Cooke County, Texas Archives

The Ware Family of Woodbine, Cooke Co., Texas

Photos furnished by: Jack Ware

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Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas 1880
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Back row, Left to right
John W. Ware, Radford A. Ware
Front row:
Elijah Ware with Henry Ware (child),
Henry "Pat" Ware, Spencer Ware		 radmatte.jpg (18891 bytes)
Rad Ware & Mattie
Nelson Ware		 goodguys.jpg (50605 bytes)
"The Good Guys"
Right: Pat Ware
 
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Standing: Sheriff Pat Ware
with two unknown men,
presumably ex-sheriffs		 twosherf.jpg (144122 bytes)
Standing: Sheriff Pat Ware,
Cooke Co. Sheriff, 1908
Seated: Marcus Webster,
1848, the first sheriff with the
record term holder		 wilmrsn.jpg (38870 bytes)
Deputy Sheriff, Will Emerson
First Cooke Co. Lawman
Killed On-Duty
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Henry Pat Ware		  

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Hiram &  Alpha (Slimp) Reece

 
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The original Ware Log House
still standing, but falling apart.
Nancy Altum Ware, center in apron		 house2.jpg (76644 bytes)
Ware Home		 warehous.jpg (67127 bytes)
Ware Home
The same house, but older

 
The Nelson Cabin
Ncabin.jpg (12122 bytes)		 radwhous.jpg (20118 bytes)
Rad A. Ware House,
at Clements and Pecan 		pkmotor.jpg (187067 bytes)
Purcell & King Motor Co.
2nd. From Left: R.C. Nelson, one
of the first settlers in eastern
part of Co., pictured at his home
north of Woodbine in 1892.
Others  Are: Mrs. R.C. Nelson,
Charlie Compton, Anna Pearl Wood
and James Francis Nelson.
(Courtesy of Mrs. J.R. Nelson)		 train.jpg (29416 bytes)
Woodbine Train Station		 gtpstore.jpg (47939 bytes)
G.T. Purcell & Son Store

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