Edgar Dewitt Ware was born on September 1, 1875, in Brooksville, Mississippi, his father, John, was 36 and his mother, Phoebe, was 39. He married Eulalia Thompson on May 10, 1910, in Amory, Mississippi. They had four children during their marriage. He died on August 18, 1955, in Amory, Mississippi, at the age of 79.