Rootseekers press release
One of the favorite topics for the Rootseekers Genealogy Society is the Civil War. It is a favorite of Glenda King’s also. As a member of the Confederate Rose Chapter (UDC) United Daughters of the Confederacy she is always on the lookout for collateral blood lines. Glenda’s ancestor is William Warren Ware who was born in 1838 in Georgia. He was a PVT. and then was promoted to 2nd Lt. He was captured near Malvern Hill, Va. in 1864 and released at Ft. Delaware in 1865. He is buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin. He died in 1924.
His father served in the War of 1812 and his grandfather served in the Revolutionary War. Both are buried in Floyd Co. Ga. in the Ware Family Cemetery.
William had five brothers and four of them served in the Civil War. One brother was killed in Va. in battle. She can use these brothers as collateral blood line. In the UDC you do not have to use straight lineage but it has to be close blood lines.
Glenda also spoke of the first major battle which was the “Battle of Bull Run” also known as First Manassas ( this name used by the Confederate Forces. Glenda spoke of the 618,000 Americans who died in this war. Mortality was greatest among the Confederates because of the inferior medical service.
The UDC meets on the third Saturday of the month except in July, August and December at the Tri-County Library.
Glenda King has been married for 59 years and has two children. She graduated from Irving High School and from Prince George’s College, MD. She volunteered at the Charleston A.F.B. Dental Clinic for the Red Cross. She worked for two dentists as a Certified Dental Assistant. She is a member of Sarah Maples DAR, member of the Confederate Rose, member of DRT, member of Dallas Association Church Library Organization, member of American Legion Auxiliary, member of the First Baptist Church, GBC and she has time left to volunteer in the church library.