Oliver Ware lived in Appalachia, in West Virginia. See Appalachia Project.
Sources
"West Virginia Births, 1853-1930," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRHG-8KB : 4 December 2014), Oliver Francis Ware, 14 Jul 1910; citing Diana, Webster, West Virginia, United States, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,992,946.
1920 Census: "United States Census, 1920" citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T625; Affiliate Film Number: 1969; Line: 31; Digital film/folder number: 004969031; FHL microfilm: 1821969; Record number: 26701; Sheet number: 8; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A FamilySearch Record: MNKP-QKW (accessed 29 July 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRJ3-WPJ Image number 00552 Oliver E Ware (9), single son, in household of Abel H Ware (49) in Webster, West Virginia, United States. Born in West Virginia.
1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930" citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 5A, line 3, family 77, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2557; FHL microfilm 2,342,291 FamilySearch Record: XMCZ-VBQ (accessed 29 July 2023) FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R8Z-6C1 Image number 00560 Oliver Ware (19), single son, in household of Abel H Ware (60) in Holly, Webster, West Virginia, United States. Born in West Virginia.
Marriage: "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970" citing Webster, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 593,532 FamilySearch Record: FTKX-Q6N (accessed 29 July 2023) http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=593532&ImageNumber=253 Oliver Ware marriage to Mabel Arthur in 1933 in Webster, West Virginia, United States.
1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940" citing Affiliate Publication Number: T627; Line: 72; Digital film/folder number: 005462178; Image number: 469; Sheet number: 3; Sheet letter: B FamilySearch Record: K783-1SS (accessed 29 July 2023) FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9M1-BS5C Oliver Ware (29), married head of household in Holly Magisterial District, Webster, West Virginia, United States. Born in West Virginia.
Burial: "Find A Grave Index" citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com FamilySearch Record: QVL6-CFPV (accessed 29 July 2023) Find A Grave: Memorial #93339884 Oliver Francis Ware burial (died on 29 Dec 1976) in 1976 in Diana, Webster, West Virginia, United States of America.
Death: "United States Social Security Death Index" citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing) FamilySearch Record: J2HN-YNB (accessed 29 July 2023) Oliver Ware death Dec 1976 (born 14 Jul 1910) residing in Webster, West Virginia.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oliver by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
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