This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ware, Cooley, Green, Harrison, Adams, Phillips, Coleman, and Foulks (?) Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/JYVBAIB/1303 Message Board Post: My g-grandfather, James "Collie" (Collen) Ware (b 16 Feb, 1860 d. 3 Apr, 1948 ), along with my g-grandmother, Arminta Green Ware (b. 3 Jun, 1864, d. 14 Oct, 1932 ), were early settlers of Ragley, Louisiana ( Beauregard Parish ). Our family is seeking information on both their parents. G-grandfather's brother, John Ware, later joined Collie in settling in Beauregard Parish. We do not know when they came, but estimate Grandpa Collie Ware arrived between 1879 - 1881. G-grandpa married Arminta Green or Greene who was raised by John Mitchell. It is believed her birth was in Texas. They had the following children: Sons - Merideth "Meridy", Henry "Carl", and my grandfather, Robert Napoleon Ware ( b 12 Mar, 1892 -d. 1965 ); and Daughters - Annie (Foulks ?), Susie (Adams), Ryncie (Phillips), and Sarah (Barentine). We are stumped... any help would be appreciated... I do know that G-grandpa Collie's brother, John married Pearl Martin. They had two sons, Earl and William ("Bob"), and lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. My grandfather, Robert Napoleon Ware, married Sina Maybelle Cooley, and raised their family in Ragley, Beaurregard Parish, LA. Their children were: Hugh, Myrtis (Coleman), Winifred (Jones), Lois (Giltner), Lillian (Edwards, Harrison), and Lela Mae (Van Winkle, Dewberry). They also raised Hazel Cooley (Ferris). My grandmother's brother, William Madison Cooley, lived with them until his death in May, 1955, just two days prior to my grandmother's death.