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Harvey WARE

Harvey WARE

Male 1807 - 1898  (91 years)


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  • Name Harvey WARE
    Birth 22 Mar 1807  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male
    Census 1850, 1860  Braxton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  Franklin District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  Holly District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation farmer  [1, 2] 
    Death 14 Apr 1898  Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I128510  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2020

    Father Richard "Dickie" WARE,   b. 1758, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1834, Valley Head, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Mother Mary "Polly" WILSON,   b. 1785   d. 1828, Valley Head, Randolph Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)
    Family ID F56087  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Emma WILLIAMS,   b. CA 1817   d. 13 Jun 1892, Holly District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years)  [4, 5]
    Marriage 4 Dec 1832  Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Braxton Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Aug 15 1850:
      Harvey Ware, 43, farmer, value of real estate $500; George W. (female)[sic], 33 [sic], cannot read/write; William, 15, farmer; Henry, 13; Sampson, 11; Orsborn, 9; Francis (male), 7; Mary, 4. All born in Virginia.
      NOTE: Unless one of them was absent, there appears to have been an enumeration error that conflated the entries for Harvey's wife Mary Ware (33) and their sone George Washingto Ware (15). The stated ages for some of the children are inconsistent between this census and the 1860 census.

      1860 Census, Braxton Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 23 1860:
      Harvey Ware, 53, farmer, value of real estate $704, value of personal estate $300; Mary, 43, cannot read/write; Washington, 25, cannot read/write; William L, 23; Henry H, 20; Sampson, 17; Osborn, 15; Francis, 13; Benjamin F, 10; Joseph H, 6. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Franklin District), enumerated on Jun 29 1870:
      Harvy Ware, 63, farmer, value of real estate $1,000, value of personal estate $442; Mary, 53; Francis M, 23, farmer; Benjamin F, 19; Joseph H, 16; Sampson, 26, farmer; Rachael R, 27; George L. Wilson, 8.

      1880 Census, Braxton Co, WV (Holly District), enumerated on Jun 8 1880:
      Harvy Ware, 73, farmer; wife Mary, 63.
    Children 
    >1. George Washington WARE,   b. 17 May 1835   d. 8 Jan 1920, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    >2. Henry Harrison WARE,   b. 14 May 1840   d. 7 Nov 1887, Holly District, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
    +3. Francis Marion WARE,   b. 18 Apr 1847, Braxton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1926, Gregory, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F56061  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2390] 1850 Census, Braxton County, (W)VA.

    2. [S2164] 1860 Census, Barbour County, (W)VA.

    3. [S2046] Braxton County Death Records, Sutton, WV, DR, Line 8 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=4569093&Type=Death.
      Identified as Harvey Ware, age 91y 22d, date of birth Mar 22 1807, farmer, husband of Mary Ware, son of "Don't Know." Died Apr 15 1898 in Braxton County, cause of death old age. Informant: G. W. Ware, son.

    4. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    5. [S1604] Death record of son.

    6. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).