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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
     Addendum

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
     This Biography is currently under revision and will be posted by the summer.

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

Ware Connections to General George S. Patton

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
     The Sugar Bowl is Home at Last
     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)JimAndJudyWare.jpg (37288 bytes)

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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