Josiah Ware – Diary from 1830-1869 by: Judy C. Ware

Josiah Ware’s Diary dated from 1830-1869 Clarke Co. Va © Judy C. Ware   January 19, 2003 For more information on this line of the family you can go to www.waregenealogy.com In 1987, our family visited Springfield Farm for the first … Continue reading

Thomas Merriwether Cowles (1794 – 1857)

“COWLES, THOMAS MERRIWETHER, planter, was born in 1794, in Richmond County, Ga., and died March 20, 1857; son of William Marston and Anna (Merriwether) Cowles, the latter the sister of Nicholas Merriwether.  His ancestors were located in Virginia in the … Continue reading

Dr. James Webb (1795 – 1883)

Dr. James Webb was the father of Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, wife and first lady of President Rutherford B. Hayes.  She was his only daughter and passed from her life when she was but two years old. He was Kentucky … Continue reading