Muscogee County GaArchives Photo person.....Ware, James Henry ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 7:21 pm Source: unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1230warejame.jpg Image file size: 60.0 Kb James Henry WARE Born abt 1838 in GA Died 26 June 1862 Mechanicsville, VA (Civil War) Son of Dr. Robert A. Ware & Margaret Caldwell Ellison Adjutant for the 35th Georgia Infantry This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo person.....Dr. Robert A. Ware family ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 7:17 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1229drrobert.jpg Image file size: 60.7 Kb Dr. Robert A. WARE and his family taken between 1843 & 1852 From Left to Right Nicholas Ware born 1834 Susan Josephine Ware born abt 1836 Margaret Louise Ware born 27 April 1843 Margaret Caldwell Ellison Ware born 22 July 1814 James Henry Ware born abt 1838 Dr. Robert Alexander Ware born 10 May 1807 Mary Veitch Ware born abt 1840 Jane Ellison Ware born 9 January 1832 Additional Comments: Photo has been resized/compressed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Project This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo person.....Dr. Robert A. Ware & his great grandchildren 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 7:12 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1228drrobert.jpg Image file size: 61.9 Kb Dr. Robert Alexander Ware Grandchildren of his daughter Jane Ellison Ware Martin Margaret Martin Harrison born 1881 Joseph Marshall Harrison born 1883 Bessie Lucile Harrison born 1889 Grandchild of his daughter Mary Veitch Ware Willis Marie Walker Additional Comments: Photo has been resized/compressed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Project This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo group.....Charles T. Shaw family ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 5:15 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1225charlest.jpg Image file size: 75.0 Kb Dr. Charles Thomas CUSHMAN (seated) Born 29 Jun 1821 in Westmorland, NY Died between 1860 & 1870 Census His wife Jane Adelaide Shaw Cushman *seated) April 1833 in GA Died after 1900 Their daughter Margaret Shaw Cushman Born 5 October 1853 in Columbus, GA Died 26 May 1890 in Macon, GA This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo person.....Jane Adelaide Shaw Cushman ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 5:03 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1224janeadel.jpg Image file size: 167.7 Kb Jane Adelaide Shaw Cushman Born April 1833 in GA Died after 1900 Daughter of Captain James T. Shaw & Margaret Davis Key Married Dr. Charles Thomas Cushman on 16 July 1850 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo person.....Robert Alexander Ware Jr. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 4:49 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1222robertal.jpg Image file size: 203.3 Kb Robert A. WARE Jr. Born 9 June 1852 in Columbus, GA Died 18 July 1905 in Birmingham, AL Son of Dr. Robert A. Ware and Margaret Caldwell Ellison Married Margaret Shaw Cushman on 25 November 1874 Married Mary Louise Matthews on 5 April 1892 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo person.....Margaret Caldwell Ellison Ware ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 2:49 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1218margaret.jpg Image file size: 114.2 Kb Margaret Caldwell Ellison WARE Born 22 July 1814 in Fairfield District, SC Died 30 January 1894 in Columbus, GA Daughter of James Ellison & Jane Adger Patterson Married Dr. Robert A. Ware in 1831 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Muscogee County GaArchives Photo person.....Dr. Robert Alexander Ware ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 2:46 pm Source: Unavailable Photo can be seen at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/muscogee/photos/ph1217drrobert.jpg Image file size: 217.8 Kb Dr. Robert Alexander WARE Born 10 May 1807 in Augusta, GA Died 19 July 1893 in Columbus, GA Son of Nicholas Ware & Susan B. Carr Married to Margaret Caldwell Ellison in 1831 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 0.8 Kb

Wow, thanks Pat for sharing the pictures and family bible with us. You've got something's there that I wish I had and I know that you are proud of. kemis

Richmond-Bibb-Muscogee County GaArchives Bible Records.....Nicholas Ware Family Bible ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 17, 2004, 1:44 pm Nicholas Ware Family Bible Births Nicholas Ware was born 16 February 1776 Mary F. Ware wife of Nicholas Ware was born 31 August 1776 William Washington Ware son of Nicholas and Mary F. Ware was born 30 April 1801 Second wife of N. Ware Susannah B. Ware was born 21st March 1789 Daughter of Thomas & Frances Carr Robert Alexander Ware son of Nicholas and Susan B. Ware was born 10th May 1807 Thomas Carr Ware son of Nicholas & Susan B. Ware was born 4 December 1808 Mary Ann Lavonia Ware daughter of Nicholas and Susan B. Ware was born 13 January 1811 Francis Selina Ware daughter of Nicholas & Susan B. Ware was born 25 April 1813 Susan Margaret Ware daughter of Nicholas & Susan B. Ware was born 16 February 1815 Nicholas Ware son of Nicholas & Susan B. Ware was born 7 March 1816 Richard Henry Ware son of Nicholas & Susan B. Ware was born 3rd July 1818 Caroline Virginia Ware daughter of Nicholas & Busan B. Ware was born 15th November 1820 Marriages Nicholas Ware & Susan B. Carr were married on the 12 June 1806 Mary Ann L. Ware daughter of N. Ware was married to Walter Veitch 1826 Robert A. Ware son of S. & N. Ware was married to Margaret Ellison 1831 Susannah Ware daughter of S. & N. Ware was married to Francis Eppes 1839 Nicholas Ware son of S. & N. Ware was married to Caroline Walton in 1836 Caroline Virginia Ware daughter of S. & N. Ware was married to William (unsure) Head 1836 Thomas Carr Ware son of S. & N. Ware was married to Ophelia 1835 Deaths William Washington Ware died 8th Jul 1807 Francis Selina Ware the daughter of N. & S. Ware died 3 September 1876 Richard Henry Ware son of Nicholas & Susan Ware died January 22, 1837 whilest a student in Franklin College & rejoiced in the God of his salvation the day before he died Nicholas Ware Father of thise children died in City of New York while a Senator in Congress, the year of our Lord 1824 amidst the roar of cannons, the ringing of bells for the landing of Lafayett, but a few days before????? to his troubled soul. Thomas Carr Ware son of Nicholas & Susan Ware died in ??? on the 2nd of April 1854 Ms Susan B. Savage ???? of Nicholas Ware died in Athens Ga on the 30th March 18??? in the 82nd year of her age. For over a half century a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Robert A. Ware died in Columbus Ga, July ???? 87 years of age Mrs. Margaret Caldwell Ware wife of Dr. Robert Alexander Ware died Jan 30th 4.45 o,clock 1894. Columbus Ga in her 79 year of age. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 3.0 Kb

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ASBELL, BORDERS, DIFFLEY, DIFFLY, DIFLEY, HASTY, HAYNIE, LAND, NEWSOME, PIKE, RILEY, SCHOOLCRAFT, SMITH, WADE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1462 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the family of Peter Frank DIFFLY / DIFFLEY / DIFLEY (ca. 1818 Ireland-bef. 1880) and wife Louisa Jane WADE (JUL 1828 Hastings, now Clayton Co, GA-1903 Montgomery, Montgomery Co, AL). They are said to have married 05 FEB 1846 in Muscogee Co, GA. Louisa heads a household as a widow in the Clapp’s Factory community of Muscogee Co. in 1880. Their children are said to include: Ellen DIFFLY (b. ca. 1850-1920), m1. RILEY (d. bef. 1880), m2. SCHOOLCRAFT? John May DIFFLY (1854-1901), m. Ada Josephine SMITH (b. 1859) of Harris Co, GA James Marion DIFFLY (ca. 1856-1885), m. Jane Elizabeth BORDERS (b. ca. 1842) Peter Franklin DIFFLY (1856-1919), m. 1880 Emma Jane ASBELL (1860-1925) William Martin DIFFLY (1858-1935), m. Emma J. UNKNOWN (ca. 1862-1888) William Henry DIFFLY (1858-1933) Sarah Jane DIFFLY (ca. 1861), m. Charles W. PIKE Martha DIFFLY (ca. 1872-1940), m. Charles W. HAYNIE In 1880, James and Jane are in Goodman’s Dist, Harris Co, GA, next door to the Thomas BORDERS household. Also, Henry and Emma DIFLEY and her sister Susan HASTY appear in Brownville, Lee Co, AL, near families with ties to Clapp’s Factory. Is Charles W. PIKE kin to Charles P. PIKE (b. 1832) who m. 1861 in Harris Co, GA, to Elizabeth LAND (1839-1870)? Kin to the Clapp’s Factory family of John & Telitha (PIKE) NEWSOME? Ellen, Peter, Wm. Martin, Wm. Henry, and Martha are said to be buried in Montgomery, AL, but John, James Marion, and Emma (wife of Wm. Martin) are all said to have died in or near Columbus, GA. I am particularly interested to find out where these folk are buried. Any information appreciated, and I will be glad to share what I have.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: GANN, GRANTHAM Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1461 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the family of Noel GRANTHAM (b. ca. 1803 SC) and his wife Clarrissa UNKNOWN (b. ca. 1813 GA). Noel heads a household as a retired farmer on the 1880 census of the Clapp’s Factory community in Muscogee Co, GA, with his wife and two daughters: Elmeda (b. ca. 1850 FL), a domestic servant, and Nancy (b. ca. 1852 FL), a seamstress. Also present in the household is Henry GANN (b. ca. 1844 AL), a clerk at the cotton factory. Henry C. GANN m. 22 AUG 1870 in Muscogee Co, GA, to Nancy S. GRANTHAM. In November, he served on a coroner’s inquest jury at Clapp’s Factory. In 1880, Nancy GANN heads a household in the Clapp’s Factory community as a widow. With her are two children, George (b. ca. 1871 GA) and Clara (b ca. 1872 GA), as well as Nancy’s unmarried sister Elmeda. It appears that Henry C. GANN died between 1872 and 1880 and if so, he is probably buried in the Clapp’s Factory Cemetery. Also, Nancy’s parents are unaccounted for in 1880. Did they die there and are they buried in the cemetery? The following story ran in the “Columbus Georgia Daily Enquirer-Sun” newspaper on Tuesday, 15 JAN 1884: “Almost a Fire…While some children were playing on a pile of broom straw under the house of Mrs. GANN, near Clapp’s factory, on Sunday, they accidentally set fire to this straw. There was no man on the place, but Mr[s]. GANN, with the assistance of a little girls [sic] succeeded in extinguishing the fire just as it was taking hold of the building.” When did Nancy (GRANTHAM) GANN die, and what became of her children and sister? I would appreciate any further information on these folks, and will be glad to share what data I have – thanks.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BIRD, BLANFORD, BYRD, CRAWFORD, INGRAM, JOHNSON, THOMAS, THORNTON, WILLIAMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1460 Message Board Post: “SUPERIOR COURT YESTERDAY.—The Jury returned a verdict of ‘not guilty’ in the case of Taylor JOHNSON (col.) tried Thursday. “After the sentences had been pronounced on the persons convicted, the case of Ben. WIGGINS, charged with the murder of Wm. BYRD, was taken up. Solicitor [Cary J.] THORNTON and G. E. THOMAS, Esq., appeared for the State and prosecution, and INGRAM, CRAWFORD & CRAWFORD, BLANFORD & THORNTON, and C. H. WILLIAMS, Esq, for the defense. The entire morning was occupied in hearing witnesses. Their evidence was about what we published about a month since, on the preliminary investigation. At 12 ½ p.m. the Court took a recess until 3 p.m. “In the afternoon speeches were made by Solicitor THORNTON and G. E. THOMAS, Esq., for the prosecution, and Hons. M. J. CRAWFORD and M. BLANFORD for the defense. The jury was out some five minutes, when they returned with a verdict of ‘not guilty.’ “This morning the regular call of the criminal docket will be resumed.” [From the “Columbus, Georgia, Daily Sun” newspaper, Saturday, 07 JAN 1871....PLEASE NOTE: two of the items previously posted, "Committed for Murder" and "Muder near the Columbus Factory," were errantly sourced as coming from the "Daily Enquirer;" these actually appeared in the "Daily Sun" - my apologies for the oversight. - jml]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: ADAMS, ALLEN, BACON, BIRD, BLANDFORD, BORDERS, BRADFORD, BYRD, COLE, CRAWFORD, DECKER, EADY, EDDY, INGMIRE, JEPSON, JOHNSON, KENNEDY, KIRVEN, LeHATT, LEONARD, McGOVERN, PACKER, ROUNDS, THORNTON, VERNOY, WIGGINS, WIGGINGS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1459 Message Board Post: “After remanding the prisoners to jail, the case of Ben WIGGINGS, charged with the murder of Wm. BIRD, was called, and the following special jury was empanneled from the regular juries and 24 talismen: A. INGMIRE, J. A. KIRVEN, Edward PACKER, W. O. BORDERS, F. M. LEONARD, W. H. ADAMS, James VERNOY, J. H. LeHATT, W. JEPSON and James McGOVERN. “The whole of the morning was consumed in hearing witnesses. Jackson BIRD, having absconded, his testimony given in at the preliminary examination, was allowed read in behalf of the State. Other State witnesses, Dr. BACON, H. P. EDDY and A. A. COLE, testified to little calculated to implicate WIGGINS. “The defense introduced seven witnesses as follows: Andrew DECKER, W. V. ROUNDS, Phin WIGGINS, Ann WIGGINS, Lizzie WIGGINS, and Jessee ALLEN. The testimony of these witnesses tended not so much to exculpate WIGGINS (the prisoner) as to implicate Jackson BIRD, who has fled from the State. Daniel KENNEDY said Jack told him that he committed the crime. Sheriff BRADFORD swore that Jackson BIRD confessed to him that he was so drunk he knew not who killed his brother. W. V. ROUNDS testified that Jackson BIRD told him that it was his (Jack’s) fault that deceased was killed. Lizzie WIGGINS swore that Jack admitted to her that he knew who committed the murder, and acknowledged that he was the cause of it. Jesse ALLEN swore that Jackson BIRD said to him in a recent conversation that he was going to leave the State, that he did not intend to prosecute the case against WIGGINS, as he thought it a shame that an innocent man should be hung. “At twelve o’clock the Court took a recess until half past two o’clock, at which hour the argument in the case was opened by Solicitor [Cary J.] THORNTON for the prosecution in a fifteen minutes’ speech. He was followed by Mark BLANDFORD, Esq., in an able defense of the prisoner, of the same duration. Col. M[artin] J[enkins] CRAWFORD, for the defense, next made an able argument, in which the whole field of evidence was scanned, and the testimony of Jackson BIRD, upon which the State mainly relied, utterly rebutted. “The argument occupied only two hours, and upon its conclusion Judge JOHNSON, in his usual clear, perspicuous manner, charged the jury upon the law points of the case, defining in turn murder, manslaughter, and justifiable homicide, and pointing out the manner in which the evidence was to be considered, and the weight which should be attached collectively or separately to witnesses. “The jury retired at half past four o’clock, and in ten minutes returned the following verdict: ‘We the jury find the prisoner not guilty.’ “Thus has ended the most important case of this session.” [From the “Columbus, Georgia, Daily Enquirer” newspaper, Saturday, 07 JAN 1871, p. 3, column 2, top.]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BIRD, BLANDFORD, BYRD, COLEMAN, CRAWFORD, INGRAHAM, McCAHEY, THOMAS, THRONTON, WIGGINS, WILLIAMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1458 Message Board Post: “PRELIMINARY TRIAL.—Ben and Finn WIGGINS, for the killing of Wm. BIRD at Clapp’s Factory, were before Justices COLEMAN and McCAHEY, at the Court-house, yesterday. The examination consumed about four hours. The testimony of a number of witnesses for and against the accused was taken down. What of the evidence we heard went to show that deceased, in company with his brother (Jack BIRD) and Ben. WIGGINS, left town about dark Saturday evening, with several drinks aboard and two bottles in their pockets; that deceased and WIGGINS passed some angry words on the route; that after reaching their destination the parties took several other drinks, attended a party, and subsequently Jack BIRD and Ben WIGGINS got into a quarrel in the road. Deceased was in the house intoxicated; upon hearing the fuss he got up and went out, and was met by Ben WIGGINS, who stabbed him in several places, and that he died shortly afterward from the effects of a gash in the throa! t. The evidence against Finn WIGGINS not being sufficient to convict him of being accessory to the murder, he was discharged. Upon the evidence the Justices found Ben WIGGINS guilty of murder, and committed him to jail to await his trial before Muscogee Superior Court. BLANDFORD & THORNTON, INGRAHAM & CRAWFORD and C. H. WILLIAMS for defense; G. E. THOMAS, acting Solicitor, for the State.” [From the “Columbus, Georgia, Daily Enquirer” newspaper, Wednesday, 23 NOV 1870, p. 3, column 2, third article from top.]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BACON, BIRD, BLANFORD, BYRD, COLEMAN, CRAWFORD, McCAHEY, THOMAS, WIGGINS, WILLIAMS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1457 Message Board Post: “COMMITTED FOR MURDER.—Yesterday morning, at the Court House, occurred the preliminary trial of Ben. WIGGINS and Phineas WIGGINS—the first charged with murdering his brother-in-law, Wm. BYRD, and the latter with being an accessory. The affair was the one mentioned yesterday as having occurred Saturday night, about nine o’clock, in one of the houses of the Columbus Factory, located three miles from the city. The Justices were Messrs. McCAHEY, and Chas. COLEMAN. The evidence differed little from the account given yesterday, although it was proven that throughout the affair Phin. WIGGINS was a peacemaker. The warrant against him was dismissed. No one was nearer than fifteen feet from Ben. WIGGINS and Wm. BYRD when the latter was stabbed. Both were drunk, so the witnesses said. A few moments before they had come, with Jackson BYRD, from the city, very friendly, and Wm. BYRD had been put to bed in WIGGINS’ house. Ben. WIGGINS and Jackson BYRD, after spending a little while in an adjoining room, where a party was going on, engaged in a difficulty on the road in front of the house about their relative manhood. They were being held apart. A little brother of BYRD’s came to them saying Bill BYRD had drawn a chair on WIGGINS’ mother. WIGGINS started for the ! house as Bill BYRD staggered out. They met near the road, when Jackson BYRD testifies he, being held all the while, saw Ben. strike Bill two blows with a knife on the neck and his brother fell. Dr. BACON testified the wound on the neck was a fatal one. “The testimony of others showed that Jackson was very tight, if not drunk. “The Court sustained the charge of murder against Ben. WIGGINS, and he was committed to jail for safe keeping. Counsel for the defense were Hon. M[artin] J[enkins] CRAWFORD, Col. M[ark] H. BLANFORD, Reese CRAWFORD and C. H. WILLIAMS. “Grigsby E. THOMAS, Esq., for the State and prosecution.” [From the “Columbus, Georgia, Daily Enquirer” newspaper, Wednesday, 23 NOV 1870, p. 3, column 2, top.]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BACON, BIRD, BYRD, COLE, COLEMAN, DAVIDSON, EADY, EDDY, GANN, HAMMOCK, McCAHEY, McSWAIN, NEWSOME, WIGGINS, WOOD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1456 Message Board Post: “MURDER NEAR THE COLUMBUS FACTORY.—A tragedy happened in one of the operative houses, generally the most orderly of orderly places, of the Columbus Manufacturing Company, located some three and a half miles from the city, Saturday night about nine o’clock. A party was in progress at a house occupied by the BYRD and WIGGINS families. A fight occurred in front between Ben WIGGINS and Jackson BYRD, two visitors. Jas. W. BYRD, another visitor, went among them and was stabbed six times, one blow completely severing the artery on the left side of the neck. He died almost instantly. Three parties concerned have been arrested and put in jail—Jackson BYRD, Fin and Ben WIGGINS. They are respectively the brother and brothers-in-law of the deceased. Another brother, Isaiah BYRD, brought them to the city and delivered them to the authorities. The commitment trail will be held this morning at 10 o’clock, at the Court House, before Justice! s McCAHEY and Charles COLEMAN. Several who witnessed the affair, say Ben WIGGINS struck the fatal blow. The trial may develop the fact. The entire party are employees of the factories, were under the influence of liquor and went out there from Columbus. "Coroner WOOD, with the following jurors, and Dr. BACON as examining physician, held an inquest over the body: S. DAVIDSON, Foreman; D. McSWAIN, H[enry] P. EDDY, A[rchibald] H[ood] COLE, W. C. HAMMOCK, J[ohn] NEWSOME, H[enry] C. GANN. The verdict was [that the] deceased came to his death from a wound inflicted in the neck by a knife or some cutting weapon in the hands of parties unknown to the jury.” [From the “Columbus, Georgia, Daily Enquirer” newspaper, Tuesday, 22 NOV 1870, p. 3, column 2, top.]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BACON, BIRD, BRADFORD, BYRD, COLE, COLEMAN, DAVISON, DAVIDSON, EADY, GAND, GANN, HAMMOCK, JOHNSON, McCAHEY, McSWAIN, NEWSOME, WIGGINS, WOOD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1455 Message Board Post: “[MURDER AT CLAPP’S FACTORY?].—The life of Wm. BIRD, an employee of the Eagle and Phenix Factory, of this city, was taken about 10 o’clock on Saturday night last at Clapp’s Factory, three miles above here. The following are the particulars, as far as we could gather them: Wm. BIRD was in the city early in the night, engaged in drinking. Report has it that Ben. WIGGINS, a brother-in-law, and Jackson BIRD, a brother (employed at Clapp’s Factory), came to town about 8 o’clock Saturday night, and that William BIRD went home with them; that shortly after [arriving?] there, some time between ten and eleven o’clock, Ben. WIGGINS, Finn WIGGINS, and Jackson BIRD, all in li[quor?], got up a general fight and that Wm. BIRD, in attempting to interfere, received six severe cuts, three in the body, one in the throat, one in the forehead, and one in the [arm?], from the effects of which he died in about half an hour.� 80�Afterward Isaiah BIRD, another brother of the d! eceased, came to town for the police to [arrest?] the parties. He was informed that any one could make the arrest. Accordingly, early Sunday morning the WIGGINSES and Jackson BIRD were brought to the city by the said Isaiah BIRD and others, where they were held until yesterday morning by order of the Mayor [James JOHNSON], when a warrant was duly taken out and the parties committed to jail to await a preliminary examination at the Court-house at 10 o’clock this morning, before Justices COLEMAN and McCAHEY. “Coroner’s Verdict—Sunday morning Coroner WOOD, attended by Sheriff BRADFORD, repaired to the scene of the homicide, where a jury was summoned and the verdict below rendered, after the examining physician, Dr. J. E. BACON, had given an opinion that [the] deceased came to his death from the effect of the wound in the neck: “We, the jury, certify that Wm. BIRD came to his death by a wound inflicted in the throat with a knife or some cutting instrument in the hands of some person unknown to us. S. DAVISON, Foreman W. C. HAMMOCK, John NEWSOME, A[rchibald] H[ood] COLE, Dan McSWAIN, H[enry] P. EADY, H[enry] C. GAND.” [From the “Columbus, Georgia, Daily Enquirer” newspaper, 22 NOV 1870, Vol. XIL, No. 878, page 3, top of column 2. Transcribers note: this image is dark and portions of it difficult to read, particularly the top. Corrections appreciated. What number is XIL – 39, maybe? – jml]

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Xd.2ADE/843.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Try this link: http://www.allanreagan.com/1488.htm Then this link: http://www.allanreagan.com/478.htm That's all I have. Dr. Katherine Woerner is the expert on this particular Wright line, and she should be credited with original research.

Muscogee-Bibb County GaArchives Bible Records.....Ware Family Bible ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Coyle [email protected] June 15, 2004, 1:19 am Marriages Robert Alexander Ware to Maggie Shaw Cushman, November 25, 1874 Robert Alexander Ware to Mary Louise Matthews, April 5, 1892 Roberta Mason Ware daughter of R.A. and Maggie C. Ware to Bennett B. VanHouten, May 2, 1901 Joseph Cushman Ware to Liebe Rainey, September 16, 1914 Births Robert Alexander Ware, June 9, 1852 Maggie Cushman, 1st wife of R.A. Ware Mary Louise Matthews, 2nd wife of R.A. Ware, August 14, 1863 Children of Maggie Cushman Ware Addie Cushman Ware, October 1875 Roberta Mason Ware, July 22, 1877 Julia Bedell Ware, February 14, 1879 Willie Ellison Ware, July 18, 1881 Ethel Margerite Ware, born in Columbus, GA, May 14, 1883 Harry Tindall Ware, October 1885 Joe Cushman Ware, born in Macon, GA, April 13, 1887 Marshall Martin Ware, born in Macon, GA, March 8, 1889 Children of Mary Louise Matthews Ware William Rabun Ware, born in Macon, GA, August 21, 1893 Mary Louise Ware, born in Macon, GA, March 25, 1900 Robert Alexander Ware, born in Birmingham, AL, May 2, 1902 Deaths Addie Cushman Ware daughter of Robert A. Ware and Maggie Cushman died November 1876 Julia Bedell, daughter of Robert A. Ware and Maggie Cushman died January 24, 1885 Harry Tindall, son of R.A. Ware and Maggie Cushman died May 1886 Willie Ellison, daughter of Robert A. Ware and Maggie Cushman died April 12, 1887 Marshall Martin, son of Robert A. Ware and Maggie Cushman died April 23, 1890 Maggie Cushman, wife of Robert A. Ware died May 26, 1890 Robert A. Ware, husband of Maggie Cushman and Mary Louise Matthews died July 18, 1905 William Rabun Ware, son of Robert A. Ware and Mary Louise Matthews died July 4, 1914 Mary Louise Matthews, wife of Robert A. Ware died December 11, 1941 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb