Ware, William Perry

Summary

Father: Ware, Daniel Morgan
Mother: Bussell, Rachel Ann

Birth: 27 Feb 1876 in Willow Branch, Hancock, Indiana
Birth Source: State of Indiana Death Certificate

Death: 21 Dec 1957 in New Castle, Henry, Indiana
Death Source: State of Indiana Death Certificate

Spouse1: Johns, Ethel Jane

Narrative

William "Will" Perry Ware is the Grandson of David and Anna (Reeves) Ware. Married 14 Jan 1899 in Hancock County, Indiana to Ethel Jane Johns, daughter of William Finley and Mary Luvina (Davis) Johns (Indiana Marriage Index, Book: C- 9; Page: 473). Will and Ethel had inherited two family farms however they lost both during the Great Depression. After the loss of the farms, Will began working for the County Road Commission. (Hancock County, Indiana County Road Commission photograph).
Will and Ethel were the parents of twelve (12) children, two (2) dieing in infancy.

1. Lina Marie Ware, born: 5 Sept 1899; married: #1 Charles Marion Cook; Married #2 Gus Felix.
2. Chester Mearl Ware, born: 10 Jan 1902; married Dorothy Favorite.
3. Loren Marion Ware, born: 21 Apr 1904; married Lula Lovel Saunders.
4. Nola Mae Ware, born: 26 Mar 1906; married Lovell Morgan Goodwin .
5. Charles Oliver Ware, born: 12 Feb 1911; died 19 Mar 1911.
6. Mary Elizabeth Ware, born: 2 Mar 1912; married: #1 Chester Jessup; #2 Asa "Don" Walters; #3 Elmer Jacobs.
7. William Edgar Ware, born: 4 May 1915; married: Mary Elizabeth Stephenson.
8. Daniel Loring Ware, born: 18 Feb 1917; died 20 Feb. 1917.
9. Carol Edwin Ware, born: 26 May 1918; married: #1 Faye LNU; #2 Mary Evelyn LNU; #3 Annie Dishman; #4 Mary Jean Hodson.
10. Martha Jeannette Ware, born: 08 Sept 1920; married: #1 Jarvis Ray Hendrix; #2 Russell George Cramer
11. Alice Jane Ware, born: 10 Feb 1923; married: #1 Donald Cheshier; #2 Floyd Ralph Smith.
12. Lena Irene Ware, born: 17 Dec 1924; married: #1 Gerald Strader; #2 Edward Sipes; #3 Thomas Green; #4 Kenneth Swan.

Research Notes

Sources

State of Indiana Birth Certificates
State of Indiana Marriage Records
State of Indiana Death Certificates
1880 Indiana Census Records - Daniel Morgan Ware, Hancock County, Indiana
1900 Indiana Census Records - Daniel Morgan Ware and William Perry Ware, Hancock County, Indiana
1910 Indiana Census Records - Daniel Morgan Ware and William Perry Ware, Hancock County, Indiana
1920, 1930, 1940 Indiana Census Record - William Perry Ware, Hancock County, Indiana