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Francis Marion WARE

Francis Marion WARE

Male 1847 - 1926  (79 years)

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  • Name Francis Marion WARE 
    Born 18 Apr 1847  Braxton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    • The April 20 1846 birth date in his death record appear to be in error. The 1900 Census shows is as April 1847, and other census records also put it in about 1847 or 1848
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850, 1860  Braxton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Franklin District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Holly District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Kanawha District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Salt Lick District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [2, 3] 
    Died 29 May 1926  Gregory, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Pleasant Hill Cemetery, btwn Falls Mill & Gregory, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4] 
    Person ID I64604  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2020 

    Father Harvey WARE,   b. 22 Mar 1807,   d. 14 Apr 1898, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Mary Emma WILLIAMS,   b. CA 1817,   d. 13 Jun 1892, Holly District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Family ID F56061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Virginia WESTFALL,   b. May 1844, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef May 1926  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married 17 Jan 1871  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Holly District), enumerated on Jun 10 1880:
      Francis M. Ware, 32, farmer, cannot read/write; wife Mary V. 33, cannot read/write; dau Louisa R, 6; dau Elvira I, 4; son Sanford C, 1.

      1900 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Kanawha District), enumerated on Jun 1 1900:
      Francis M. Ware, 53, b. Apr 1847, farmer, cannot read/write, married 30 yrs; wife Mary V, 56, b. May 1844, married 30 yrs, mother of 8 children (4 still living); dau Louisa R, 26, b. Oct 1873, single, cannot read/write; dau Elzina E, 15, b. Jul 1884, single, mother of 1 child (still living); grandson George G, 1, b. Apr 1899.

      1910 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Kanawha District), enumerated on Apr 28 1910:
      Francis M. Ware, 63, farmer, married 39 yrs; wife Mary V, 64, married 39 yrs, mother of 8 children (3 still living); dau Louisa R, 36, single; son Sanford C, 30, single, broom maker (own shop); granddau Reatha G. Sprouse, 3.

      1920 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Salt Like District), enumerated on Feb 2 1920:
      Francis M. Ware, 72, truck farmer, cannot read/write; wife Mary V, 75; dau Louisa R, single, 46; son Sanford C, 40 single, broom maker; granddau Retha G. Sprouse, 12.
    Children 
    +1. Elvira E. "Belle" WARE,   b. 18 May 1876, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jan 1912, Webster Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Documents
    64604_WARE_FrancisM_1880Census_BraxtonCoWV_HollyDist_10Jun1880.jpg    		64604_WARE_FrancisM_1880Census_BraxtonCoWV_HollyDist_10Jun1880.jpg
    Family ID F26977  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    64604_WARE_FrancisMarion_1847-1926_DeathCertificate.jpg    		64604_WARE_FrancisMarion_1847-1926_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    2. [S2073] 1900 Census, Braxton County, WV.

    3. [S2284] 1880 Census, Braxton County, WV.

    4. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx), http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1890592&Type=Death.

    5. [S1985] Braxton County Marriage Records, Sutton, WV, MR p. 11, Line 4 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=10817319&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Francis M. Ware, 23, b. & res. in Braxton Co, son of Harvey & Mary Ware; and Mary V. Westfall, 28, b. & res. in Braxton Co, dau of Wilson & (blank) Westfall. Married Jan 17 1871 in Braxton County, officiated by G. G. Dennison.