James Franklin Ware (1849–1934)Erato
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at rootschat.com. was a member of the

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and the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography

Ware was born on February 11, 1849, in

Litchfield, Maine Litchfield is a town in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,586 at the 2020 census. Litchfield is included in the Augusta, Maine micropolitan New England City and Town Area. Litchfield was incorporated in 1795 and was or ...

.''THE BLUE BOOK OF THE STATE OF WISCONSIN'' (23rd ed.). Industrial Commission. 1885. p. 422. He graduated from

Lawrence University Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducation ...

in 1871 and from the University of Michigan Law School in 1873.

Career

Ware was a member of the Assembly in 1880, 1881 and 1883. In 1884, he was elected to the Senate from the 18th District. He was a Republican. Around 1887, he married Mary L. Lord, daughter of fellow State Senator Dr. Simon Lock Lord. Between 1893 and 1896 he moved to

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, where he was postmaster and later "president of a gold mining company". Ware moved to

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, and later

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, where he died on February 4, 1934.

References

1849 births 1934 deaths People from Litchfield, Maine Republican Party Wisconsin state senators Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin lawyers Lawrence University alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni {{Wisconsin-WISenate-stub