Elsie Smith Collins Ware Obituary, 2001

“Mrs. Ware was a retired college professor. She earned her master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She was a member of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Chalmers Collins and Preston … Continue reading

Preston Ware (1821 – 1890)

Preston Ware, son of Preston and Electa (Richardson) Ware, was born August 12, 1821, at Wrentham, and died January 29, 1890, in Boston. At the age of seventeen years he became clerk in a wholesale boot and shoe house in … Continue reading