiah and
Edmonia Ware (coming soon)
Biography of Sigismund Stribling Ware, son of Josiah and Edmonia
Ware (coming soon)
Biography of Robert Macky Ware, youngest child of Josiah and
Edmonia Ware (coming soon)
Judge James Alexander Ware - the Ware Branch in Texas (coming
soon)
Biography of Jane Morton Smith Ware - Wife of James Alexander
Ware (coming soon)
Biography of Lucy Ware Lewis McCormick - daughter of Lucy and E.
P. C. Lewis (coming soon)
Basic Lineage:
James Ware I
James Ware II
James Ware III
Josiah William Ware
James Alexander Ware (coming soon)
Jane Morton Smith Ware (coming soon)
Somerville Ware (coming soon)
Ora Lena Rogers Ware (coming soon)
Jim and Judy Ware
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