Person

John Ware (Clark County, IN, mayor)

b. 1823-03 d. 1910-11-01

Clark County, Indiana, cooper, councilman, and mayor. Shelby County, Kentucky, native. Married to Margaret Kelly Ware in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on January 6, 1845. Father of Charles Ware, Rebecca Ware, William Ware, Susan Ware, Etna Ware, and John Ware. Cooper in Clark County, Indiana, in 1850. Councilman in Jeffersonville, Indiana, from 1853 to 1858. Miller in Clark County in 1860. Councilman in Jeffersonville from 1861 to 1865. Cooper in Clark County in June 1863. Mayor of Jeffersonville from 1865 to 1867.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville, p. 157B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville, p. 415.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Indiana, Clark County, Jeffersonville Ward 5, p. 500A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000817889.

Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), NARA RG 110, Clark County, IN, June 1863, p. 247.

"Former Mayor Dies," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky), September 2, 1910, p. 10.

History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches, vol. II (Cleveland, OH: L. A. Williams & Co, 1882), 437-8.

Citation

Ware, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208874 (November 12, 2026).

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