James Britton Ware

On October 11, 1849, at age 19, he married Sarah Margaret Tabitha Simms, she was 16 years old, at the Bethel Baptist Church in Heard County, Georgia.

Comfort was born March 26, 1798, and married September 16, 1816 in Hancock, Georgia, she was the daughter of Thomas Grace and Sarah "Sally" Maddox.

His superior abilities as a man of affairs being quickly recognized by his fellow citizens, he was elected Justice of the Peace at 21, serving eight years.

[3] During the Civil War in 1863 James raised a company of seventy men, of which he was elected Captain of the State Guards.

It became Company G, of Colonial Wilcoxon's regiment of state troops and General Iverson's Brigade, which took part in several skirmishes near Rome, Georgia.

During the "unpleasantness" he gave up his business and devoted money, time and labor to caring for the families of the soldiers, a noble service on his part which they never forgot, and were always ready to express their gratitude.

[2] After his mother's death in 1869, James purchased the family home from his siblings, and successfully managed his estate over the next 10 years.

My highest ambition in life was to raise my children to be men and women of integrity and dignity, these principles being the foundations of all greatness.