“Elbridge Ware, deceased husband of Adaline Ware, was born in Orrington, Penobscot county, and was a son of Captain Warren Ware, who was one of the earliest settlers of the place; was captain of militia; was engaged in the lumber mills and tannery business for many years, and was one of the prominent men in the town. He married Lucy Bowden, of Brewer, and raised eight children—Priscilla, Abigail, Warren, Elbridge, Eliza, Almatia, Charlissa, Julia. He died in Orrington in 1870. He married Adaline Copeland, of Holden, by whom five children were born—Annette, Jonas, Elber, Charles, and Isabel.”

Source:  History of Penobscot County, Maine, by Williams, Chase & Co., Cleveland, 1882, page 474