| Submitter: | Mike Pruitt | |||
| Husband: | William Ira WARE | |||
| Born: | Sep 6, 1848 | Place: | TX | |
| Married: | before 1874 | Place: | TX | |
| Died: | Jan. 1, 1892 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Lindley Cemetery | Place: | Limestone -- between Mexia and Wortham | |
| Father: | James Jefferson WARE | |||
| Mother: | Margaret WARE | |||
| Other Spouses: | Frances Ware & Mattie Taylor Ware | |||
| Wife: | Louisa Jane PRUITT | |||
| Born: | March 20, 1846 | Place: | AL | |
| Died: | 1883 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Lindley Cemetery -- as Luisa Ware | Place: | Limestone -- between Mexia and Wortham | |
| Father: | John PRUITT | |||
| Mother: | Artemessia "May" thought to be maiden name SHAW | |||
| Other Spouses: | none known | |||
| Children: | ||||
| 1 Name: | F | Mary L. WARE | ||
| Born: | Jan 1874 | Place: | TX | |
| Died: | after 1930 | Place: | Unknown | |
| Cemetery: | Unknown | Place: | Unknown | |
| Spouse 1: | William Benjamin "Ben" COLLINS | |||
| Married: | unknown | Place: | unknown | |
| 2 Name: | M | James J. WARE | ||
| Born: | abt 1878 | Place: | TX | |
| Died: | unknown | Place: | unknown | |
| Cemetery: | unknown | Place: | unknown | |
| Spouse 1: | unknown | |||
| Married: | Place: | |||
| 3 Name: | M | Ira Mathew WARE | ||
| Born: | Mar 27, 1879 | Place: | Shiloh, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | Nov 21, 1908 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Point Enterprise Cemetery | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Chistina "Tennie" SMITH MAHONEY | |||
| Married: | Dec 30, 1900 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
| 4 Name: | M | Joseph Hancock WARE | ||
| Born: | Aug 8, 1880 | Place: | Shiloh, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | Jun 2, 1916 | Place: | Mexia, Limestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Lindley Cemetery | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Minnie Lee GORDON | |||
| Married: | Jan 12, 1902 | Place: | Groesbeck, Limestone Co., TX | |
| 5 Name: | M | John W. WARE | ||
| Born: | about 1882 | Place: | TX | |
| Died: | unknown | Place: | unknown | |
| Cemetery: | unknown | Place: | ||
| Spouse 1: | Nancy Ann BLACK (daughter of James Jefferson BLACK) | |||
| Married: | Jan 18, 1903 | Place: | Limestone Co., TX | |
| NOTES: William Ira Ware was first married to Frances Ware before 1870 and they had one son, William R. Ware, born Dec 5, 1869 in TX and he died on Dec 1, 1892 and is buried at Longbotham Cemetery, Wortham, TX. He had married Mary Mollie L. MORPHET. They had two boys and a girl, Jesse Louis Ware, Mary F. Ware, and William Thomas Ware. Then William Ira Ware married Louisa J. PRUITT and they had the above children. After Louisa died, William Ira married Mattie TAYLOR on Oct 20, 1883 in Limestone Co. leaving him with his 4 children all under 5 years old. When William Ira Ware died in 1892, records were found in Limestone Co., TX that a Mary Hancock along with her husband, Lewis Ross Hancock, adopted the three children of William Ira & Louisa J. which was on June 28, 1892, six months after William Ira dies, L. R. Hancock and his wife, Mary, adopt Ira M. Ware age 13, Joseph M. Ware age 11, and John W Ware age 10 in Limestone Co., TX. I have since found that L. R. Hancock Sr. was born May 25, 1829 and he died May 21, 1893 and his wife, Mary was born June 15, 1838 and she died March 11, 1895. Both are buried in Hancock Cemetery located one mile west of Mexia, TX on US Hwy 84. We had all the children from census records except we did not know about John W. Ware because he was born after the 1880 census in abt 1882. It is now known that this Mary Hancock was the sister of William Ira Ware which would explain why a 54 year old woman would adopt three young boys. Later records were found in Limestone Co., TX that the children of William Ira and Louisa J. had filed suit on Mattie Taylor Ware trying to gain land that she had taken after William Ira passed away. Also note that William Ira's father James Jefferson Ware lived next door to Joseph Lindley and his wife Ann Lindley in 1850 census Limestone Co., TX dated Oct 9, 1850 Precinct No 1. This Joseph and Ann Lindley were re-interment to the State of Texas cemetery in Austin, TX from Limestone Co. Lindley Cemetery on May 26, 1956. According to Governor Mark White's Proclamation of April 17, 1986 recognizing Col. Lindley's service in the Battle of San Jacinto and the War of 1812. James J. Ware 33 Farmer, $2,500.00 TN Dwelling #54 Margaret Ware 48 AL Mary Ware 12 TX Nancy Ware 4 TX Irey Ware 2 TX Next door Joseph Linley 57 Farmer $5,400.00 NC Dwelling #55 Ann Linley 49 TN John Linley 24 Blacksmith TN Joseph Linley 17 TX Jobe Linley 15 TX Simon T. Linley 13 TX Next door James N. Linley 31 Farmer $2,100.00 ILL Dwelling #56 Sarah A. Linley 7 TX Jas P. Linley 6 TX Mary A. Linley 4 TX Elizabeth Linley 1 TX These Linleys are listed as Lindleys in their own cemetery in Limestone Co. outside Mexia towards Wortham with William Ira and Louisa J. Pruitt Ware are both buried there along with F. M. Pruitt, Louisa Ware's brother. |
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| SOURCES: Census records Court records Family stories Personal knowledge |
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