James Merida Ware (1881 - 1952)

Born 20 Dec 1881 in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States

Ancestors

Died 9 Jun 1952 at age 70 in DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States

Biography

James Merida Ware was born Tuesday December 20, 1881 in Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States. He is the son of James Collen Ware and Arminta Mitchell. He was a man of medium height with a slender build, with brown eyes & brown hair (per his world war 1 draft card). He was working as a Tie maker and employed at Long Bell Lumbar Company in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 37 during the year 1918. He died Monday June 9, 1952 in DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States.

Occupation

1. Day Laborer per 1900 census
2. Tie Maker for the railroad per WWI draft card

Military

Name: James Merida Ware Event Type: Draft Registration Event Date: 1942 Event Place: Longville, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States Residence Place: Longville, Beauregard, Louisiana Gender: Male Employer: James Merida/Ware Birth Date: 20 Dec 1881

Affiliate Publication Title: World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) for the State of Louisiana Affiliate ARC Identifier: 576248 Digital Folder Number: 004437120 Image Number: 01447^[1]

Name: James Merida Ware Event Type: Draft Registration Event Date: 1917-1918 Event Place: Beauregard, Louisiana, United States Event Place (Original): United States, Louisiana, Beauregard Parish Gender: Male Birth Date: 20 Dec 1881 Birthplace: , , United States Citizenship Place: United States

Affiliate Publication Number: M1509 Affiliate Publication Title: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards GS Film Number: 1684477 Digital Folder Number: 005152020 Image Number: 04821^[2]

Census

Name: Merida J Ware Event Type: Census Event Year: 1900 Event Place: Ward 7 Sugar town(south part), Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States Gender: Male Age: 18 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): W Relationship to Head of Household: Son Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son Birth Date: Dec 1882 Birthplace: Louisiana Father's Birthplace: Mississippi Mother's Birthplace: Louisiana

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Callan J Ware Head M 42 Mississippi Ramenta J Ware Wife F 33 Louisiana Merida J Ware Son M 18 Louisiana Susan M Ware Daughter F 16 Louisiana Margarett J Ware Daughter F 14 Louisiana William J Ware Son M 12 Louisiana Arrinsey P Ware Daughter F 10 Louisiana Robert N Ware Son M 8 Louisiana Anna M Ware Daughter F 4 Louisiana Sarah L Ware Daughter F 2 Louisiana

District: 21 Sheet Number and Letter: 5B Household ID: 89 Line Number: 79 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T623 GS Film Number: 1240561 Digital Folder Number: 004120176 Image Number: 00182^[3]

Name: James M Ware Event Type: Census Event Date: 1940 Event Place: Longville, Police Jury Ward 4, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States Gender: Male Age: 58 Marital Status: Widowed Race: White Race (Original): White Relationship to Head of Household: Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head Birthplace: Louisiana Birth Year (Estimated): 1882 Last Place of Residence: Same Place

District: 6-10 Family Number: 17 Sheet Number and Letter: 1B Line Number: 73 Affiliate Publication Number: T627 Affiliate Film Number: 1383 Digital Folder Number: 005454619 Image Number: 00289^[4]

Death

BURIAL: Pleasant Hill Cemetery DeRidder, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, USA

Find A Grave: Memorial #6429690

Name: James M Ware Event Type: Death Event Date: 09 Jun 1952 Event Place: DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana Gender: Male Age: 70 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1882 Birthplace: Longville, Louisiana Father's Name: Colon J Ware Mother's Name: Armenda Mitchell Certificate Number: 7005

GS Film number: 1542720 Digital Folder Number: 004215605 Image Number: 00013^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Citing this Record "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X59W-Z2H : 6 November 2017), James Merida Ware, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ Citing this Record "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8C-4N6 : 24 August 2019), James Merida Ware, 1917-1918.
3. ↑ Citing this Record "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPT-5TR : accessed 13 November 2019), Sarah L Ware in household of Callan J Ware, Ward 7 Sugar town(south part), Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21, sheet 5B, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,561.
4. ↑ Citing this Record "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYRC-4CJ : 27 July 2019), James M Ware, Longville, Police Jury Ward 4, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-10, sheet 1B, line 73, family 17, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1383.
5. ↑ Citing this Record "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3MS-76Y : 21 May 2019), Armenda Mitchell in entry for James M Ware, 09 Jun 1952; citing DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, certificate number 7005, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,542,720.