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"Mary
Ware"
First let's say that Mary Ware is an enigma.
Annie Fellows Johnston claimed that Mary and all the Ware's were
purely fictional characters. We found nothing in particular so
far to dispute that for the early Mary Ware character, though we
have our doubts since the other Ware characters seem to match up closely to other members of Annie Fellows Johnston's own family.
Maybe Mary Ware is taken from the third child in her
marriage, Rena, who passed away already in1899, since the other
siblings, her stepson John and stepdaughter Mary, are clearly
inspirations for Jack and Joyce Ware. (This possibly makes
Annie Fellows Johnston herself Mrs. Ware at least insofar as
retelling her observations and hardships during her travels through
Arizona and Texas)
We can say with certainty, however that the Mary
Ware of Riverville in Part II of Mary Ware's Promised Land
(published 1912) was anything but fictional. That story is a
faithful recounting of the work Annie's sister, Albion Fellows
Bacon, and her landmark work in housing reform for the poor.
We'll have more on this later. For now you can
read a little more about Albion at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albion_Fellows_Bacon
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Elise, parents of the Two Little Knights of Kentucky,
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Waltons, Rob and Anna
Moore, Betty,
Joyce Ware,
Jack Ware, Mom Beck,
Walker, Katherine Marks,
Gay Melville,
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Their Final Resting Places
The Places: in Pewee (Lloydsboro) Valley:
Map,
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The Beeches
Edgewood,
The Little Colonel's Cottage,
The Railroad Station,
"Lloydsboro Seminary",
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The Haunted House at Hartwell Hollow,
Confederate Home
Rollington,
Minor Places In Old Louisville:
The Culbertson
Mansion, "Home of a Hero" Elsewhere:
The Cuckoo's Nest (Indiana),
Lee's Ranch,
Camelback Mountain &
Hole-in-Rock (Arizona),
San Antonio and
The Little Town of Bauer (Boerne),
Texas,
The Gate of the Giant Scissors (France)
Letters from Annie
Fellows Johnston and "Mrs Walton"
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