Date of Award
7-1936
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
First Advisor
Ernest Mahaus
Keywords
Eugene Fitch Ware (1841-1911)
Abstract
Eugene Fitch Ware was born at Hartford, Connecticut, May 29, 1841. While he was quite young, the Ware family moved to Burlington, Iowa where Eugene grew to manhood. Mr. Ware entered the Civil War while under age and served in Company E. First Iowa Infantry, Company L. Fourth Iowa Cavalry, and Company F. Seventh Iowa Cavalry. He was mustered out in 1866 as Captain of the Seventh Iowa Cavalry.
After leaving the army, Mr. Ware returned to Burlington and worked on The Burlington Hawk Eye until his health failed. He then homesteaded in Cherokee Contry, Kansas where he lived until moving to Fort Scott, Kansas where he was admitted to the bar. He was connected with the law firms of McKeighan & Company, Ware & Ware, and Ware, Scott Daily Monitor from July until November of 1872 in the interest of the Greeley Campaign. On October 22, 1872 Mr. Ware and Miss Jeanette Huntington, a teacher in the Fort Scott Public Schools, were married in Rochester, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ware made a tour of Europe in the Summer of 1892. In 1893 Mr. Ware moved to Topeka where he became a member of the law firm of Gleed, Ware & Gleed. In 1907 he entered the law firm of Ware Nelson & Ware in Kansas City, Kansas and remained with it until 1911.
Eugene Ware was Kansas State Senator from the twelfth district from 189 to 1884. In 1888 he was elected presidential elector-at-large for Kansas and in 1692 was a delegate to the National Republican Convention at Minneapolis. President Roosevelt appointed Mr. Ware Commissioner of Pensions for the term 1902 to 1905. While in that office he worked for the adoption of an age disability rule which became known as Pension Order No. 78. He used the civil service throughout the bureau but in so doing aroused the hostility of numerous clerks, statesmen, and newspapers. When Mr. Ware resigned, the work of the Pension Bureau was up to date.
Mr. Ware returned to this home in Topeka but soon moved to Kansas City, Kansas. In 1911 he retired to his farm in Cherokee County but while on his vacation at Cascade, Colorado he died May 31, 1911. Burial was made in the Fort Scott National Cemetery. Concerning Mr. Ware's views on religion various opinions were held. Mr. Ware was an industrious worked and practically self educated. His contribution to literature is his Rhymes written under the pen name of "Ironquill." "The Washerwoman's Song" is his best known poem. Mr. Ware has also written two histories: The Lyon Campaign and The Indian War of 1864. His interest in education was shown by his founding a city library ar Fort Scott, Kansas. Mr. Ware has been remembered by the Kansas Historical Society because of his work in that organization. Perhaps the latest tribute to his memory is the Eugene Ware School in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Recommended Citation
Lowry, Grace, "Life of Eugene Ware" (1936). Electronic Theses & Dissertations. 812.
https://digitalcommons.pittstate.edu/etd/812
