Robert Young Ware

b. 15 March 1827, d. 10 January 1896
  • Robert Young Ware was born on 15 March 1827 in Elmore County, Alabama.
  • He married Julia Amanda Molton, daughter of Thomas J. Molton and Catherine Ann Hooks, on 21 December 1847 in Montgomery County, Alabama, and Robert's sister Mary married Amanda's brother Thomas Molton.
  • The following appeared on 25 December 1848 in the Tri-Weekly Flag & Advertiser: Married, On the 21st inst. by the Rev. T. M. Handy, Mr. Robert Y. Ware, Esq., to Miss Julia A. Moulton--both of this county.
  • Robert James Ware and Asenath Ann White appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Robert Young Ware, Julia Amanda Molton, Ann Ware, Kate Ware, James Henry Ware, Mary Stokes, Ann S. Ware and Mary White Ware.
  • He was a planter, according to the 1850 census.
  • Robert Young Ware died on 10 January 1896 at age 68 in Montgomery County, Alabama.
  • A biographical sketch of the elder Dr. Ware appears in W. G. Robertson's 1892 Early Settlers::
         Dr. Robert J. Ware settled in the Fork about the year 1825. He was a rich, talented young bachelor, a practicing physician, a large planter, politician and prominent member of the Baptist church. Dr. Ware was a good citizen and neighbor, and was very charitable with his means; he never hesitated for a moment to extend a helping hand to the needy or distressed. He lived a bachelor for several years and then married a Miss White from Mobile. He built a splendid residence on one of these tables above the river, and was surrounded with every comfort and convenience for country live. He had a park, stocked with deer, the only one every seen by the writer. He belonged to the old Whig party, and was very popular. He was the second man from the Fork that represented Montgomery county in the Legislature. Dr. Ware had three children, two sons and one daughter. Robert Y., James and Mary were the names of the children. Robert married a Miss Molton, James married a Miss Stokes, the daughter married T. J. Molton, a young lowyer. The Dr. lived in the Fork a number of years and then moved to the city and had a fine brick residence there, where he lived the remaining years of his life.
         And from the sketch of Green Wood in the same book, "After remaining in the Fork for a number of years, [Green Wood] sold his plantation to Dr. Ware and bought a plantation on the Augusta ferry road. . .
         Recollections of the Early Settlers of Montgomery County and Their Families, by William G. Robertson. Montgomery, Alabama: Excelsior Printing Company, 1892. Reprinted Montgomery Alabama: Society of Pioneers of Montgomery, 1961.
  • Last Edited: 14 Nov 2012

Family: Julia Amanda Molton b. 24 November 1829, d. 5 October 1873