Linda Louise Missouri Ann May was the fifth child born to Stewart Staten & Susannah May
b. 2/2/1852 Colquitt county, GA (then Lowndes county)
d. 10/3/1906 Buried in Macon county, AL
m. John Gay (1st) on 1/23/1879 in Colquitt County, GA
b. ca 1853
d. after 1910
m. William Robert Ware (2nd) on 11/26/1874 in Macon, AL
b. 1856 in Alabama
d. About 1945
1. Eula Lee Ware
b. 8/31/1876 in Alabama
d. 2/5/1908
m. John Calvin Welch on 12/21/1891 in Macon, AL
b. 6/11/1871
d. 1/22/1932
A. Luna Welch
b. 2/1895
d. ?
B. Fannie Welch
b. 9/1896
d. ?
C. Hixie Welch
b. 3/1898
d. ?
D. Douglas Welch
b. 9/1899
d. ?
E. Verna Lee Welch
b. 7/7/1902
d. 5/29/1993
m. Tiffman Terrell
b. 7/4/1896
d. 10/19/1967
A. Margaret Elaine Terrell
b. 8/21/1922
d. 11/30/1969
m. James Wesley Hollis
b. 5/19/1921
d. 1999
F. Myrtle Welch
b. 1904
d. ?
G. Mary Welch
b. 1905
d. ?
H. Lois Welch
b. 1907
d. ?
2. John Andrew Ware
b. 9/26/1876 in Alabama
d. 12/9/1971 in Alexander City, AL
m. Bessie Olivia York
b. 6/18/1886
d. 3/6/1957
A. Mable V. Ware
b. 8/1909
d. ?
B. Wilson Harold Ware
b. 9/1/1912
d. 5/31/1942
Wilson enlisted in the U. S. Army on 2/17/1941. He served in the Philippines where he became a prisoner of war of the Japanese at Camp O'Donnel on Luzon, Philippine Islands, where he died. He was postumately awarded the Bronze Star.
3. Edward F. Ware
b. 10/13/1878 in Alabama
d. 11/25/1969 Buried in Liberty cemetery, Odenville, AL
m. Eliza Hurst
b. 10/16/1882
d. 12/21/1972
4. Oscar H. Ware
b. 1887 in Alabama
d. 10/9/1920 in Birmingham, AL
m. Mable Casady
b. 1892 in Alabama
d.
A. Cecil J. Ware
b. 1911 in Alabama
d.
m. Annie ?
B. Walter H. Ware
b. 1915 in Alabama, may have died as an infant