Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Franklin Ware    
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Marian Harper     
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: William Edward "Ed" Ware      
       Also known as: Edward Ware 1,2
                Born: Apr- 7-1867          in Harper Station, Ross Co, OH  3,4,5
                Died: Dec-18-1947          in Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  6,7
              Buried:                      in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV  8
              Census: 1900, 1910, 1920     in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      factory worker  5
          Occupation: 1900                 teamster  9
                Wife: Laura Isabelle "Belle" McConnell  b. Nov-17-1865  d. Jun-27-1961  
       Also known as: Bell McConnell 5
             Married: Aug-29-1889          near Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV  10,11,12

Sources:
(1) Obituary of daughter. 
(2) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District). 
(3) Obituary, West Union Herald, Jan 1 1948. 
(4) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 3, p. 406. 
(5) Birth record of daughter. 
(6) Obituary, William Edward Ware, 80, of Smithburg, died Thursday Dec 18 1947 at his home.  Until recent months he had been 
a regular employee of the Columbian Carbon Co.  He was the son of Franklin & Marian Harper Ware and was born Apr 7 1867 
at Harper Station, Ohio.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Belle McConnell, and these children:  Mrs. Edna Coleman and Mrs. 
Lester Sutton, both of Smithburg; M. E. of West Union [sic]; Mrs. Vada Pernell of Clarksburg; Oral and Elston, both of 
Brownsville, PA; and Mrs. Thelma Simpson of Salem.  There are 17 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. West Union 
Herald, Jan 1 1948. 
(7) Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101. 
(8) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. II, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999) 
(9) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District) 
(10) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, Identified as Edgar Ware, 23, b. & res. in Ross Co OH; and Laura 
Belle McConnell, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co.  Married Aug 29 1889 "at the residence of the bride's mother, near 
Smithton.", MR Bk 3, p. 406. 
(11) Death record of daughter, Online, Ohio, Volume 30679, Certificate 038447. 
(12) Newspaper birth announcement of great-grandchild. 







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