”WARE, JONATHAN, member of the constitutional convention, of 1865, from Chamber County.”
Source: History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 4, by Thomas McAdory Owen and Mrs. Marie (Bankhead) Owen, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1921, page 1727
1850 Chambers County, (Dist. 19) AL Census:
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Jonathan Ware 34M Farmer R$2,500 (13-Slaves) Born GA
Ann E. Ware 26F Born GA
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1860 Chambers County, (Southern Div.-Dudleyville) AL Census:
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Jonathan Ware 44M Farmer R$7,500 P$38,000 (28-Slaves) Born GA
Ann E. Ware 38F Born GA
Virginia McLemore 8F Born AR
John L. Love 10M P$1,150 Born LA
Martha Love 6F Born LA
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1870 Chambers County, (Beat 9) AL Census:
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Jonathan Ware 54M Farming R$4,500 P$4,550 Born GA
Annie E. Ware 48F Housekeeping Born GA
Mary Ware 83F Born GA
Ella Ware 9F At School Born GA
John S. Love 21M At School Born LA
Martha Love 16F At School Born LA
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Source: FindAGrave
Churchwell Record added: Aug 11, 2011
I just so happened to see the name Rosemary Anne Denson on your Blog. I hope that I’m not inconveniencing anyone but I would like to contact them. My name is Matthew Stowe I am 45 years old.My GrGrGr Grandfathers name was James Ferguson Dowdell and my fathers name was Noel Read Stowe. He was Rosie Hamilton Read Stowe’s grandson and grew up in her home. Rosie Hamilton Read Stowe was the granddaughter to James Ferguson Dowdell. My Dad passed away around the time you’re blog came out. I have been trying to locate any photos and information on the Dowdells, Reads , or Stowe’s. I have some information on James Ferguson Dowdell but not much on Sarah Hamilton Render Dowdell or her daughter Sara Bettie Dowdell. I would be great if you could share any photos or information about them.
My grandmother was Annie Love Dowdell. Her father and mother were James Render Dowdell and Ella Mae Ware. Her grandfather was Jonathan Ware. I don’t know his wife’s name, but I have a photo of her and Jonathan. I don’t know where my grandmother received the “Love” name.
My father was Render Dowdell Denson, whose mother was Annie Love Dowdell. I was fortunate to have known her. My name is Rosemary Anne Denson and was born in 1944. My brother is Render Dowdell Denson, Jr. (1943). My sister is Jennifer Elizabeth Denson (1950)..
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