So, Madison, Georgia’s Alonzo Shelton Ware, was also from Alabama, but died 3 years after the one that stayed in Alabama.
This Alonzon Shelton Ware was born 6 Feb 1847 in Uniontown, Perry County, Alabama. After serving in the war, he migrated east. Was in Madison, GA by 1880 and was married to Mary Virginia Chiles on 15 Dec 1885 in Madison, GA. He was active in the confederate veterans group as was his wife, the leader of it.
Died on 4 Oct 1917 in Madison, Morgan County, Georgia.
Obit – -Page 2 of Madisonian, published in Madison, Georgia on Friday, October 5th, 1917
Second attachment. And for confusing contrast, here is the Alonzo Shelton Ware that died in Madison, Alabama in 1914. He was a bachelor and the tax assessor there up until his death. Since they had brothers with similar initials, I ran down all the siblings’ obits until I could differentiate the families. Likely a shared grandfather but I did not make the effort to confirm that. Just to differentiate these two contemporaries.
Obit – Huntsville Weekly Democrat (Huntsville, Alabama) · 2 Dec 1914, Wed · Page 1
What made it confusing were he had brothers of same name, similar vital dates, as well as brothers with the same initials. I didn’t get them sorted until I ran down obits for all the the children.
Here is the obit for our guy. The obit for the other one is 1914 in newspapers.com.
Monica H. Callahan
Planning & Development Director
City of Madison | Main Street & Planning
132 N. Main Street | P.O. Box 32
Madison, Georgia 30650
706.342.1251 x1207 | 706.342.3454 fax
www.MadisonGA.com
I’m compiling information about my great-grandfather Andrew Hardiman Ware (1881-1955). Born in Georgia and moved to Alabama City (Gadsden), he was a minor league baseball pitcher in several cities including Houston in 1915.
A missing piece of his history was in McKinney in January 1916. It appears he was there to coach the Texas Cotton Mill team, but his 10 month old daughter died of pneumonia on January 18, 1916. Both the McKinney newspaper and death certificate state she was buried at Pecan Grove. Unfortunately, they have no record of a gravestone for her.
So far, I’ve found no record of a baseball team in McKinney or of Andy’s (aka Hardy) arrival in or departure from McKinney. Perhaps the team or league never formed or Andy went back to playing as he went on to the Rock Island Islanders and to the Los Angeles Angels before becoming an umpire.
Is there anyone who has expertise in Collin County baseball in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries who may have the story of baseball in McKinney in 1915-1916?