At age 13, John "Dave" Ware moved with his father, CPT William Ware, with six slaves in 1852. With 600 head of cattle and two ox-drawn wagons full of seeds, fruit trees, food, and tools, they had to move large boulders to get the wagons through the pass into the canyon. On August 17, 1852, he and his father established the community of Waresville (now Utopia) in Uvalde County. At that time his was said to be the only Anglo-American family between D'Hanis and the Rio Grande. His father died the following year, March 9th, 1853.
"Dave" Ware continued working the family farm until the Civil War broke out in 1861, then aged 22 years, Ware was commissioned as a First Lieutenant with the 33rd Texas Cavalry.
He was a Texas Ranger, fighting indians after the war. He continued farming until his death at age 92 from "Complete Nerve Exhaustion" - as per the death certificate.
At age 13, John "Dave" Ware moved with his father, CPT William Ware, with six slaves in 1852. With 600 head of cattle and two ox-drawn wagons full of seeds, fruit trees, food, and tools, they had to move large boulders to get the wagons through the pass into the canyon. On August 17, 1852, he and his father established the community of Waresville (now Utopia) in Uvalde County. At that time his was said to be the only Anglo-American family between D'Hanis and the Rio Grande. His father died the following year, March 9th, 1853.
"Dave" Ware continued working the family farm until the Civil War broke out in 1861, then aged 22 years, Ware was commissioned as a First Lieutenant with the 33rd Texas Cavalry.
He was a Texas Ranger, fighting indians after the war. He continued farming until his death at age 92 from "Complete Nerve Exhaustion" - as per the death certificate.
Inscription
1st LT, Co. B, 33rd Regt. Texas Cavalry, Confederate States Army
Family Members
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Mary Emmaline Ware Holderness
1862–1946
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John William Ware
1865–1945
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Berry Monroe Ware
1867–1962
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Elizabeth A Ware Fenley
1870–1943
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Joel Riley Ware
1870–1954
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James Ira Ware
1872–1949
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Ivy Marzee Ware Finley
1873–1908
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Olive Agnes Ware Woodard
1874–1956
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Oscar Lee Ware
1876–1973
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Minnie Ware Miller
1881–1964
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Richard Burgess Crane Ware
1882–1966
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Finis Taylor "Todd" Ware
1884–1910
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Myrtle Eliza Ware Donoho
1886–1975
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Nora Roffie Texanna Ware Keener
1888–1969
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George Washington Ware
1891–1961
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Leobel Ware
1897–1967