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, James Blackburn (1872-1947) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Page 513 J. Blackburn Ware, born near Belington in 1872, son of Elihu and Lucretia (Booth) Ware. He is a member of the United Brethern Church; in politics a Republican, by profession a lawyer, residing at Belington. He was educated in the public schools, the Normal and Classical Academy (1895) and in the Law Department of the West Virginia University (1897). He taught school six years, two years as principal of the Belington school. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #7012 FULL-NAME: James Blackburn Ware BIRTH-DATE: November 15, 1872 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour County DEATH-DATE: June 2, 1947 DEATH-PLACE: Myers Clinic, Philippi, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Tilla Glenn) OCCUPATION: Attorney at law FATHER: Elihu Ware (born in Barbour) MOTHER: Lucretia Booth (born in Barbour) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: congestive heart failure BURIAL: Mt. Vernon Memorial in Philippi Marriage Register, Tucker County, WV (year 1901, page 54, Line Numbered 20 James Blackburn Ware (age 28, born in Barbour Co., son of Ellihue & Lucretia) Tilla E. Glenn (age 20, born in Preston Co., dau of C. E. & Margaret C. were married on March 6, 1901 in Tucker County, WV ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------