Caroline Coffee Ware

Brief Life History of Caroline Coffee

When Caroline Coffee Ware was born on 26 February 1817, in Maury, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Ware or Weare, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth L. Goodman, was 20. She married Basil W McDavitt Jr about 1831, in Cole, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Silver Creek Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1850. She died on 9 January 1857, in Randolph, Missouri, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Huntsville, Randolph, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Basil W McDavitt Jr
1815–1896
Caroline Coffee Ware
1817–1857
Marriage: about 1831
Adeline Frances McDavitt
1834–1887
George Madison McDavitt
1836–1934
Eliza Jane McDAVITT
1839–1911
Sarah Ann McDavitt
1841–1842
Melvina Celina Delebah Josephine Paulela McDavitt
1844–1878
William Bradford McDavitt
1847–1933
John Scott Mcdavitt
1850–1936
Martha Elizabeth McDavitt
1853–1941
Caroline Mcdavitt
1856–1856

Sources (1)

  • Caroline C Mcdavet in household of Basil Mcdavet, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (6)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1829

Historical Boundaries: 1829: Randolph, Missouri, United States

Name Meaning

English:

topographic name for someone who lived by or looked after a dam or weir on a river (from Old English wær, wer, Middle English war(e), warre, wer(e), werre ‘weir’), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as Weare (Somerset), Weare Giffard (Devon), or Ware (Hertfordshire).

topographic name for someone who lived by a horse pond or fish pond, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English wayour, which became early modern English ware, wear.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Caroline Coffee Ware McDavitt letter

The following letter was written by Caroline Coffee Ware (McDavitt) to her husband Basil McDavitt, Jr. just prior to her death. Caroline was born 26 February 1817 in Maury County, Tennessee and died …

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