U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ware, Abraham (1844-1927) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 512-513 Abraham Ware, born 1822*(see note), at Valley Head, Randolph County, son of James Randolph and Dorothy (Mace) Ware, was married October 5, 1862, in Barbour County, to Diannah, daughter of Conrad and Elizabeth (Harper) Carpenter. Children of Mr. Ware are as follows: Eugenus, Marshall, Enoch, Dororthy, Joseph Worth, James K., Charles William Floyd, Rosa Belle, Daniel, Henrietta, Ida Ellen, Allie and Ada. He is a member of the U. B. Church, is a Republican, and a carpenter and a farmer, residing on Big Flat in Valley District. He has held the office of Constable. His father was born in 1822, and his grandfather was Richard Ware. Ware's Ridge in Randolph County was named from Richard Ware, the first of the family to cross the Alleghanies. Shortly after the Civil War Abraham Ware put up a shop and manufactured household articles, especially chairs, and nearly every home in Valley District has one or more of the Ware chairs. It was on Mr. Ware's farm that Daniel Carpenter found a rattlesnake den, killed thirteen of the reptiles in one fight and almost lost his sight, as was supposed from poison in the air. It was also on this farm that Mr. Carpenter, who was a noted hunter, killed his last buck, and lost his hunting knife. All seven of Mr. Ware's sons are carpenters. Eugenus and Enoch are jewelers, Joseph runs a carpenter shop, and James K. is a farmer and teacher, having been born in 1872, and on November 5, l893, he married Mary Bmmaline, daughter of Haymond and Catherine, (Rinehart) Coberly. Their child, Alston Dayton, was born July 5, 1897. Mr. Ware is a member of the U. B. Church, is a Republican, and was educated at Buckhannon and at the American Correspondence Normal of Dansville, New York. Joseph Worth Ware married Samantha Jane, daughter of Simon and Louisa (Hewitt) Poling, and has four children, Simon Porter, Mertie Albert and George Dewey. In politics he is a Republican. In 1898 he lost his right leg by the accidental discharge of a gun. *Note: His marriage record gives his age at 18 in 1862 (making his birthyear 1844) and his death certificate gives his birth year as 1844, and his tombstone gives his birth year as 1844. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #4240 FULL-NAME: Abraham Ware BIRTH-DATE: Sept. 18, 1844 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour Co. DEATH-DATE: March 20, 1927 DEATH-PLACE: Belington, Valley District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widower OCCUPATION: FATHER: James R. Ware (born in Randolph Co.) MOTHER: Mace (born in Randolph Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: no Dr. in charge INFORMANT: Floyd Ware BURIAL: Trinity Cemetery (wife of Abraham Ware) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #9085 FULL-NAME: Dianna Ware BIRTH-DATE: May 21, 1845 BIRTH-PLACE: Virginia DEATH-DATE: May 27, 1926 DEATH-PLACE: Belington, Valley District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Wid. OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Carpenter (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Harper (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Loss of compensation of heart valves INFORMANT: Rosa B. Foy BURIAL: Trinity There's a double tombstone in the Trinity Cemetery, Barbour County MOTHER FATHER DIANNAH ABRAHAM WARE WARE 1845-1926 1844-1927 ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------