George Harrison Ware1

Male, #52944, (12 Aug 1852 - 22 Jul 1922)

Biography* Tom Ware wrote on 15 Sep 2005:
"To the best of my knowledge, my Grandmother, Fannie L. Thomas (b 17th Feb 1860, Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co, AR; d 22 Aug 1942, Little Rock, Pulaski Co, AR) was orphaned in 1862 and became the foster child of Isabella Eliza Jane Mills Culpepper (b 05 Sep 1835, TN; d 12 May 1889, Little Rock, AR, Burial Bellwood Cem, Pine Bluff, AR) the 2nd wife of Rev. James Lawrence Culpepper (b 19 Oct 1820, Anson Co, NC; d 05 Sep 1864, Pine Bluff, AR).
     "Pulaski Co, AR marriage records indicate the widow Isabella E. J. Mills Culpepper married my Grandfather George Harrison Ware (b 12 Aug 1852, Floyd Co, GA; d 22 Jul 1922 Little Rock, AR) on 19 Dec 1875. The 1880 Little Rock, AR Census indicates Isabella and my Grandfather had two children in their household, my then 19 yr old Grandmother "Fannie" (Isabella and the Rev Culpepper's foster child) and a 17 yr old boy "James" obviously the only surviving child (James Noel Culpepper b 08 May 1863, d 16 Sep 1936) of Isabella and the Rev Culpepper.      "After Isabella died in 1889, it appears per Jefferson Co, AR marriage records, my Grandfather, George Harrison Ware, then married Fannie L. C. Thomas (initial "C" standing for Culpepper the name she used in childhood and most of her adult life) in Pine Bluff, AR, 10 Nov 19 1890. They had 6 children the last being my Father Thomas Edward Ware, Sr.
     "Further, my Grandmother's Sister, Mary E. Thomas (b 8 Jul 1857, d 22 Oct 1916), was raised in the foster home of the Mills in Pine Bluff, AR and used the Mills name until her marriage to James Wiley Monk."1 
Birth*12 Aug 1852 He was born on 12 Aug 1852 at Floyd Co., Georgia.1 
Marriage*19 Dec 1875 He married Isabella Eliza Jane Mills at Arkansas on 19 Dec 1875.1 
Marriage*19 Nov 1890 He married Fannie L. Thomas at Pine Bluff, Jefferson Co., Arkansas, on 19 Nov 1890.1 
Death*22 Jul 1922 He died at Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, on 22 Jul 1922.1 

Family 1

Isabella Eliza Jane Mills (5 Sep 1835 - 12 May 1889)

Family 2

Fannie L. Thomas (17 Feb 1860 - 22 Aug 1942)

Last Edited 15 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. E-mail from Tom Ware, e-mail address, 985-702-1782 to Warren Culpepper, Sep 2005.