Rad Ware
Rad Ware
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Rad Ware

Radford A. (Rad) Ware was born Mar 1st, 1860 in Woodbine, Cooke County, Texas and died May 27th, 1925 in Tioga, Texas and is buried at Fairview Cemetery, Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas. He was married four times, first to Lucy A. Walls on Dec 9th, 1880 in Cooke County, Texas. The second was to Mattie Nelson on Oct 5th, 1885. The third was to Minnie May Mitchell and the fourth was to Lula Cook on Oct 4th, 1894.
Rad and Mattie had one child born Nov 7th, 1886, unnamed who only lived eight days and is buried at Nelson Grove Cemetery in Woodbine.
Rad and Minnie had one daughter, Myrtle Virginia who was born in 1886.
Rad A. Ware was the director of the Gainesville National Bank in 1902. He also donated land for a school that was named in his honor in Woodbine, which is still in use along FM 3164. Rad was appointed deputy sheriff of Cooke County on Nov 12th, 1902. Before his residence in Gainesville, Rad owned a ranch in Jack County, Texas. In 1924, Rad and Lula resided at 101 S. Clements and later, in 1934, Lula Ware resided at 301 S. Clements. Lula Cook Ware's residence at time of death was at 216 North Grand Avenue, Gainesville.
Rad & Lula Ware, RIP
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