Benjamin Taliaferro Ware (1853 – 1937)

Added by: Rhondelle Blankenship Find A Grave photo “WARE, BENJAMIN TALIAFERRO (1853-1937).  Benjamin Taliaferro (Tol) Ware , banker and rancher, son of Benjamin and Mary Jane (Price) Ware, was born on November 10, 1853, in Rome, Georgia.  The Ware family … Continue reading

William A. Paxton (1837 – )

“PAXTON, WILLIAM A., pioneer capitalist, and business man of Omaha, Neb., enjoys the distinction of having been the principal promoter of the great enterprise of the founding of South Omaha, one of the greatest meat packing centers of this continent.  … Continue reading

Radford A. Ware (1860 – 1925)

Radford A. (Rad) Ware was born Mar. 1st, 1860 in Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas and died May 27th 1925 in Tioga Texas and is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas.  He was married four times, first to Lucy … Continue reading

John C. Ware, Civil War Hero, 92, Dies in Utopia Obituary, 1931

Note:  Article supplied by Marti Martin of the Woodford Co. Historical Society, KY, from the San Antonio Express, Dec. 21, 1931. “Civil War Hero, 92, Dies in Utopia —————————————— John C. Ware, Fighter in Indian Wars, Will be Buried Near … Continue reading

Frederick B. Ware (1883 – )

“FREDERICK B. WARE. — One of Imperial County’s most progressive and influential ranchers is Frederick B. Ware, the subject of this review.  Frederick B. is the owner of 227 acres of valuable land in Water Company No. 5, near Brawley.  … Continue reading

Hiram Valentine Ware (1838 – 1926 )

“Acquiring his first knowledge of Colorado in 1864, after making a trip to the territory overland with ox teams from Omaha, in which the progress of the train of one hundred wagons which he was attached was stubbornly resisted by … Continue reading